God Speaks: God Speaks through His Written Word

About this episode

The episode recounts a professor's experience of feeling directed by God to help a student in need.

I recently came across a story, told by a college professor, about an experience she had in which she believed God had clearly directed her in a specific situation. The Professor (Joan) told the story of a young woman (Sherry) in one of her classes who was dressed poorly and looked a little ‘shabby’; she also kept to herself and dropped her eyes when she spoke to the teacher and others in the class. One day, as the young lady was walking out, she said “goodbye” to her, and as the woman walked out, she heard a voice in her head clearly say, “Give her the money in your wallet.” The professor felt a little odd about the situation and so resisted. She did look in her wallet and found a $20 bill; not much to lose, she thought. By the time she walked into the hallway to find her, Sherry had gone out the door and was nowhere to be found. Joan didn’t think any more about it, thinking she had imagined the whole thing. She was an active Christian and willing to help, but she had never had an experience in which she thought God might be speaking to her! A few weeks later into the semester, and nothing had changed. Joan had spoken to Sherry but had never mentioned the experience to her or…

Topics covered

• God speaks
• Christianity
• faith
• personal experience

Keywords

• money
• wallet
• helping others
• spiritual guidance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bible, II Timothy 3:15-

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