|
Testimony of
Jenni - from South Africa
"I'm
starting to Hear His Beautiful Voice!! Hallelujah!!"
November 12, 2007
I've really
been yearning and crying out to the Father to hear His voice and
really wanting to tune in to Him, and as both Clare and Doug kept
telling me how it's a process of tuning in to Him.
And my strongest
desire is to be in His Presence 24/7, and hear His directions EVERY
minute of the day... (which is what led us to FOTM in the first
place ;-)
So last night
we're praying (hubby & I) and I'm repenting of all the stuff of
the day, and self, and then worshiping Him in the Spirit, and in the
quietness of the evening I get this impression of "How much do I
really desire to be in His Presence?" and "Do I
desire sleep, more than my desire to be in His Presence?"
"Do I desire food & water, more than my desire to be in His
Presence?" and I get this revelation of how much I'm telling the
Lord that I desire His Presence, and yes, with my mouth I have spoken
that I have surrendered everything to Him to be in His Presence, no
matter what the cost.... but I haven't really been SHOWING Him how
much I desire it! The only things that I have shown Him outwardly, is
by switching off the tv (only watching 1 or 2 things here or there),
and being obedient to his nudging us to leave the church.
So I start
declaring to Him, that I do desire His Presence more than food, sleep
or water and tell Him that I will not have either until that prayer
is answered (ha, ha).
With that being
said, off I go to bath, and I'm just praising Him and telling Him
that He is my living water, and daily bread, and my rest.
I get out the
bath, and I have this overwhelming thirst for physical water! But I
tell Him again, He is my Living Water, and I knew that I needed to
read the passage on the woman at the well with Jesus, so I ask the
Lord where in the Word is that passage, because I know it's probably
in all 4 gospels, but had no clue exactly where.. not even the
chapter. I hear a voice in my thoughts, saying John 4:13 -- and I
think to myself, oh boy, here we go again, it's just my voice or my
thought and I'm setting myself up for disappointment again. But I
look it up anyway....
"Jesus
answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall
give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
Oh Clare, I fell
on my knees in Awe of Him! He didn't just say... check out John
chapter 4..... He SPECIFICALLY said 4:13!!!!
Now I know this is
not new for most of you and you probably hear Him like this all the
time, but for me, this is a HUGE breakthrough!
Praise YOU FATHER!
Thank YOU so much!
Oh, and while I'm
on my knees, I notice I'm not thirsty anymore!
I creep into bed
still in Awe of Him, and not sure if I should sleep, but I know He
had blessed me with His Presence, and that I could get some sleep!
The next morning I
don't want to eat or drink because I still want more of His Presence,
so I'm sitting outside by the pool, and I say to the Lord in my
thoughts, "I'm sorry to say this Lord, but I just don't get how
you could have the time to spend the whole day filling me with Your
thoughts in my head" So immediately He gives me another
scripture, Psalm 139, which I know so well, and I think,
"Yeah I know
that one well, Lord," but still I sense Him urging me to check
it out.. so I get the KJV, which I had never read Psalm 139 in KJV
and it's blessing me so much, and I get to verse 17:
"How
precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum
of them! 18 (If) I should count them, they are more in number than
the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."
FATHER, You are
amazing me more & more each day! I yearn for More of YOU, and I
know that More is coming! I so desperately want my cup to be
completely Full of YOU and gushing through me to share with
others! Thank YOU so much for opening my eyes & ears &
heart! Thank YOU so much for Clare & Doug and all the others that
have been praying for us that we don't even know about! I pray that
what I have in my cup that is YOU will be poured in abundance into
them. I pray for the strength that they need to do the task set ahead
of them by YOU. Thank YOU Father, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Your sister in
Christ Jesus
Jenni
(from South Africa)
|
