There should be a witness of them being spiritually fruitful and walking in love with humility. There is not much to read about Miriam in the bible and am having a tough time understanding what this may mean. Very much blessed by the article giving me so much insight into the prophetic. I believe more Christians need to have the knowledge and understanding of how to judge or test prophesies. May the Lord continue to bless you. I so much thank you for that because that is what i thought my people in the church on how to work out prophecy when is given and wait it to come to pass.
Hello, these days one sees so many prophets all over the world with followers trapping to their shelters. Most of them preach about what they are able to do instead of what God uses them to do. Are they key traits or characteristics of how one will know the true prophets. Their followers continually goto them with the prime conviction of receiving prophecies for their lives. Should prophets announce and preach himself? To let followers believe them.
God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. Prophets need to walk with great humility and love. There should be no need to announce their self or their gifting. Does God ever prophesy about events in reverse? I do know some who have been given prophetic words and they took years to come to pass. I have come through a very difficult season in my life, and I have recently relocated and found a church home.
I literally have had a season of walking by faith every step of the way and been through the fires, and God met me daily and sustained me. I believe the Spirit of God flows in this church, I had confirmation in my spirit that this was where I should be. I have had prophetic words from some of the heavy hitters in Christiandom, so to speak, No stranger to this, and I truly believe that this Pastor is on track, in the Word, preaches and feeds his people, but what he prayed over me has really baffled me.
Nothing against scripture, nothing personally attacking, it just has me quite unsettled.
I want to go deeper this year, and I want to be unencumbered by traditions-anyone growing up in the Body gathers those over the years, ha. I want to be obedient, and Spirit sensitive, but also exercise caution and use wisdom. Thank you for a very constructive and reassuring word. I can only remember two very specific prophecies given to me in the last 30 years of my walk. Those two times related directly to an area of weakness in my life. Both were warnings about something that would have absolutely hurt my heart, which in turn protected me to be able to continue to stand firmly.
I was warned by God before it happened therefore capable of enduring. The second was general, and it has to do with what I am currently doing. I lost one thing specifically, but God reassured me, though His still small voice, that I would gained much more than what I have lost. Thank you for this lengthy and insightful article. As scripture says — He is not a man that He should lie, nor a human being that He should change His mind Num.
Thank you so much for a great article. God is truly at work. I thank God for giving you the wisdom to write this article. I now have more clarity about prophecy. May God continue to bless you.. I was so blessed from reading this article. It confirmed a lot of what l has been praying for after l received my prophesy. God has elevated me so high to a different level in my walk with him and in my job. I receive my prophesy and stand in faith, obedience and endurance. Confiming and informative, I truly believe I was lead by the Holy Spirit to this site. Really very very nicely and Spiritually explained.
Hi Dan, a prophet asked me to give him my car. I just bought the car. I lack the understanding of presenting a car I just bought its my only car to the prophet. I would run from that prophet. Hello I was recently given a prophetic word and it shook me to my core and left me speechless.
I decided to research what prophecy was and I found your well written and executed detailed explanation. I asked God to help back it up so I know that God is speaking through the ones that are truly serving him and have a personal relationship with him. I am asking for prayer as I enter into a new season of my walk with Christ and move on to a greater purpose he has planned for me.
I so enjoyed the above article. Please help me understand this….. Mind you I saw her in the drivers side seat prior to getting out of my automobile. She had a lady in the passengers seat of her vehicle that actually came inside the same establishment shortly after I had with my son. Although the person might feel they were inspired of God to say that to you, there is no way we would know. I would not put a lot of stock in a parking lot prophecy like the one you describe. Very encouraging for one who has receives a prophesy.
I have had a prophesy years ago and 8 years later I have had another prophesy confirming part of what has been said and new enlightenment.
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I was blown away but still I wait patiently on the Lord for him to reveal his promises as I am still waiting. God bless you, thank you. So edifying thanks a million times and may GOD grant us the grace to work on our part for the fulfilment of our prophesies. There is a well known prophet.. That I must walk by faith and give money every time,large or sm.. But I might be wrong.. I think it can be used in the wrong way and that is there way to get money most the time.. My husband and I have been in large churches where the guest speaker spoke of giving a certain amount and God would do something by a certain time.
And within those few months later…what we were believing God for happened within 2 months. I do believe giving by faith.. I am very suspect of any prophet who is connecting his words with money. I am reminded of the sin of Balaam. This really blessed my life.. I pray for more grace on you sir.. I want to find out if prophesies can be rejected by the person receiving it.. I had 2 prophecies in our lives of a third child that will come into our life and bring peace and bond our marriage and twice my wife was pregnant and lost the child and now my marriage is going down the road of being broken.
Shaun, I am sorry to hear about your loss. Prophecy is often conditional and can change when circumstances change. For instance, God never over steps free will, so if you have a word that indicates there will be a child, but then people divorce, the choice of the parties can nullify the prophetic word concerning them.
Out of Iif I learnt that 1. An individual asks for prophesy 2. My question is, I was googling to get a book on bible made easy. Then came along amongst the discussion of such books an ad asking me to furnish my details so as to get a prophecy. I then googled again to get better understanding of prophesy. After your explanation I am puzzled by that as above 1.
We have never met. Seemingly he will use my date of birth. Is this mont fortune telling? I recently received a prophecy about my relationship, that my partner is not the right person and I should run away from him because he is dangerous. Truthfully, from my opinion what he said was very false because he is the most selfless and generous person I know.
Then for someone to say that he is not the right person and very dangerous. Back in , while I was in New Orleans. Helping with Hurricane Katrina. I stayed in a Christian facility. At the end the director told me when we were praying that God said very clear to her that Kathy is Anna. Can anyone help me or guide me. Listening to GJHS is the most important thing in my life. The reference is somewhat cryptic. Were they indicating you had a prophetic gifting Luke 2: IF it is a true word he will make it clear and help you, especially since you are seeking to do his will and want to know how better to serve him and his people.
Hi Trudy, This is a difficult word to discern because it is so general that many could say it was for them just as you are thinking it was speaking to you. Although it could be possible that there are many in the meeting that need to hear this word, many maybe struggling with the same issue, it is more likely that this was meant for one person but delivered corporately to all. My experience that prophetic words to the Body at large are more general in nature as an exhortation or a warning, or an inspirational word that ALL need to heed or can learn from.
I would just continue to weigh the words ponder them , trust the personal leading of the Lord in your own heart, and apply as you can, but not put too much weight on it. It really helped me to understand some of the things I did not know. Answering questions,especially I recently received a personal prophecy. Really and trully was blessed with the information.
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God increase you abundantly. Dan do you have a personal email I could contact you on? I have a question but would rather not share here! This article is so revealing. I had a revelation to future wretchedness I was to pass through. I went through the first phase in shame and backwardness which I had earlier seen but God spoke to me that reverse will be the case, which is honour and advancement Now is almost 20 years ago, the second phase has not come…..
What do I do? Be humble, walk in love, and the Lord will promote you as he needs to. Just do the right thing in front of you. I was new in my faith. And I had done horrible things in my past and had trouble believing God could forgive me. So one day I was building my faith up in him. Great piece, very inspiring and informative Hi, I got a prophecy from an elderly man I do not know and this occurred when I went out to run some errands.
He prophesied concerning an area in my life which I strongly agree to because I have been sorting a form of clarity from God concerning that. Been trying to put the message together and execute it and I have also prayed about it to God to give me clarity. Can I go ahead and do what I remember concerning what he said I should do or must I do Exactly what he said I should do even though I cannot remember all of it? Thanks for this revealing piece. Unfortunately, the month has passed and none was fulfilled.
Recently, another prophet told me he could see my husband… And that he is fair. Sir I was given a prophecy by a man of God that I was destined to b great in life, that am the pillar in my family but since that time till I still beg money from my family even from my siblings am meant to give them. Sir am totally confused please wot should I do. Am no longer the sane this article have answered many questions in my life more than I expected so powerful may our creater highly bless u in the name of Jesus Christ. Your email address will not be published.
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Remember in Galatians 6: It is a long story, just know that God is with us — He will see us through. We just need to continue to lean on Him, coming to God boldly in prayer, asking Him to help us. Yes, it is hard work showing acts of kindness to him when he emotionally hurts you , sometimes you feel like giving up, wondering if God is even listening to us. My wife says she is a Christian. I hope she is. But she is having trouble submitting to me perhaps because I have made it hard for her due to my inconsistent behavior towards her I recognize there are things I have done that has hurt the marriage and have confessed that to God and to certain people.
If we are to get any healing in this, we need to remember that confessing to the right people is one of the ways to experience healing in our marriages.
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The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous availeth much. I can certainly relate to you. My husband and I have been married for 17 years. It is better to be alone than be abused by a spouse whether by verbal, mental, or physical. I stayed in a marriage for 20 years and after much prayer for years, I finally threw in the towel and ended my marriage.
He was involved with someone online who ended up being a scammer and took him for money and gifts. God does not want a person to remain in a marriage for many many years and continue to be abused and live in such misery. He will allow you to get out of the relationship if it is destroying your spirit. And I believe when a husband loves and respects his wife… the wife returns the favor and guess what? Makes her a better spouse and mother. Another Win-Win on both ends. I hope you made the right decision for your own health sake. I believe Marilyn should get out of that house and report the abuser to police and pray this man repents.
Spend time with your spouse doing things you both enjoy. Find a way to celebrate your anniversary every year. Next time someone gets married, give them a plaque with 1 Corinthians 13 engraved on it! It is nice to place above your bed, or on a nightstand. In biblical days those concepts were inseparatable. This is how we are told to behave toward one another…its the bibles definition of Love and therefore, a recipe for a good marriage! I am now divorced…I lived with an abusive man for 14 yrs and only divorced when he filed so he could marry his new mistress. He was not truely saved…at one point he claimed to have found Christ on the battle field but never acted in any way as a Christian man.
Even so, I know there were times that I would have behaved differantly if I had remembered this scripture better on a daily basis. If it is near your bed, you will be constantly reminded the importance of forgiveness and less likely to go to bed angry. You also will wake each day reminded of the attributes of true love and their importance to living a obedient Christian life which will reflect in your marriage. Even though I no longer am married, I now have it over my bed so that I remember how to treat others…esp those I care for! Yes, they CAN be married.
I believe the answer is a resounding No. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 6: It is asking for unnecessary trouble. There are so many other inequalities in a couple, adding a different belief systems is building a marriage on a very weak foundation. With that said however, if you already are married, it is not grounds for divorce…1Cor.
If you divorce them they may never be saved but if you remain togather, they can learn from you and possibly eventually be saved. Most hardcore Christians find it impossible. Ministry is GOoD but such a marriage is usually a trap of the enemy. I would think it would be a referance to size but then you throw in your age. You need to clarify, size, or age! If you are referring to age, we would need to know your age and theirs. Hi James…Sorry it took me so long to answer but I was hoping a minister on the site would answer this one. Since nobody else has, I am going to try to give you advice I wish somebody had given me!
The bible does not restrict us from marrying people older than us to my knowledge. Besides, she is not that much older. Just remember that love is not always enough in this hard world. With that in mind, I would think the only three questions to ask yourselves should be, in order…1 Are you both truely saved Christians?
It is important to have a marriage centered on God if you want it to last! You should make sure that you both are active in your church, pray togather, read your bible togather, and go to church togather whenever possible! This will lay a good foundation for your marriage especially in difficult times. Sometimes it takes men a little longer to want to get serious about these things. Are both are ready for a family and all that comes with marriage?
If the answer is yes truthfully to all of these, then I would say, Get Married! We was married for 24 years and spent most of our marriage strongly involved in church and church minstry. I also know of distant friends from another church now sadly divorced after 12 years of marriage. Based on these two marriageS failing I want to say this: We were a family that prayed together often, raised wonderful children in love no compromise ; a great example of a Godly christian family.
We were great mind readers, very dangerous ground to live on. Hope this helps someone. My husband and I are both on our second marriage. Well that is something he never told me. Left me the first month we were married and then again a few months later and got a dui with probation and he went a while clean but then went off again.
He went on his own and admitted himself to treatment. I have a friend that was in an innerracial relationship and let them come stay with me before meeting ny husband and he has been going off on me for days about it. She was coming in town by herself and was staying with us but he chose that as his reason to get angry with me and leave. Steph, I am sorry for your situation.
I suggest you seek counsel from your pastor and get help for both of you. Your husband is not treating you and your children in a proper way. He needs to know your feelings and what he is putting the family through. Also, I believe you could benefit from pastoral care and counseling to help you see how you may be able to help the situation. Beyond that, you need someone of confidence to know what is going on. There may be physical abuse and legal issues that could arise in the future. Having a counselor that knows the situation can help you if those issues crop up. We finally got together about 4 years ago snd had a 2nd baby.
Your comment says nothing about whether or not you and your husband are Christians or not, so I hope you are. I will be praying for your marriage. Trust God and follow Him with all your heart. Yours in Christ, Robert. Ive been married just over a year my wife has male friend that only cpmmunicate to her when im not around and they have caused us many atguments. We finally got passed the issues and moved on but recently ive found out she is back in contact and even meeting at least one of the van my marriage still work.
Bobby, Marriage is a sacred covenant between a man and a woman. The marriage is supposed to be dedicated to God. In this day and age, so many things threaten to tear marriages apart that it is a wonder any marriage not committed to God survives at all. You and your wife need to commit your relationship to God and then to each other. I sure hope this helps and I will be praying for you, your wife, and your marriage. I have been married for 14 years when my husband decided to leave me for another woman. He left me with 4 children.
I was shocked the first time I heard about his affairs with the other woman. It took me 4 years to get over the pain. Now I am living happily with my 4 children. He only comes to deliver food on his pay week. He has moved on with his life. I am a Christian and know that God does not approved divorce. I have been alone for nearly 6 years now and feel that I need a companion to share my life with. What should I do? But I am sure God would not begrudge you finding a new spouse. Remember that you are not the one who broke your vow; God allows for divorce when the spouse has been unfaithful.
Just make sure you both are putting Christ first and are truly committed to each other and your children. I hope this helps. I appreciate what Sara said, you should talk with your pastor. He will be able to help you through this time. I think it is critical to attach yourself to a good church that can become a support network to you. Dorothy, I am sorry you are going through this.
Please find a church and a pastor who can give you good biblical counseling. Your situation may be only verbal abuse at this time, but it could turn to physical violence. You need to talk with a pastor who can help you know what to do and who can help provide protection and support if necessary. I have known my wife for about 6 years but we got married almost a year ago. The problem started from the day we met, I was not saved and she was a Christian that did not act like one. I came to Christ a few years ago when I turned 22 after my parents passed away tragically.
I was not raised in a christian home by any means however I have gotten rid of all bad habbits except cigarettesvwhich I am trying to quit. My wife before we had married cheated on me twice and finally against my friends judgements i married her cause I loved her deeply. I took her son in and work, she started going to bible college last year and I pay and support her for that. I get yelled out for not having enough time to spend with them or take care of 4 dogs which are all hers too and by theb time I clean their dirty dishes and kitchen and my own laundry, maybe fix a sprinkler or do some yard work I am exhausted.
Even though we both believe and love Christ its her parenting that angers me. She says I am not a man and a bad father figure. I do not drink or anything like that, take the boy to baseball games and try to show him things but she babies him and now it has gotten so bad that if I tell him to help me clean dishes after dinner he will cry and my wife will fend for him and back him up in front of him saying I need to show love???
There is NO discipline at all. His cerfew is at 10 at night and he is9!!! My father was raised in Mississippi so there is an idea on my up bringing. She got pregnant at the age 16… I played college football. It is tearing apart our marriage and I have given it everything I have and am getting threatened divorce?!
I have prayed for the angels to protect our marriage but its failing. She also cheated on me months after we first gotmarrmarried and blamed it on me… I have even seen her on dating sites. She feels she married me when she was un healthy so now that she is in bible college she is a saint and I am an un fit husband. And yes we both serve at our church together. Please someone give me some advice….
Jason, I am sad to hear about the difficulties with your marriage. It does encourage me that you are involved in church. My advice is that you try to get some counselling help from your pastor. If he does not feel qualified to help you, then he can surely recommend someone to help. That means you go to Christ first with your problems. He wants to be involved. We have five children together first marriage for both of us. Early on in our marriage we became Christians and were baptized together but we always seem to have disagreements in trouble that we could never get around.
For years the busyness of raising a family pretty much kept us together he was busy working I became a stay-at-home mom after we had our third child and from time to time we had such great strife between us as the kids got older they both? Or not we wanted to stay married. Well we kept going but about things were so bad between us he moved out of our bedroom and started sleeping on the couch. He was angry and resentful at me I was angry and resentful at him we both spoke terrible things to each other and I was always afraid that he was going to leave me and he always said he would.
We lived together but I was so alone for so long I did have an affair at one point because he told me to just go find someone else and he was not going to change his mind. And we had no physical intimacy between us for all those years. At this point our children enrolled enough to know what was going on and it became an issue in the home and I was the one with the Scarlet letter at that point held up for all to see. In the meantime we had a lot of strife and turmoil with our children our oldest son on drugs and in jail now and present currently he was married his wife also on drugs we had custody of their children.
Certain private situation with our oldest daughter who was in college and then our next son filled with rage and being bipolar and being rested and in jail several times and my husband working long hours to stay away from the home and the only family time we had centering around the sports of our youngest children. I read your letter and at least I can say one or two things. One is do not continue to feel bad, or feel you have to keep begging your husband for forgiveness.
It sounds like his heart is cold and he is diminishing you by ignoring you. Only God can change his heart. Once you are sorry for your wrong and asked God to forgive you he is faithful to do it. Remember when God forgives He casts our sins into the sea of His forgetfulness. If your husband does not, do not be in any bondage to condemnation. Stop beating yourself up. You looked for love in the wrong place. Theres one place where we will always be loved, by our Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, his son. I hope you are involved in a good church. It is really hard to live with rejection from someone whom you love.
Perhaps getting into a more intimate relationship with God is the answer, and some Pastoral counselling as well. It is true that God will renew our strength as we wait on Him. I wonder if you have any Christian lady friends to have some fun with once in awhile? Could you attend some ladies meetings now and then? Perhaps you could phone some churches and ask if they have any meetings. Maybe you could find some friends there. I could be wrong, but you sound a little lonely to me.
Make sure you get your rest at nights and look after your health, or you will be adding to your stress. However God is the Master problem solver, I always say and I will pray for you. Anyways I know that Jesus is the Healer and even reading his word, especially the psalms can bring healing. I plan totranscribe them into my diary. I have a question though.
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I allow him to follow his dream. I make requests of him rarely. Yet, when i ask for affection or investment in me, it yields nothing. Am i doing something wrong. My emotional needs are not being met and being a hormonal needy woman, i seek advise as towhat to do. I also often feel inadequate and try to push myself to do moreBecause if i was doingenough, hed love more freely. As I read a lot of these pain-filled comments about struggling marriages, one thing that is absolutely key to enduring a bad marriage is healthy boundaries! I enabled his abusive behavior and rescued him from every kind of natural consequence his drinking and drugging should have brought about.
I codependently tried to fix our problems and change my husband, but that was impossible. I finally gave up in August of and took our 3 young children and moved out. I did not feel God release me from this marriage, so I have been living separated from my husband for almost 2 years now. In that time, I joined Celebrate Recovery to learn healthy behaviors not codependent enabling ones and have been digging in deeply with God and Christian counsel to heal from the wounds of our past.
Praise God my husband went into treatment for his addiction in October , but was still prone to abusive behavior and words towards me. My husband has really made some huge changes and is truly living like a God-honoring man. My heart has been slowly healing and turning back towards my husband. God has given us both strength, courage and endurance to root out our character defects and put this marriage back on track. While my husband and I are not yet living together again, I can say that I am more hopeful now that I have ever been that I will have a reconciled marriage.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. For those with struggling marriages, I encourage you to get healthy yourself. If you have poor boundaries or none at all , you are contributing to the problems in your marriage. Healthy boundaries will not solve the issues, but they will stop you from enabling the abusive behavior of your spouse. For those living with serious abuse or infidelity issues, separation without divorce is not necessarily ungodly. It may be the exact crisis your spouse needs to feel the weight of their choices and the exact situation you need to feel and be safe.
I strongly recommend Boundaries in Marriage by Drs. Both are great resources for dealing with struggling marriages from a Christian perspective. I wanted so badly so many times during this separation to just run to the nearest divorce lawyer! However, I did not feel that God had released me from this marriage, so I begrudgingly stuck with it.
Our marriage is stronger now than it has ever been and I am confident it will continue to grow and mature into the godly marriage we should have had all along. I pray this encourages someone who may otherwise leave a bad marriage. Allow God to heal your heart and give you the strength and courage needed to develop and enforce healthy boundaries with your spouse.
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You need only keep your side of the street clean and trust God to deal with them in whatever manner He sees fit. Praise Him that he redeemed my husband and we now have a chance to glorify Him in our marriage and family! Coming across this article, and of course this website is worth more than a piece of Gold. When I get married, I can see where and where not to go, and what to do per time. God bless you all. There is no hurry to get married. Make sure you think things through and really understand your own beliefs.
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I thought my husband was on the same page as me but he has changed a great deal over the last few years. I feel as though we are at opposites ends now with beliefs. I have a question. Is there a difference in opinion about divorce if you were never married in the eyes of god in a Christian ceremony?
I married my husband and ultimately did not listen to the counsel of god closely enough. He was not a christian and I am not sure if I would class myself as saved as my belief is not that strong. Though I have always believed marriage is sacred, due to my husbands abuse and drug and alcohol issues I cannot be with him. In this case would it be ok to divorce? Thank you Roz for your question. Whether you were married in a civil ceremony, by a justice of the peace or in a church by a minister, if you are legally married, you are married in the eyes of God?
Even so, if this many is abusing and has abused you and since this is a criminal act and deserves to be punished by the law and God wants us to obey the laws of the land and so Rom Have you spoken with your own pastor about this? That is the first thing you should do. Thank you for clarifying this for me. I will be going to speak with my pastor very soon, as I have been putting it off for fear of what might be the response.
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