After we are born again by the Spirit of God, God seals us with HIS Spirit, and HIS Holy Spirit lives in us to show us the will of God as we continue in this present life.
Jesus says:
He brings to our mind scriptures and concepts to show us the way of God as we deal with our present decisions in this life.
Jn. 16:13 Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
The Holy Spirit lives inside each believer and HE is always with us to help us in the ways of God.
I Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The Holy Spirit of truth is a great help to us and a great comforter and assurance, especially in times of change.
Often even before the change, God prepares us for the change by giving us information from the Holy Spirit to show us things to come.
This Podcast tells of such a change and the ways God prepared me by HIS Spirit.
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I lived many years alone, by myself, in a house in Texas.
In 2018, I could still drive my car and go to grocery store and prepare my meals. But I began feeling that I no longer wanted to live alone.
I had a large house in Texas, but I began to desire having a smaller living space with fewer responsibilities.
On December 6, 2018, I fell at my house in Texas. As the ambulance workers rolled me past the front door of my house, the Holy Spirit brought to my mind the following information. "You'll never see this house again."
I knew immediately this was information from God. It did not trouble me at all. I knew God had another plan for me and I was happy to go the way of God for I had experience with God and knew this would be a better way to live.
I put my house in Texas up for sale even while I was in the hospital.
At that time, I didn't know where I would be going but I believed I would never see the Texas house again. I had no concern at all.
A few times in the months before I fell, I thought of moving to Colorado Springs. One of our church women lives there and we work together on the church blog and ministry books, and I thought it would be good to live where she lives, in the same city. (I suspect it was God planting this in my mind to cause me to go in peace when the plan unfolded in the next few months.)
John 13:16 Jesus says: Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear, that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
(God was guiding me step by step into all truth and God was showing me things to come.)
During the 2 1/2 months in the rehabilitation hospital in Texas, the plan unfolded for me to move to Colorado Springs and to live in the home of Pam Padgett, a member of the body of Christ.
Because of all those things put into my heart by God, I had no doubt at all about this plan.
God prepared me for a very big change, and it was really good, and worked out great!
I don't think it would have been as easy without the work of the Holy Spirit in showing me step by step the way of God for me.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth and the comforter to the people of God. And HE shows us the will of God and that is all that really matters. If we know this is the will of God for us, we go forth with great assurance.
8 For MY thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways MY ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher than your ways, and MY thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall MY word be that goeth forth out of MY mouth: it shall not return unto ME void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
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