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Andre Dellerba. Hear God's Voice
CHAPTER 1
MY LIFE WAS INSTANTLY CHANGED
CHAPTER 2
THE CREATOR GOD BECAME MY FATHER
I. REPENTED OF MY SIN
II. ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD
III. RECEIVED HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE AND UPON ME
IV. BAPTIZED IN WATER
THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD AND HIS PROMISES
CHAPTER 3
MY JOURNEY IN HIM
I. KNOW THAT GOD LOVES ME (AND YOU)
II. LOVE GOD
CHAPTER 4
PRAYER
I. I LOVE HIM
II. HIS PRESENCE IS THE POWER
BENEFITS OF PRAYER
CHAPTER 5
WHO DO I PRAY TO?
HOW TO PRAY?
AVOID PRAYER TRADITIONS
CHAPTER 6
TYPES OF PRAYER
WHAT ARE TONGUES?
I. HOW I STARTED IN TONGUES
II. YES HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS THROUGH ME
III. GENERAL Q&A
CHAPTER 7
HEARING GOD’S VOICE. I. TESTING 1, 2, 3
II. IDENTIFY THE SIGNS OF HIS VOICE
CHAPTER 8
BARRIERS TO ANSWERED PRAYER
CHAPTER 9
BREAK THROUGH PRAYER – LIVE A SURRENDERED LIFE IN CHRIST
I. FASTING UNTO HIM
II. SPENDING TIME WITH HIM IN PRAYER
III. FOCUSING ON HIM AND HIS DESIRES
IV. HAVING OUR DIRECTION FOUNDED IN HIM
V. TRUSTING IN HIM
VI. BEING GRATEFUL IN HIM
VII. KNOWING WHO HE IS AND NOT HOW HE WILL
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Twelve years old, in Cape Town, standing at the edge of a cliff, a steep drop and rocks scattered below. Staring at a cliff 1.5 meters adjacent from me. I think I can make it. If I jump, I think I can. If it was on flat ground I definitely could, it would be a stretch from a near standing position, but I could. Why am I hesitating? Is it that the cliff on the other side isn’t flat but round, no place for a foot hold? And the wet looking sand looks a little slippery. Come on I can do it! As I pondered jumping I felt uneasy inside. Oh that must be my nerves, I thought. But what happens if I don’t make it, and miss. I looked down again. What’s the big deal, I die, I die, so what. It’s not like I’m important or valuable. I had a deep void inside me that I couldn’t explain. Anyhow, I thought, there is a high probability I can make it. So I jumped, my foot gave way as I jumped and missed the distance. I slammed against the rock knocking my air out, and started to slide down, scrambling, to no avail. I literally had flashes of my brief life before my eyes and in desperation called out to God.
Up until that point, I had prayed on and off to God but I never had an intimate relationship with Him. As I sped downwards I stopped abruptly, as if someone stopped me. And then whoever stopped me preceded to push me back up the cliff. Nearing the top I scrambled to safety and then looked around to see who it was. No one was there. I knew that God had just saved me. As I walked away, pondering on just being rescued from death, I couldn’t help but ask the question. Why? “I’m not valuable to You, why me? I’m not going to amount to anything, I’m too shy, too scared, too short, too stupid, I’m always the last pick for anything.… There must be something You want from me.” I heard a voice inside, clearer than any audio voice, saying, “You are important to Me and so are your children.” And as I walked on I believed God had intervened through the prayers of those who were praying for me, my Parents, my Oupa and Ouma.
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A couple of months after accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord, I was in awe at another miracle that I had just asked for, something extraordinary. I raced back to my room in Germany and said, “Jesus.” When I said Jesus I fell onto my knees and it felt like fire was all over me. Inside and out, I shook uncontrollably and remember looking at my hands moving back and forth, thinking, “What is happening to me? This is not real! This is not happening.” You need to understand I am a scientist/logical thinker and this wasn’t logical for me. All of a sudden I sensed someone in the room, about 2meters on my left but I didn’t look because I was too scared to. At the same time I felt this indescribable love that brought me to tears.
I wanted to thank Him, but as I started speaking my words didn’t come out right. It was more like stuttering gibberish so I kept quiet. Later I discovered that this was what the Bible calls, “Tongues.” I closed my eyes not wanting to see who was there, and then everything went back to normal. As I lay on my bed pondering what had just happened, I picked up my Gideon New Testament and started reading the Gospels again. It was as if liquid gold jumped out of the pages into my eyes and filled my body. Like the early disciples, I had received Holy Spirit inside me when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord (John 20:22) and now He was upon me (Acts 2:4). Jesus said, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8).
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