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That He would put His Spirit upon us. To all believers at that time.

That the Holy Spirit would come upon Messiah and that He would be able to walk with wisdom, power, strength, healing, mercy All through Jesus Christ and during his ministry on earth.

The Holy Spirit enabled the 70 elders to lead the people. First it enabled them to prophesy and then gifted them to lead the people in justice. He wished that all God's people would receive the Holy Spirit. That is the big difference in living for yourself & living for God. Think of how that same reliance on Jesus would affect Christians today! Oh, yes! We are, as Christians, indwelt with the Holy Spirit today!!

Given the Spirit to complete a particular God-led task for God. Acted in the Spirit according to what God wanted.

They have already had experiences and might be given discernment to help you in your new experience. Spiritual mentors should be in our lives. I had them throughout my growing-up (in the Lord) years. I would bounce ideas off them and they in their godly wisdom showed me the right way. I praise God for each of them and their contribution to my spiritual life. Sounds like they are not growing at all. They're leaning on another's spiritual life. The more we learn, the more we put in practice all the more growing! We may outgrow our mentors, but they keep growing too!!! Praise God!

Surrender is the best way. We need to tell God we want to do His will and to seek His leading. Your will, God, not mine. We end up operating in our own strength for our desires. We don't want anything to separate us from our relationship to God. We just add to our sin if we keep going. He's not going to speak to us to lead us if we are holding on to sin. It's a distortion at the least. step by step--if sin is held onto--you've skipped a step.

Meet my need or I want this. Everyone's doing it! You won't die. Try this it tastes great! You don't want to be the only one NOT doing this. Think how respected you'll be! You'll feel wonderful. The Bible shows us the mind of God--He'll speak through it and lead us on right paths. It can help us discern what is motivating us.

It is always part of the learning process. It needs to be backed up by the Bible. Our mistakes are lessons God lets us learn in order for us to have a deeper relationship with Him and be able to discern.

Gideon was unsure and needed confirmation. Gideon was honestly seeking confirmation from God re: the battle, "testing God" is demanding that God prove Himself--because of their disbelief. No, He is ok with confirmation. Most times however, they are confirmations in a small way. God knows the hearts of those who are seeking to enlarge themselves--coming from unbelief.

If we have pride, it steals the glory God should be getting. He isn't going to be leading us--our pride is saying we want to do it ourselves. We need to be humble--knowing how great & awesome our God is. He alone knows the answers & how He wants to lead us. We want to be instruments in his hand, to use us as He will.

A willingness to obey without understanding is trust in God. His ways are not our ways and He can see the whole picture--we just see a small portion of it. We can see by the results of our obedience. But we may not even understand then, it is simply trust in God's plans & not my own.

God's leading for us is a result of the relationship we have with Him. It shows how much He loves us and trusts us to hear-listen -and obey. we hunger for a deeper relationship with the Lord. We read the Bible to grow, know His will and to obey what He tells us there. Paul encourages us every step of the way--even if the steps lead to persecution. I want to grow. I want to draw ever closer to Him.

Eli's counsel was very good--to acknowledge that he was God's servant and was listening. I think Eli recognized it probably was the Lord because he used to be listening too. It humbled him and prepared him to receive what God had to say.

It could be we are out of fellowship with Him or there is growth going on in us preparing us for what He has for us. No it is not always our receptivity Sometimes it's just not about us...... Continue to trust Him, be in the Word and saturate yourself. Continue in prayer. He doesn't give us info before we need it.

The nudges that contain insights are discernment. You ask God how to proceed--when & where. I'm sure I have, but cannot remember. It's an encouragement to stay close to God and be open to Him as He speaks--in whatever way He chooses.

God's brief nudges are usually while you are on the path concerning the next step. Urim & Thummim is a yes or no answer. When more of an answer is needed--not just a yes or no, he gives clear direction in one form or another.

Yes, though I may not totally believe it for a minute and then follow through. His direction can be either yes or no--He has prepared the way for me. Yes, especially when I have asked God to use me today. The joy of sharing with someone whose heart was prepared by God!!

It was very important. He would be ministering to Gentiles. And this time it would involve breaking a Jewish law--that he had grown up with. He may not have gone at all. He told them he was Spirit led. He repeated his vision. That's where your complete trust in God and His leading comes in. Criticism comes no matter what. I try not to. Much prayer has to follow and trust that God's will will be done.

If he hadn't been sure, God would have confirmed it again to him. Sure. I would be concerned about his safety as a friend. It takes a high level of maturity to continue on a path that might lead to hardship and danger. But the assurance of knowing you were in God's perfect will strengthens you. I think about those ministering in closed countries and the joy they have in suffering for Christ. Taking the easy way, we miss out on the blessings God has for us.

I think it is encouraging and shows God's love for Him. I remember how God appeared to him and revealed Himself to him. He told Paul he had a job to do for Him. So, the relationship grew and continued. It's relationship! He also could count on Him to meet every need. And could trust Him to do it!

The comparison showed him he had to sharpen his senses and concentrate on God to be able to hear that small still voice. All the others were powerful, shocking and didn't take much heart time to figure out. He comforted him with first meeting basic needs Elijah had, then gently rebukes him to get his thinking straight. It's easy these days to miss His still, small voice with all of the electronic media shouting at us. It shows we need to get alone with the Lord on a regular basis.

The Holy Spirit guides us into truth as we read His Word. We are totally dependent on His Word and the leading of the H.S. As we read & pray, He lays His will for us in our hearts. We feel compelled to obey!

Counselor/Comforter, Holy Spirit, Spirit of truth, guides into all truth, lives in us, convicts us, taking the place of Jesus on earth, speaks what He hears, not on His own. The Holy Spirit guides us into the Truth. We need his help as we open the Word and read. We will be able to discern if what we "hear" from God in the Word is the truth.

Since He put aside his own power for a time, He showed us that the will of God the Father was foremost and to seek to obey Him and bring Him glory. Great pattern for our own ministry. To seek His will is to seek thru the Bible and in prayer. He had seen how the Father worked. He heard in prayer.

Prayer was a priority. He was powering up--there was and is a spiritual battle going on. Prayer is a necessity. He has the power and direction from the Holy Spirit and wanted to fulfill God's will for his life on earth. They wanted to see more of the miracles Jesus performed and to impress the crowds. Yes, I do. I wish to have a longer or additional quiet time, however.