FIRST IMPRESSIONS 22.5.25 - A LIFE JOURNAL BY ALEX OGUH The Beginning of My Hearing God by Alex Oguh

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 22.5.25 - A LIFE JOURNAL BY ALEX OGUH 
The Beginning of My Hearing God
Alex Oguh


I was perplexed; the majorities are not hearing their Father? Then the Lord gave an illustration in my mind. The illustration was about a shepherd and his flock of sheep. Not all the sheep hear the shepherd. Not all the sheep see him but all the sheep can follow the shepherd if each sheep closely follows the one before it as that one follows the one ahead of it. Thus the whole flock can follow the shepherd. The shepherd only has to direct by voice or by cane the sheep nearest to him. God’s people are like sheep. As I began to understand the will of God more and more, I saw that His flock can all be led if they embrace discipleship.

It is wonderful recalling this experience now, I feel bad that I did not know from then that discipleship is the correct way for every Christian. It took me very many years before I heard of Bro. Gbile Akanni who opened my eyes to the concepts of discipleship. Any denomination that does not embrace discipleship is in for trouble. Rebellion would be common. The believers would not obey authority. The people would each do what he or she likes. It is as if there is no king in Israel.    
Judg 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. NKJV
Thus I became confident that God speaks and that He expects His people to hear Him. My prayer life changed. It became mostly questions and answers sessions.

My Next Problem Is Prayer Was One Of Unbelief In Some Of My Question And Answer Sessions.
I was living then in a shop by the Township Stadium here in Lokoja, and I wanted to go home for Charismas in 1996. I had this generator with me in the shop. Do I take it to my uncles’ house in the Government Reservation Area, GRA, or leave it here in the shop and go home? I asked Him.“Which one can You help me do?” 

His answer has guided me in prayer since then. He said “I can do any one you can believe Me for”. Of course, I left the generator in the shop and left for Christmas. It was there when I returned.

God can do all things, including speaking to us today. That is the first thing a person stepping into prayer lifestyle should know. Our faith determines what He would do. We limit God by our unbelief. The limit of revival is man, not God. In revival, the people are to be willing.
Ps 110:3
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. KJV

They are:
Willing to gather
Willing to give
Willing to die
Willing to preach
Willing to pray
Willing to go into Missions
Willing to be guided by His voice. Listening to the voice of the Lord is a major key to getting His promises. You may wish to study these verses there were there long before the Holy Spirit was poured out in the New Testament. Ex. 15:26; Deut. 13:18; 15:5; 28:1-2, 15, 45; 30:10 

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