tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83728365724968737402012-02-15T23:41:09.038-08:00The purpose of this blog is to explore the life of walking in the Spirit, made available to us in Jesus Christ through prayer. I'll be sharing some of my own prayer experiences as well as the experiences of others, and encouraging Christians to try it out for themselves.D. Hobbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05962706289271974097noreply@blogger.comBlogger851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8372836572496873740.post-22542090628381982582012-02-04T09:32:00.000-08:002012-02-04T09:39:03.909-08:00

By David Hobbs All over this land there are thousands upon thousands of young people who have been raised in Christian homes, gone to church, followed the Ten Commandments, abstained from the drinking, drugs, and partying of their friends, and yet still feel empty inside. They are wondering where the reward is for being good. “What’s missing from my life? Isn’t being a Christian enough to

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By David HobbsGod is a God of infinite variety. He speaks and reveals things to people in any number of ways. I have found that He usually develops patterns of revelation in each person that tend to repeat themselves. To some people He gives open visions; to some He speaks through the thoughts of their hearts; to some through dreams; while others see angels and demons and things in the

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By Tony VasquezGlobal Firenet MinistriesElk Grove, CAA short time ago my bride Jo and I needed to go to the P.O. in a nearby supermarket to mail a past due bill. I decided to stay in the vehicle to catch up on some calls I needed to make. Moments had passed when the sound of urgent tapping on the car window startled me. It was Jo. She had an anxious look as if something urgent needed attending.“

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By David Hobbs [The following incident happened on the Lake Chelan Fire in Central Washington in July, 1970 (Pg 150 in Out of the Fire, A Life Radically Changed), though this story is not in in the final version of the book).]The fire was a major fire, burning on one side of Lake Chelan with the fire camp on the other, so we had every "Huey" helicopter the Forest service could get its hands on in

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By Eddie OganI’ll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older sister Darlene 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before, leaving mom with seven school kids to raise and with no money.By 1946 my older sisters were married and my brothers had left home. A month before Easter

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By David HobbsWe all know the classic stereotype of the church—how God the Father is this vindictive tyrant of the Old testament, commanding His people to fight wars of bloody extermination and penalizing the gathering of sticks on the Sabbath with death (Num. 15:35). Jesus, on the other hand, is the meek and mild version of God seen in the New Testament. Jesus is the lover of mankind, the gentle

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By David Hobbs I have only experienced the supernatural through my physical senses one time in my life. Many years ago, not long after being saved, I heard the voices of angels singing during a baptism down at the Yuba River (the full experience is described in my recent book, Walking in the Spirit, chapter 11, starting on page 104). Without a doubt it was the most beautiful song I have ever

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By David HobbsDo I believe in divine healing? I have seen many people in the church over the years afflicted with terminal illnesses. While some have died, some have been miraculously healed.Mark was a lawyer. He and his family were in our home group when he was suddenly afflicted with a brain tumor at the age of about 40. A brain tumor is considered terminal. You can operate and cut it out, but

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By David HobbsSome of the saddest people around are young people who have been raised as Christians, yet have never met the Christ they profess. They try to follow the Christian moral code, while secretly longing for the fun their non-Christian friends seem to be having all the time. They’re torn inside, feeling that Christianity and its code of conduct are right, but wondering why whoever

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By David HobbsWhen we find ourselves afflicted and oppressed, there is sometimes a spiritual key that, when inserted into the lock of our oppression, releases us just like a key releasing a lock. It's like a missing puzzle piece, that when placed in its spot in the puzzle, completes the electrical circuit of our healing and allows deliverance to “spring forth speedily” (Isa. 58:8). [Isaiah 58 is

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By David Hobbs Failure and success are intertwined in life. While you can have failure all by itself, it is safe to say you can’t have success without failure. The greatest homerun hitters in baseball also listed high on the all-time strikeout list: Babe Ruth was 95th on the list, Barry Bonds 39th, Mark McGuire 32nd, Mickey Mantle 21st, Sammy Sousa 3rd, and so on. In the Bible also, some of

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By David HobbsHere are three entries that relate Jesus with the flying of helicopters#1—The “Jesus Nut”I spent 4 years on a helicopter crew on the Klamath National Forest in far Northern California. Though I wasn’t saved at the time, I found that Jesus and helicopters were intertwined. Ever hear of the “Jesus Nut?” The Jesus Nut refers to the nut that holds the main rotor on the rotor shaft.

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By David HobbsThere is some question about what is real Christianity. Ninety percent of Americans claim to believe in God, something like 75% claim to be born again, many wear Christian jewelry. How many of these who profess the title "Christian" are the genuine article? How many would Christ say were His own if he were to return today?To be a lot of things, like say to be a Democrat or a

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By David HobbsOn a missionary trip to India several years ago, I was in a healing/evangelistic meeting as an altar worker (picture above). When the people were called up for prayer, a demon-possessed young man was brought up for deliverance. But before we could do anything, a couple of native, older women came up with huge Bibles and began pushing them into the face of the demon-possessed, as if

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By David HobbsMost Christians are longing for heaven. Quite a number are expecting the Rapture to take them there momentarily. The fact that brother Camping is predicting Jesus’ return for this May 21st (about a week from now) has more people than usual thinking about eternity. But are we ready? How much in sync are our lives with the flow of life in heaven?Most people are clueless to what heaven

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By David HobbsNot long ago I awoke early in the morning to go out to the church to pray. I was tired and would have preferred going back to bed. But I really wanted to meet with the Lord so I pushed through that, got dressed, and made my way out to the church, a 15 minute drive away. Once at the church, things didn’t get much better. I sat and waited on the Lord for awhile, invited the Holy

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By David HobbsHave you heard about the Third Testament Theory? It holds that there was a third Testament produced around the time of Constantine. Scholars call it “The Gamma Testament,” Gamma being the third letter of the Greek alphabet. No manuscripts have been found, which has led some to debunk the theory. What is the proof then of its existence? * * * * *It is really no different than the

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By David HobbsPhilippians 3:14--I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. My question is: what is that great prize for which we have been called heavenward? A prize so great that Paul counted everything else but rubbish compared to it; the prize for which he was straining with everything he had in him? In fact, from the language he uses,

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By David HobbsGod rarely corrects or rebukes me personally. Usually He’ll use a message in a sermon or a book that the Holy Spirit will work through to convict me of wrong doing. Other times He’ll let my own foolishness correct me (“thy backslidings shall reprove thee” [Jer. 2:19]), or use my wife, a brother, elder or pastor to speak into my life. Therefore the following caught me off guard:I was

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By David HobbsIt was a Sat. afternoon in Sept. of 2006 and I was having my first book signing at our local Christian Bookstore for my just-published book, Out of the Fire. All my friends from church came out and bought copies, which meant I sold more than I’ve ever sold since in a signing. Half way through the event a woman came up to my table. I think she said her name was Chris or Christine,

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By David HobbsThe question I pose to you today is: Are you attending an “Old Folk’s Church”?HISTORICAL BACKGROUND40 years ago, our community, like others, had many small, outwardly vibrant churches. But they weren’t reproducing. Then God moved sovereignly through the Jesus’ Movement which swept many new converts (including me) into the Kingdom and toward the churches. But many churches refused to

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By David Hobbs\I bought our ‘05 Expedition 5 years ago, back in the days when I still needed a tax write-off. It had 34,000 miles on it then, over 120,000 miles now. In all those 5 years I basically did nothing to it other than what the Jiffy Lube did: change the oil, filters, fluids checked, etc. (In the last couple of years when money’s been tight, I even quit taking it to Jiffy Lube—too

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By David HobbsSome time ago I went around town to various lodges such as the Elks and Moose to see what it would take to join their group. In every case it was ridiculously easy: fill out an application, pay dues, go through initiation… you’re in!“Well what do I have to affirm or believe to become a member?”“Here’s a brochure about who we are, and the benefits of becoming a Moose/Elk/Lion.” The

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By David HobbsPsalm 49:8—The ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enoughI always knew it was great to be saved, and salvation showed that God had personal care over my soul. But I never realized how much was involved until years later writing it down in my book Out of the Fire. Delving back into it has opened up the whole, wonderful world of all that happened that I never realized. One

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By David HobbsGal. 5:16 [NKJV]--Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Part 1 dealt with one of the key reasons we need to learn to walk in the Spirit: because “that’s the only way we’re going to defeat the devil and turn the kingdoms of this world into the Kingdom of our God and of His Christ.” It won’t be “by our own good ideas! Not by human effort! Not by

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By David HobbsI know this is supposed to be part 2 of “Walking in the Spirit,” but I’ve got to tell about a God Encounter Retreat I went on this weekend. I’d been looking forward to it for weeks. My spiritual life has been dry, with a lot of warfare going on. In fact, I’ve been feeling banged up, like my armor had a lot of painful dents in it.At the retreat, the first day was slow, as you’d

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Part 1--Walking in the Spirit or in the Natural?By David Hobbs 1 Cor. 3:19—“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight.” Most Christians understand that the Bible teaches that we can either live in the “flesh” [i.e. sinful nature] or in the Spirit (Romans 8:5-9). Those living in the flesh cannot possibly please God because the whole fleshly nature of man is contrary to God (v.8).

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By David Hobbs -----When Jesus came to Earth and purchased a people for Himself with His own blood, what was His plan for those people? Likewise, when Christian parents send their children off to Christian schools to be prepared for life, what is their plan for their children? Shouldn’t the goal of Jesus for His people and the goal of Christian parents for their children be the same? -----Here

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By David Hobbs9/19/2010The war rages all around us. But how many Christians have eyes to see and understand the battles we find ourselves in? The closer I get to Jesus, the more intense the warfare becomes. I am reminded of Scriptures like Psalm 50:3—“Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.” Being close to Jesus (or desiring to be close as

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By David HobbsI arrived at the church for my early morning prayer. I had gotten extra sleep the night before thinking it might rejuvenate me and give me greater energy, but it didn’t help. I was tired and even a little weary, not feeling any particular leading in prayer. So I sat in a chair on the front row of the old sanctuary, stilled myself and asked for and waited for the Holy Spirit. Nothing

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By David HobbsThe word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1) The Lord has blessed me with a ministry in prayer. I came to that under-standing after a process of elimination. I realized I would never make a good pastor; I was a washout as an evangelist; I could prophesy but was not a prophet. I was a stumbling

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By David HobbsPrayer is not prayer until the Holy Spirit shows up with His anointing. That’s why so many Christians hate to pray: they don’t understand “pressing through to the anointing.” Without the anointing, prayer is a dry and powerless drudgery.When I’m asked to pray in a crowd--you might call it “prayer on demand”--I do the best I can with what anointing I can muster on the spot. But when

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By David Hobbs I have a very deep, emotional goal in my life. “What’s an emotional goal?” you might ask. One that’s deeper than intellectual; one that impacts and draws from the emotions as well as the mind. A mind goal might be to have three children, or graduate from Harvard. An emotional goal, for someone who had a poor and turbulent upbringing, might be to own a house with a white picket

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By David HobbsThe Garden House is a shed out back of my folk’s house in Ohio. Half used for tools and storage, and half fixed into a little apartment with bed, table and wood stove, it is my place of prayer when home visiting. Exciting things have happened there, the chief being meeting Jesus once in prayer in the dead of night (see blog post “Friday Night at the Garden House” posted 2-17-08).

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By Pastor Joy, as told to David HobbsPastor Joy is one of the most spiritually in-tune people I know. She has pastored throughout the country with her husband, mostly in the Episcopal Church. They currently live in our area where they pastor an Anglican church. The following is her account, as well as I can remember it, as told to our prayer group on 3/24/2010.Recently I was caught up to a

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By David HobbsLast spring I had what I took to be a supernatural sign with rain in the appearance of fire and fiery horses in the clouds over our church. This happened early one morning after a time of prayer. (See blog post “Angels and Fiery Rain” of 6/3/09)It could all have been explained meteorologically in the natural scientific realm, but then most supernatural manifestations can, just as

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By David HobbsI was getting on the freeway in Sacramento to drive home to Marysville when I spied a hitchhiker at the onramp. “Where you going?” I asked the older man.“Marysville.”“Well you’re in luck, my friend, climb in.”His name was Larry, Larry Watkins. He’d been waiting at the onramp for 3 hours in the cold. He was actually heading to Oroville, north of Marysville, where he lived.I’m always

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By David Hobbs When the people asked Jesus, “What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?” Jesus answered them simply, “This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” [John 6:28-29] The Word of God has a remarkable way of zeroing in on the heart of any issue it deals with. The hardest thing we have to do, and something I struggle with every day, is just that: to

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Christ Within--The Hope of Glory: On Earth as it is in Heavenwww.americantowns.com/ca/marysville

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By David HobbsNot every prayer is worthy of being prayed. Some prayers are little more than a projection of our fears and anxieties (“don’t let the boogeyman get me!”). Some are for things He’s already promised over and over (“And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.”). Some are almost prayers of boredom, for things we truly care very little about (“And we pray for the pygmies

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By David HobbsI only planned to stay a few days at my folks’ home in Kent, Ohio; but the Lord had other plans. When this became apparent, I decided to make the best of it and do a big campaign there. What better place than Kent, Ohio which I left as a flaming atheist so long ago, but now was returning to as a card-carrying Christian. I scheduled a local book signing at the only Christian

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By David HobbsFrom my folk’s home in Eastern Ohio I had to travel to Eastern Pennsylvania to the town of Westchester to minister in Jerry Schwartz’ church, Living Faith World Outreach Centre [there’s your plug, Jerry!], 385 miles away. Now I expect spiritual warfare leading up to times of ministry, but this was especially intense. I awoke about 4 in the morning to hear the sound of light rain

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By David Hobbs The Lord is not only involved with the major events of life; He is present in the subplots as well. In fact it’s in the minutiae of our lives that He sometimes surprises us the most. Nothing is too insignificant to Him, not even dental floss.I started out the book tour with a new container of dental floss, but only the 50 yard size. Since I average 2 ½ feet per daily flossing, it

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By David HobbsI arrived in Elko, Nevada about 11:30 a.m. to do a book signing at 1:00 and meet a “Pastor Marsh” afterward for dinner and a home group meeting about my book. But all the contact information was on my Book Tour Calendar on the web, and my new iPhone couldn’t access it. Meanwhile, it was starting to rain. Now what?I cruised the main street in the misty rain, looking for at least the

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By David HobbsI had a few extra days in my book tour itinerary so I spent them visiting IHOP (International House of Prayer) in Kansas City. [It features 24/7 prayer and worship for probably the last 10 years.] My first night was in a nice hotel, but the price was high. So I moved to one at literally half the price—no breakfast, no internet, a dive; but cheap.It’s been 5 years since I‘ve been to

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By David HobbsThis blog is about a supernatural walk with God through Christ. While the emphasis is on supernatural encounters and experiences, it is also on current ones—what the Lord has done since the last entry or at least the recent past, as opposed to long ago. The manna must be fresh or it breeds worms and stinks.Two days ago, Monday morning, I went out to the church early to pray, as I

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By David Hobbs It was "Seek Week" and we were having special evening prayer meetings at the church. It was Wednesday and I was feeling pretty much out of it, though quite a few seemed to be actively engaged with the Holy Spirit. Toward the end of the meeting we circled up and held hands to pray together. The lady on my right, a very spiritual woman who has graced this blog before, was in the

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By David Hobbs4/30/2009Not long ago I had a unique experience with God at our Wednesday night prayer and soaking service at the church. Things started out tough. There was no anointing and no desire inside me to pray. It looked like it was going to be a long, dry night. But I entered in anyway.Soon, I became aware that there was a difference about the night. Duane was playing the piano, but

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By David Hobbs(Events took place Feb. 9-10, 2009) (Please read previous post first)The next day, Monday, in spite of my memories of the wonderful service, nothing went easy. I spent a large part of the morning on the phone to the DSL guy from AT&T and my own IT guy trying to get my laptop connected back to the internet. It was my first day of fasting, which is usually the hardest. Nothing

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By David Hobbs2/10/2009Last Sunday we had the first of our planned inter-church praise services. The idea is to meet one Sunday evening/month at one of the participating churches and have a praise meeting to promote unity among the churches and to build a platform of praise in our community that goes beyond one church. This first service was at a neighbor church.They had two complete bands which

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By David Hobbs1/21/2009We had prayers meetings on Monday night and Tuesday night of this week. The occasion was a series of special meetings the latter part of the week into the weekend. To push through in the spirit we had an all-church fast Mon.-Wed.The two prayer meetings were almost identical, except for the results.I arrived at the first in passive mode. There was nothing in me--not a single

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By David Hobbs We have a lot of outside speakers come to our church. We are blessed with many big names and powerful ministries. Next week Paul Keith Davis, JoAnn Mcfatter, and Chuck Pierce are coming. It got me to thinking: What are we really looking for when an outside speaker comes to our church? What if the speaker came with a good message, which he delivered, then left? Would we be satisfied

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By Polly Harder [This is the fascinating story Polly Harder told me when I met her in Atlanta at the Christian Booksellers Tradeshow (July, 2007). Check out her book Don't Be Afraid]----David HobbsIn 1983 God started to talk to me about starting the non-profit ministry I'm the president of today. He talked to me for 5 years about it, but never released me to do it.Then one day, while I was

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By Willena Brooks, as told to the Church of Glad Tidings 12/27/08I want to tell you about this dream I had. Right after the dream I woke up, went back to sleep and dreamed the same dream all over again. In the dream I was with Jesus in what looked like a warehouse full of car parts. It was just Jesus and me in this warehouse. There were parts everywhere, and in looking at them, I realized they

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by David HobbsHave you ever heard of a Christian “Treasure Hunt?” You get a piece of paper with the categories “Color, Location,” and “Message.” Then you pray and ask God to put on your heart something for each category to help you find the people God wants to speak to. For color: you might get "blue," for location: the "Sears" store in the mall, and for message: it might be “marriage” if

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by David Hobbs For years I’ve had this joke with my wife when I’ve returned home after being out. As I come through the door I announce, “I’m here now, everything’s going to be all right.” It's such a common perception to see life as being a bunch of out-of-control events that we are always seeking to bring under our control. Things “under control” are good, while things “out of control” are…

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By David Hobbs I used to go to a weekly breakfast with a full gospel businessmen’s group. Someone usually read a passage from the Bible and led discussions on it. In addition, we talked of many things. One morning the discussion got around to personal prophecies that members had received. One of the older members there was a fellow I called "Old Hadley." He didn’t really look that old. There was

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by David HobbsI have the privilege of praying with different groups of people. Even though all are anointed, there is a big difference in styles and giftings. One group in particular is very anointed, very zealous. Nobody waits on anything. As soon as one person stops praying, another jumps in. Since I’m more of the “quick to hear and slow to speak” school, I generally listen to the other people

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by David Hobbs [Please read the previous blog (Part 1) first]There are three ways to know the mind of the Holy Spirit so we can pray His will and not our own. The first is to come to the prayer meeting with something He has already put on our heart. And I don’t mean something we need. We are self-centered. We have needs all the time. We have to separate our needs and wants from the Lord’s. What’s

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by David HobbsIf anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. (1 Peter 4:11--NIV)After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. (Acts 5:31--NIV)For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (2 Peter

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Note: For the last 2 months I have been touring Northern and Central Calif., visiting fire stations, dropping off copies of Out of the Fire and talking with the fire fighters. These blogs posts are in their honor and will deal with some fire fighting issues.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * Brian Morrision, Captain at the Bridgeville CDF station (Humboldt Co.) emailed me this

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By David HobbsNote: For the last 2 months I have been touring Northern and Central Calif., visiting fire stations, dropping off copies of Out of the Fire and talking with fire fighters. These next few blog posts are in their honor and will deal with some fire fighting issues. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Every fire fighter at

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An excerpt from Out of the Fire, Year 9, by David Hobbs[This happened on a fire up in Idaho in Aug. 1974, and more than any other single thing convinced me that God was real, that He was involved in this world’s affairs, and that He had enough power to respond to any situation.It was the 2nd day of the fire, after we were exhausted from digging the longest underslung line we had ever dug. . . .].

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By David Hobbs Telling the following story will undoubtedly open me up to much criticism such as “God doesn’t do that! What’s the point? How do you explain . . .?” So let me start out by saying I am just relating what happened, not trying to explain it, justify it, make it fit into somebody’s theology, or in any other way try to tweak it to make it acceptable to the church

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By David Hobbs Once I found my groove praying alone at the church from 2-5 a.m. Sunday morning, it opened up a whole new vista of prayer. The time was long enough that I could go through different seasons of prayer in one session: for instance, a time of singing and worship, a time of basking in His presence, a time of petitions, and a time of declaration and warfare could all flow

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By David Hobbs One night I arrived at the church for my 2-5 a.m. Sunday morn. prayer time exhausted. I had been beaten down by the enemy working in my mind so that my whole body was physically and spiritually drained of strength: my energy level was at zero.After turning on the lights in the sanctuary I made my usual circuit around the rest of the building, making sure things were in

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By David Hobbs 17 . . . you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root . . . [Rom. 11, NIV] I was on the road last week, promoting my book Out of the Fire. This consisted of dropping off copies at fire stations, praying over churches, and visiting bookstores and newspapers. Each morning I spent an hour

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By David HobbsActs 16:9—During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.I just returned from a road trip to some of the rural areas of Calif., handing out copies of my book Out of the

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By David HobbsLast Friday night I had a powerful dream, different from any I have had before. It came out of the blue. It’s been months, maybe years since I’ve had something I could even call a spiritual dream. It’s been so long I’d pretty much given up on God speaking to me that way. Like “falling down under the power,” it’s something that I expect to happen only to other people. So much for my

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By David Hobbs In May of 2002 our church started a 24 hour prayer chain, of which I was asked to play a key role. We had done a similar prayer chain 8 years before, and I had prayed for an hour from 11-midnight on Thursdays for a year or so. But this time I wanted a longer block of time to get deeper into the Spirit and farther away from the world. The shallow, superficial, “

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By David Hobbs8 Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.9 But an evil spirit came upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the harp, 10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove his spear into the wall. That night

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by Carley ClarkMy name is Carley and I've been a Christian for over 30 years. My personality was always pretty low key, nothing much ever excited me. I tried to be a good wife and mother but was going through life almost like on automatic pilot. Over the years I started to suffer from a number of maladies such as anxiety, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia type of body pain, and insomnia, just to

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By David HobbsIf I asked 100 people if they had ever experienced a demonic attack, how many would say yes? The truth is we all have, probably many times, but usually we’re not aware of it. We attribute it to something else—the blues, a stomach bug, out-of-sorts, worry, anger: the list could go on and on. All of these things could be legitimate in and of themselves, but Satan uses such things as

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By David Hobbs“Miktam” is a Hebrew word in the Psalms used to describe a special kind of psalm. Used only 6 times, it introduces psalms that recount David’s most harrowing experiences as a God-follower, where his life was in immediate peril and where only a miraculous intervention by God could save him. These were experiences like the one described by Paul in 2 Cor. 1:8 where he talks about “the

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By David HobbsHeb. 4:12--For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit . . .One thing my recent gospel trip to India made plain is the necessity of discerning between ministering in the soulish realm and the spirit realm. I find there are many misconceptions about the two. Most ministers assume they are ministering in

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By Annie HickeyDavid posed this question to me recently: "Do you have an experience where you encountered God in prayer?" Wow!! I had to think about the best way to relate that to the people who might read this. I spent a few days contemplating the challenge. As that was going on, I received a phone call from an attorney I had worked with in the past. He had represented me in a very unusual

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Anonymous Friend * * * * * *[The blog this week is a guest posting from one of the elder's wives in our church. This prayer meeting happened around the first week of March, 2008] The Tuesday this prayer meeting happened I woke up experiencing some

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By David Hobbs#1--Defeating InhibitionsChristians pray all the time, yet rarely get into the felt presence of the Lord.What do you think of when the words “prayer meeting” are uttered? Do you think of some guy (maybe yourself?) kneeling down at a chair, burying his head in the seat, whispering a few prayers, thanking God for a few blessings, and soon spacing out, thinking about other things or

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By David HobbsPeople ask, “What can I do in order to pray for an hour? I run out of requests and things to thank Him for after the first 5 minutes; now what?” Other people want to know what I mean when I talk about intimacy with God.Have you ever had a time where you felt especially close to God, like He was right there? Mike Harris had such an experience in Out of the Fire on that fire up in

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By David HobbsTo most of the American Christian world, prayer consists of “presenting our requests and petitions to God.” In other words, asking for stuff. “Dear God, please heal my puppy. Oh and save Aunt Alma. And please get me a better job where they don’t laugh at me all the time because I’m a Christian. And I pray my wife would love me more and not spend so much money at the beauty parlor.

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By David Hobbs[Before reading this post, read the last 2 posts in the order written and it will be in context. All three stories happened within days of each other.]The Christian Booksellers Tradeshow in Atlanta (July, 2007) was a massive event. It took place in one building of the World Congress Center, which in itself is a huge facility, filling floors of meeting rooms, auditoriums, etc. But

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By David Hobbs[Before reading this post, please go to the archives and read the last post: "Friday Night at the Garden House." That will put this story in proper context.]The next night, Saturday, I was eager to go back to the place of prayer in the shed and seek God again. I was still totally fired up by the revelation of the Lord from the night before. Since this was going to be my last night

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By David HobbsIt was Friday night, July 5, 2007 and I was at the folks’ house in Ohio, visiting for a few days before going to Atlanta for the tradeshow of the Christian Bookseller’s Convention.Years ago, Dad had a little garden house built in the thicket behind the house. Two thirds of it was for lawn and garden equipment while the other third was a little apartment. The apartment had never been

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By David HobbsOne summer we joined some of the church families going up to Little Grass Valley Reservoir beyond LaPorte to camp for the weekend at one of the campgrounds. Saturday afternoon the weather was beautiful and people from our group were fishing, swimming, or loafing around their campsites. I decided to take a hike and spend some time with the Lord.The campground was on a finger of the

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Unknown AuthorThe first story is one that came via the web. I don't have a source for it so I suppose it could be an urban legend, but it illustrates what we're talking about--walking in the Spirit. A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn’t help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?

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