I'll try to keep this short, and oh yes....I'm new to these forums but have been reading them on and off lately. So, hello everyone!
I met my current girlfriend as a non-devoted Christian, and she was and always have been very devoted (leading bible studies, teaching Sunday school, and so on). Anyways, since then I've became much more devoted than I was before, but I am still working on that. She has changed me immensely and it's something that I am all for and only working hard on becoming a better Christian.
Anyways, on to my situation. She is very close with her youth pastors family, and even closer with the wife. The family has two kids, and the younger child is truly a gift from God. She has told me stories about the younger child of him praying for certain people. The child, who has a small vocabulary and is just beginning to talk, says to his mother, "Let's pray, pray for Jake." This child has only knows Jake from other conversation (Jake is the girlfriend of one of the mothers friend, which the mom and friend talked about in the presence of the child). So the mother and child pray for Jake. The next day the mother hears that Jake had a flat tire on the highway (he knew nothing about changing a tire or anything with cars).
The child prays for anyone that he has heard of from conversation if they are going to need the help of God. It is truly remarkable and there are more stories.
Also, the mother has told my girlfriend many things that she should or shouldn't be doing/going and so on. They have a close relationship and often the mom will tell my GF that God told her that she shouldn't do something (It ranges from going somewhere, to doing something, to seeing someone, and so on). She has always followed whatever the mom of the youth pastor has said that God has told her. The one time they she didn't listen to the mom, it was terrible. God told the mother that my GF shouldn't go to her senior prom, but my GF did. The day was terrible. The reservations were lost, they were late to the dance, the pictures didn't turn out, the mother of the guy and my GF got into a fight and it wasn't a good situation, and at the end of the night my GF and her current BF at the time were inches from breaking up (they were in a serious relationship). The mother of the youth pastor also knows when something is wrong, even when they don't speak to each other for a few days and my GF is half way across the country.
The mother is obviously receiving message from God, and so is the child. When will I hear God talking to me? I don't. How do I know that he is telling me not to do this? At night when I sit down and pray, how do I know he is talking to me, and how am I supposed to "hear" him. Ultimately, sometimes (most of the time) I just don't hear him. What am I listening for? Help me please!
I just don't understand that and I am looking for some support and answer. Thank you everyone in advance, I appreciated it a lot!
I met my current girlfriend as a non-devoted Christian, and she was and always have been very devoted (leading bible studies, teaching Sunday school, and so on). Anyways, since then I've became much more devoted than I was before, but I am still working on that. She has changed me immensely and it's something that I am all for and only working hard on becoming a better Christian.
Anyways, on to my situation. She is very close with her youth pastors family, and even closer with the wife. The family has two kids, and the younger child is truly a gift from God. She has told me stories about the younger child of him praying for certain people. The child, who has a small vocabulary and is just beginning to talk, says to his mother, "Let's pray, pray for Jake." This child has only knows Jake from other conversation (Jake is the girlfriend of one of the mothers friend, which the mom and friend talked about in the presence of the child). So the mother and child pray for Jake. The next day the mother hears that Jake had a flat tire on the highway (he knew nothing about changing a tire or anything with cars).
The child prays for anyone that he has heard of from conversation if they are going to need the help of God. It is truly remarkable and there are more stories.
Also, the mother has told my girlfriend many things that she should or shouldn't be doing/going and so on. They have a close relationship and often the mom will tell my GF that God told her that she shouldn't do something (It ranges from going somewhere, to doing something, to seeing someone, and so on). She has always followed whatever the mom of the youth pastor has said that God has told her. The one time they she didn't listen to the mom, it was terrible. God told the mother that my GF shouldn't go to her senior prom, but my GF did. The day was terrible. The reservations were lost, they were late to the dance, the pictures didn't turn out, the mother of the guy and my GF got into a fight and it wasn't a good situation, and at the end of the night my GF and her current BF at the time were inches from breaking up (they were in a serious relationship). The mother of the youth pastor also knows when something is wrong, even when they don't speak to each other for a few days and my GF is half way across the country.
The mother is obviously receiving message from God, and so is the child. When will I hear God talking to me? I don't. How do I know that he is telling me not to do this? At night when I sit down and pray, how do I know he is talking to me, and how am I supposed to "hear" him. Ultimately, sometimes (most of the time) I just don't hear him. What am I listening for? Help me please!
I just don't understand that and I am looking for some support and answer. Thank you everyone in advance, I appreciated it a lot!
