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DIVERSE WAYS BY WHICH GOD SPEAKS  (Part 2) Hebrews 1:1-2 Encounters, dreams and visions are good and God uses them but they are not His best way of communicating with us.  They are not 100% safe and must be checked with the Word of God. That we have visions, encounters and dreams from God does not mean we know God or know Him by His word, 1Samuel 3:7.  One is chaff the other one is wheat, Jeremiah 23:28. Job said I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee, Job 42:5. Talking of two different ways by which he has come to know God.  Samuel had an encounter with God through vision but He didn't know God by His word, yet he was already an established prophet and God did not allow his words to fall to the ground, 1Samuel 3:19.  But God appeared to Him once again and his word was revealed to him, I Samuel 3: 21. Until then He did not know God by his word, but only through visions and encounters, 1Samuel 3:3-7.  Apostle Peter was rel...
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THE ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING  EPHESIANS 5:19&20 Thanksgiving goes beyond just taking time out to sing praises and worship God on a daily basis. As good as that is, it is more than that.  Thanksgiving is an attitude, it is a heart positioning. Having a grateful heart towards God at all times.  The Psalmist said I will enter His gate with thanksgiving, then he went on to say I will enter His court with praise,Psalm 100:4.This is quite revealing and it illustrates exactly what I am talking about.  Thanksgiving is first a heart attitude, it is from this heart attitude that the second action spring from, praise. Praise is a verbal expression of thanksgiving.  Today, my emphasis will be on thanksgiving as an heart attitude not only as verbal expression.  When the heart is positioned right, praise is the automatic response. Luke 6:45 says "A good man out if the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good and an evil man out of the evil treasur...