what about other people?...

on this subject of GOD giving us impressions, does GOD ever speak to me about other people? yes, HE does occasionally but with three qualifications.

1. GOD will use you to confirm what HE's already said to them. it's very unlikely HE's going to tell you first. GOD will use you to confirm what HE's already said.

i've had GOD speak to me many times but i wasn't sure i'd heard from GOD or not and then another person would says, i really feel this is happening, and it would be an confirmation.

2. if GOD speaks to you to help somebody else. HE'll usually do it without you knowing it. that way your ego doesn't get in the way and you start taking pride and thinking you're some super saint. HE will usually use you without you knowing it. many times HE will talk through you and you're not aware that what you said is meeting a need much deeper than you could possibly imagine in their lives.

3. trust GOD to speak to that person first before you talk to them.

there was a couple i knew when i was very young. she was his professor in a CHRISTian college and she told the man who was one of her students that GOD had told her that they were to get married. GOD hadn't told him but he didn't want to go against GOD so they got married and they had a horrible life together. in fact, a big part of their life was spent apart. they just didn't fit.

the problem with that was it was a manipulation by a very lonely older woman and not what GOD wanted. it wasn't right.

just a thought from the front porch…