| That is the popular and, thank God (if you'll | | | | daring men and women choose to hear God's |
| pardon the use of the G name) the politically | | | | voice today. Many christians don't hear God |
| correct feeling among most Christians today. | | | | because they don't know what exercises to do |
| You will recall that in the second book of | | | | that would enable them to hear his voice. |
| the Potter series, The Chamber Of Secrets, | | | | While other christians choose not to hear God |
| Harry Potter alone heard the voice of the | | | | out of fear of what their friends will say |
| basilisk. When he confided in his two | | | | about them. They will likely be considered |
| friends about it, one told him that even in | | | | to be crazy, religious fanatics, and |
| the wizarding world, hearing voices is not a | | | | attempting to glorify themselves. Worst yet, |
| good thing. Like art imitating reality, | | | | those christians will be imposing their |
| can't we say that even in our non-wizarding | | | | morality on the rest of us because they claim |
| world, it's not a good thing to be hearing | | | | to have heard God. Right?The value of |
| voices. Whether those voices be God's or | | | | hearing God is that it saves lives. I recall |
| someone else's voice.Most of us would agree | | | | the time that God told me to pray for a |
| that hearing voices in your head, voices that | | | | certain Dee Jay (Strawberry Jan) that used to |
| aren't there, this is indeed a bad thing. In | | | | be on KEZY 1190 AM. He told me that she was |
| fact it used to be a sign of being crazy. | | | | in danger and I was to pray for her often. |
| But what if the person claims to be hearing | | | | So I did, even though I didn't know her, and |
| God's voice? How can we know if God is | | | | knew nothing of her personal or professional |
| speaking to this guy such that we can't | | | | life. Six years later she was nearly killed |
| immediately lock him up in the looney bin?The | | | | by a drunk driver on the freeway. Finally |
| obvious answer is that we, the non-Harry | | | | about 15 years later I met Strawberry Jan in |
| Potter-hearing-voices-people, have to recall | | | | person. I am certain that my prayers were |
| the eleven different ways that God speaks to | | | | central to God's plan to save her life in |
| mankind. Some of those ways are observable | | | | that accident, prevent certain injuries and |
| and objectively verifiable. Others are not | | | | lessen others during the years.If you are |
| observable but they can be verified. | | | | courageous and want to hear God, then contact |
| Examples in the first category are the times | | | | me toll free at (877) 230-0100 or by email at |
| that God spoke to Moses out loud and all the | | | | Mark B. Replogle is an Attorney at Law in |
| other Israelites could hear their | | | | private practice in California. He is also |
| conversation. Or when God the Father spoke | | | | the author of the book Saviour Clinton: An |
| to Jesus during his baptism, and the others | | | | Evil American King. Last year he served with |
| gathered around heard that talk. Or when the | | | | the Marine Central Comand's Staff Judge |
| wayward prophet Balaam had a talking to by | | | | Advocate in Bahrain before and during the war |
| his donkey. Makes you wonder who the dumb | | | | in Iraq. |
| animal was at that time, doesn't it?Only | | | | |