god told me that i am to marry this women about six months ago, i been praying about it a lot, well i like the women, we flirt but yet she dont want to date me and just be friends. which is cool with me, i have to respect that choice. but god will not let me go of the fact that he told me to tell her. do wreck the friendship and tell her what god showed/told me or not tell her? this is something that has moved me, challenged me and made me think and learn about god. do i tell her something like this?
dear jesse, how did HE tell you that? are you sure it was from GOD? so far to me it doesnt sound like it.. as you say she wont even concider dateing you.. gonna be kinda hard for you to marry her that away ...
but ill tell you what you dont need to tell her and try to sway her with that cause if it came from GOD it will come to pass...
sides if you tell her that and it dont happen then she will find you to be a false prophet and you dont want that either.. you may then loose the friendship as well over that..
i am a real careful man when it comes to things like that.. cause i also know that satan will whisper in your ear the things you want to hear as well. to tempt you into believeing something and then for it not to come about and knocks your faith down a little bit..
so if you really believe it came from GOD then wait till after she is married to you and then tell her.. thatll make a great testimony to tell your children and others..
ok i am going to be a little stand offish with ya cattle. 1) you dont have the right to tell me its not from god 2) i would not post something like this if i was not sure it was from god 3) she dont want to date right any one right now because sne just out of a relationship. 4) its from god and i know this because i have faith, i paryed about it and i talked to my pastor which his praying sparked it and it was something that i didn't want at the time. sorry forgive me.
The Cattleman speaks from experienece. As a young man I thought I owned the world -- and actually did. No one could tell me differently. My head was up in "the clouds" and the world was "my oyster" to open.
God -- in His Wisdom -- placed stumbling blocks in my path, so as I would trip and fall on my face. I got a good look at the ground and the perspective from there. Slowly ( and after quite a few "hard" bounces off that ground), I began to change my perspective.
The "dark one" knows he has very little time and he has unleashed a flurry of "helpers" to do his bidding. I don't believe he can read one's mind, but he most certainly can whisper into it. This is a misguided, pridefilled, powerful angel -- who can manifest itself as anything it wants to be. He stops at Nothing. There is nothing he will not do to capture one's immortal soul -- to spite God and for it's pleasure.
Think back to the last mistake you made. Were you positive that what you were doing was correct? When in fact it wasn't.
Lives have been lost (both physical and spiritual), because of believing that God "spoke" to someone.
Test what you believe God is telling you to do with Scripture, with Godly Morals, with The Church's teaching and with what you are hearing from your Brothers and Sisters. If the possiblity of harm -- coming from your actions -- is there; think long and hard,does God really want that?
In your own words "...do (I) wreck the friendship...
I think that wrecking anything is a Bad thing to do. Does that say anything to you? Your Heart tells you not to do it but God says to possibly wreck a friendship that may turn into something more. Does that sound like God? Believe me when I tell you that if God wants something to happen -- you can bet your tootsie it is going to happen.
Jessie, turn down your sensitivty meter when it comes to criticism. No one here intends to belittle you. We asnwer posts because we care and feel we have something to say that will help.
Please listen to more of what some very good Christians have to say.
Peace and Love
�A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him�
Dear Jessie, u don't need to ask a girl, two wise men have answered u in a very comprehensive way. I feel I have nothing else to add here, except I pray u make the right move on His timing. Be blessed.
dear jesse, its ok as i understand , youre just sayin whats on your mind.. thats cool..
let me answer you this.. let me make myself clear here as i didnt say it was not from GOD..yet i said it didnt sound like it ..
theres a big difference there.. cause if i said it was definitely not from GOD and it happened then id be a false prophet..
ya see the difference.. but im not a prophet..
if you would of came on and said folks i believe this is what GODS sayin to me about this..
then i would of said nothing...
but when folks use the words GOD told me, then that makes them a prophet.... theyd better be very careful.. and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that GOD did in fact tell them.. and i speak this for peoples own goods..
deuteronomy 18:20-22 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die. 21 And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?- 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
jesse your words here
but god will not let me go of the fact that he told me to tell her. do wreck the friendship and tell her what god showed/told me or not tell her?
mine here
ya see jesse, im thinkin if GOD told me to go tell someone what HE said then id of done so instead of asking other folks what they thought i should do..
Amen cattle. And Jessie. If God wants you to be with this woman, then you don't have to tell her. Stay in God's will and it will happen. If it's God's will, telling her might mess with God's timing....if that's possible. Might be God's will for you to tell her, I don't know. But you might have a blow to your faith if you believe this is from God, tell her, and have her reject you...so my advice...wait on God. He will work it out for the best. It might be hard, but it's called "longsuffering" for a reason, lol. Just be patient.
You have been given some good advice here. This reminds me of a sweet Gal I dated several years ago. We dated for one month and the day I broke up with her she said that God told her i was "The One" and that we were suppose to be together. I told her that God did not lay that on my heart and she retorted that I am not listening to God and that I should listen to her because God is speaking to her. Do you see that RED Flag?! If God were to put two people together He would be laying it upon "both" people's hearts, not just one. Additionally, God does not pick your mate. God gives us total Free Will to choose our mates. Is He involved in the process? Of course He is. He will give you wisdom, discernment and if we listen He will guide us. But ultimately it is our will that decides.
1Cor 7:39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married TO WHOM SHE WISHES, only in the Lord.NKJV
What's the principle here?
That as long as a person is biblically able to get remarried and the other person is a true believer, then it is OUR WILL as to whom we marry. Notice it does not say God's will.
Sometimes Jesse our wills can be so strong that we believe it is God telling us something when He isn't. We may want something or someone so badly that our own wills, our own thoughts are perceived as God's still small voice when in reality it isn't. I am not say that this is the case with you but it is a real possibility and to ignore that possibility would not be wise. Test the spirits my Brother to see if it is truly God you think you are hearing.
1Thess 5:21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. NKJV
1John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. NKJV
Good wisdom there Cattleman~~it's best to say it in a way to allow for human error unless we KNOW He is speaking it~then it will happen~and there won't be a lot of confusion and guessing. Sometimes God will show me things in His word and I will feel His spirit talking to mind and I will write it in my journal~but I don't share it cause I doubt myself sometimes~so it is best to ponder it like Mary did in the Bible.
Walter~ I say word to your advice too! :purpleangel:
