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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:110.4pt;text-align:center'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Discerning<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style='text-transform:uppercase'>God</span>s<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Voice<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>The handiwork of God and the
evil deeds of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>“accuser of the
brethren”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>are oftentimes easily
distinguished but not always … remember satan can deceive us as an angel of light!<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>However, we can usually trace the finger
prints of God through the after-affects of His work amongst us … and likewise
for the activity of the devil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Here are
some indicators that you might find useful in recognizing Gods presence, and
the opposite sort of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>“aroma”<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>left by satan.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt;text-indent:36.0pt'>[Keep in
mind that these are not absolute predictors, just guide posts!]</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><u><span style='text-transform:uppercase'>God</span></u><span
style='text-transform:uppercase'><span style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                    </span></span><u>satan<span
style='text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Life<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                      </span>death</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Love<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                     </span>fear</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Faith<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                     </span>doubt</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Peace<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                   </span>aggression/
warfare/ trouble</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Joy<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                       </span>depression</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Power<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                  </span>fate</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Harmony<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                              </span>strife</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Beauty<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                  </span>ashes</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Rejoicing<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                               </span>mourning</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Praise<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                   </span>heaviness</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Sound mind<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                           </span>confusion</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Encouragement<span
style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                     </span>contention</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Acceptance<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                          </span>rejection</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Reconciliation<span
style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                        </span>destruction</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Healing<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                 </span>affliction</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Compassion<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                          </span>hard-hearted</p>
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0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Wisdom/ Knowledge<span
style='mso-tab-count:3'>                             </span>deaf/ dumb</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Discernment<span
style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                         </span>blindness</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Natural designs<span
style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                     </span>homosexuality</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Delivered<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                              </span>bound</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Innocent/ Normal growth<span
style='mso-tab-count:2'>                       </span>cancerous/ abnormal
growth</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Trust<span style='mso-tab-count:
5'>                                                    </span>worry</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:110.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Completion<span style='mso-tab-count:
4'>                                            </span>competition</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>In a teaching given at a
missions recent Intl Prayer Summit on the subject of<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>“Listening to God”, the following hand-out was
distributed to help people develop a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>“listening heart”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>to the voice
of God.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">      </span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u>G<span
style='text-transform:uppercase'>od</span></u><span style='text-transform:uppercase'><span
style='mso-tab-count:7'>                                                                                  </span></span><u>satan<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>I.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The Nature of the Approach (John 10:1ff)<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Invited/ wanted<span
style='mso-tab-count:7'>                                                                         </span>uninvited/
un-wanted</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Leads/ invites<span
style='mso-tab-count:7'>                                                                            </span>forces/
pushes</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Personal/ by name<span
style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                         </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>impersonal</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>II.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The Content of the Message<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Correction (Heb 12:6-12) <span
style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                          </span>condemnation
of personal worth</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Conviction/ Specific (John
16:8-9) <span style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                              </span>condemnation
general</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Merciful (Matt 9:13) <span
style='mso-tab-count:6'>                                                                 </span>unmerciful</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Truthful (John 14:6+17/ 17:17) <span
style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                   </span>experiential</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Inner solution/ character
change (II Chron 16:9a)<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                        </span>outer
solution/ circumstance change</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Peace making/ relationship
building (Heb 12:14) <span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                         </span>revenge/
disrupting relationships</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Forgiveness (Matt 6:12+14/
18:21-22)<span style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                         </span>judging/
bitterness</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style='margin-right:110.4pt'>III.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>The Relevance of the Message</h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Now (Matt 6:34) <span
style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                          </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>worry about the future</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Practical (John 2:5) <span
style='mso-tab-count:6'>                                                                   </span>impractical</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Ordinary (Mark 4:31-32)<span
style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                            </span>sensational</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Simple/ Definite (Eph 3:8-9)<span
style='mso-tab-count:5'>                                                       </span>complicated/
confusing</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style='margin-right:110.4pt'>IV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 
</span>The Effects of the Content</h1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Hope (Rom 15:13) <span
style='mso-tab-count:6'>                                                                    </span>hopelessness</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Peace (Phil 4:7) <span
style='mso-tab-count:6'>                                                                        </span>worry</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Faith (Rom 1:17) <span
style='mso-tab-count:3'>                                  </span><span
style='mso-tab-count:3'>                                    </span>unbelief</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Encouragement/ Comfort (II Cor
1:3-4) <span style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                     </span>discouragement</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Understanding others (Prov
13:15) <span style='mso-tab-count:4'>                                             </span>despising
others</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'>Wisdom (James 1:5) <span
style='mso-tab-count:6'>                                                                 </span>ignorance/
foolishness</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Warren D. Carter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>Discerning God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:110.4pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt'>22.10.98<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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