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with God, and the clarity with which God spoke to them. Should we then have the same relationship and hear the Lord speak to us just as clearly? YES! Let us look at a few of these prophets. "And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh ... " I Samuel3:21 "And He said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee." Ezekiel2:1 The accounts of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Jacob and on and on down through the pages of scripture showed that the Lord spoke clearly and distinctly to each one of His servants and prophets. And Jesus told us that we in this dispensation who have the Holy Spirit in us would be greater than these men. So why should we be satisfied with any less of an experience ofGod than these great men had? "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the later times ... " I Timothy 4:1 All through the New Testament, many statements were made by the Lord's servants such as this scripture in Timo thy showing that the speaking of the Lord to an individual was considered normal. Yet to our great poverty, few churches teach this important principle today. The majority of Christians are satisfied with no personal relationship with the Lord at all. Therefore when the storms in life come, they fall apart, they begin to doubt their salvation and even begin to doubt if God is real, or if Jesus Christ is real. This is because they never talked with God personally or came to know Him personally. By "hearing the Lord speak to you," I do not mean an audi ble voice which you hear with your physical ears. The Lord speaks to us in many different ways. He quickens scriptures to our attention, and suddenly we simply know that partic ular verses are meant for us. Often He puts a burden on our hearts regarding a certain matter. However, we must be

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