Chapter^5
5 Whose Voice Do You Hear?...........................................
enny, I want you to stop talking about Jesus in this
house. Do you understand?" I can never forget the
angry voice of my father, who was infuriated by my
conversion. And after my encounter with the Holy Spirit,
his wrath grew even worse.
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But I began to hear another voice. It was the sound of
the Spirit, and He gave me a love for my father that
surpassed anything I had known as a child or as a teen. No
matter what my father said, I could just look at him with
total peace. And it seemed that the more angry he became,
the more love the Spirit gave me.
Three things happened when the Holy Spirit entered my
life.
First, the Word of the Living God became absolute life
to me. No longer did I read a little from Matthew and a
little from the Psalms. I opened the Bible and felt as if I
were inside of it—seeing it "live and in living color." The
voice of the Holy Spirit led me to a great adventure in the
Scriptures.
Second, my prayer life changed completely. Gone were
the hours of praying, yawning, and repeating myself. The
Holy Spirit and I were in conversation. He made God real.
He gave me power and a boldness that made me feel ten
feet tall.