Discovering God's Will, Part 7 - Testing the Spirits: 1 John 4:1 Memory Verse

This message is Part 7 of this series about Discovering God's Will and discusses how to know whether you hear the voice of the Holy Spirit or another voice. 1 John 4:1 tells us "Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world”. 

To discern or test these voices, we can ask ourselves a few questions:

1) Does it lead me to sin?

2) Does it contradict the Bible?

3) Is it encouraging or discouraging? Is it convicting or condemning? There is a difference between conviction and condemnation.

God's voice is encouraging and reassuring, forgiving and merciful. God's voice will never contradict the Bible or lead us to sin. His voice will never make us feel bad about ourselves, and Romans 8:1 tells us “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”.

~About this podcast:

Designed to listen on the car ride to school and start the morning off right with encouragement and truth for your teens and tweens, these messages have a short 2-3 minute teaching on a daily Bible verse with time devoted at the end to commit the scripture to heart. 

~About me: 

I am a mom of 3 girls with a passion for instilling biblical values and a love of Scripture. I have a Master's of Arts in Professional Counseling from a Christian university and also worked on staff at a church for several years. I started this podcast as a way to help other parents impart scriptural truth to their kids while also dealing with those rushed and busy mornings.

Hope you and your tweens and teens find these messages helpful and encouraging!

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