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I have an issue of letting go stuff. Ask my wife. I am always nervous when my wife says that she is going to do spring cleaning. That is why I want to make her happy every day. When she is upset she has the tendency to clean up and do things around the house. It makes her relax. Yes for sure it makes her relax because the things that she usually throws away are MY things. She always denies this and says that she also throws away her stuff. I just could not believe her. How can it be possible that she says she has thrown away her bags while I could still see tons of bags laying around the house. When I confront her she will say these bags are the gifts from you and I do not want to throw them away. Check mate. I just let her target my stuff. I am always wondering why do we need to let go stuff either to give or throw it away. I have a strong emotional bond with my stuff as we have some history together. The valid reason that my wife always tells me is we don't have any more space....

Imagine that you are going to have a child soon and you have a set of names that you could choose from. How many of us will choose to name for our child Obedience over Love, Grace, Mercy, Joy, Shalom, Goodness, Blessing or Abundance? There must be something with the word obedience that we prefer not to bring this topic into much of the conversation. We would like to hear more of love, grace, mercy, joy, peace, goodness, blessing, and abundance over obedience. Why? For me it is because obedience requires something from us, we need to sacrifice something to obey. It requires paying certain price. Obedience involves giving up something and positions us in the place of giving while in our mind the words love, joy, etc. are about receiving from God. I realize that it is more natural for us to receive than to give. One thing that we should acknowledge is we can receive from God because He already gave it all on the cross for us. We can experience love, joy, mercy, grace, blessing, goodne...

How do I hear from God? How can I be sure that it is God who talked to me? Some people claimed that they heard from God and God asked them to do this and that. Is it legitimate? Does God really speak to us? Does He even want to talk to us? I had doubts in the past regarding this topic. I have been taught since young all the theories about God's purpose and will in my life and how I should seek God and listen to Him to know what He wants to fulfill in my life. However it is only until the last couple of years I really experience what it is like for God to talk to me and put something in my heart both for me to keep and to share with others. However even until now I am still learning how to really listen to Him. To be honest I still mess it up and mix up here and there between His voice, my voice, or voice from the enemy. Nevertheless I would love to share some pointers and learning points that could help anyone who really wants to get connected to God even more. First of all God s...