Author Archives: Tammie Edwards

Peace To Lead?

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I firmly believe that God wants people who hear His voice to lead this nation. In studying about the prophets of old, God always sent prophets to a rebellious nation who refused to listen to God and follow Him. They always brought a message of warning, caution, and rebuke to stubborn and foolish people.

When God called me as His prophet, the foremost message was to teach people to learn to hear God’s voice in prayer. That’s paramount because you cannot obey God without hearing His voice. It’s impossible to follow Him in a specific or narrow path without hearing Him lead you. Yes, you can guess at interpreting Scriptures or seeing signposts along the way, but that’s what you’re doing, you’re guessing. (Like nearly every pastor in our pulpits today.) Who wants a best-guess allegiance? As for me, I want to be certain of God’s leading before stepping out. If I’m going to risk everything, it’s not going to be done foolishly. I want to hear God’s specific instructions and know His heart.

So I’m going to ask each reader a few questions to ponder about your own spiritual walk with God.

1) How good are your listening skills?

2) How have you included God in making decisions?

3) Do you WANT to hear God’s voice?

4) How many times have you knowingly heard God’s voice or felt His presence?

5) What are you afraid of losing by submitting to God?

6) Have you made an oath to God to follow Him? And how are you doing with that oath?

7) Can you describe what it feels like to be at peace with God?

Blind & Deaf Allegiance?

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Why should God give you access to hearing His voice?

You see, God’s not the one having the problem with communicating. He knows how to be heard when He wants to be. But why bother talking to someone who has made no commitment to listening or doesn’t have the heart to obey His direction?

Why should He open Himself up to heart intimacy with you, if you are going to ignore or betray Him? Because listen you might get away with friends-with-benefits arrangements with others, but God is not going to embrace that lifestyle with you. He wants wholehearted commitment.

Have you made an oath to follow God and obey? How are you going to fulfill that oath without learning to discern God’s voice in prayer? I’m very serious in asking that question. How do you include God in decisions if you aren’t hearing His voice?

I’m sitting here shaking my head wondering how so few people actually hear God’s voice but call themselves Christians. If you belong to God, you should hear His voice.

Who Are You Accountable To?

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Last night I listened to a local pastor’s message. It was a pretty good message but at one point he said something about doctrinal experts on the internet that aren’t accountable to a human agent should not be trusted. I’m guessing he was talking about me since he knows that I am a doctrinal expert that is not under the authority of a church.

So I talked to God about his comment.

1) First, God reminded me that I’m not asking anyone to trust me and that I always tell people to not believe me but to seek God themselves. Because here’s the thing, whether you understand it or not, you ARE accountable to God regardless of whether or not you have church elders. Let’s face it those church elders are going to back you up on your false doctrines if they have the same false doctrines as you do. Hint: if your pastor teaches falsely against women in ministry, then your stupid elders are going to keep you accountable to their false doctrinal standards. Why not be intentionally accountable to hearing God’s voice and obeying Him rather than be led astray by your bogus accountability partners?

2) I’m seriously asking you who was the Apostle Paul accountable to? Who was Abraham accountable to? Who was Noah accountable to? Who was Moses accountable to? Who was Samuel accountable to? Who was Elijah accountable to? Who were Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel accountable to? Who was King David accountable to? Who was Jonah accountable to? Who were the disciples accountable to? If God is good enough for them to be accountable to, then why would you suggest that He isn’t good enough for me to also be accountable to? Oh, is it because I’m a female? Or is it because I’m divorced? You nasty snake! Get behind me!

3) If you had an ounce of courage in your pathetic male ego, you would ask God yourself who I am accountable to. But you won’t bother to ask God because you can’t ask Him about anything including correct doctrine. You’re too busy advising God on how He should do things. Why don’t you learn to submit to God rather than to your good ole boy network?

“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” (Acts 20:22-24 NIV)

The Spirit of the Lord Speaking Through You

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Often, in my teaching videos, the Lord speaks directly through my voice. The Bible describes this as a manifestation of the Spirit or speaking in tongues. Some think that speaking in tongues can only be in a foreign language or in a heavenly language, but God can and does speak in your native language when He chooses.

I put together this page of Scriptures to help those who have never experienced this type of manifestation of the Spirit to understand it better.

Validated Trajectory?

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We all fit together when we’re truly using our giftings for the glory of God.

In ministry, the size of the audience isn’t what’s important. It’s the obedience to God that matters most. It’s not how many auditorium seats or media viewers that count with God. Sometimes your God-given message is geared specifically to reach the heart of one person. That word of encouragement or rebuke might reach them in the middle of the battle when they were ready to give up or give in.

God orchestrates everything in exactly His timing. He alone knows the heart of the receiver and the trajectory of the giver. In order for us to walk in concert with God’s will, we must be willing to actually show up even when it seems fruitless to our egos and outside of a negotiable timeline.

We must hear God’s voice to direct us. It’s not beyond God’s sovereignty to still use us as He sees fit, even when we refuse to listen. But how much more useful can we be when we choose to actually seek God for direction? When we allow God to harness our energy and path as we yield to His leading, we can accomplish Kingdom work efficiently and in season.

There is no unity of the Spirit collectively when some fight against the will of God. If we’re not using our giftings to please God, then we’re using them contrary to His will. What is the true motive of your heart? Is pleasing God foremost?