Nik The Compassioneer 💕

Apologies, dear friends. I will be working nightshifts for the rest of the week to help my kids with school projects & assignments. Will hopefully be able to resume #NiksRead_Share spaces on Monday next week 4/27 @ 5:30am PST 💜🙏🏼

1st time reading the bible ALL the way thru🫶🏼 Finished the NT in 2024. Torah&Job done & continuing thru the OT. Reading this study bible LIVE, sharing vulnerable reflection. Prayer requests welcome in chat or DMs (may be prayed for aloud w/permission) 🙌🏼 amzn.to/4r6Yvk8

🔔#NiksRead_Share💜🔔 5:30-7am PST Monday - Friday📚 Day316 Monday👇🏼 🚨Openly Spending Time w/God🚨 Simply Reading & Sharing Vulnerable Reflection as the Holy Spirit leads: “The Book of Joshua: Ch8+” NLT Illustrated Study Bible twitter.com/i/spaces/1vJpP…

I didn’t know enough either. I was leaning on hope & blind trust, based on what little I THOUGHT I knew from what others have said around/to me, about God. I was “guessing” a lot… found out I wasn’t really listening to God but more of my own thoughts to validate my “worldly desires”.. sins (my flesh, as the bible puts it) and more so the thoughts of others trying to control me with shame 🙈 I feared not being able to understand the bible if I tried to read it without a religious leader OR that I would find out God wasn’t anything I thought he was & that I’d find proof I was never one he could love or want or care about. I was tired of wondering & feeling SO confused about all the contradictions in what people said about God. That’s why I wanted to read the bible… to find out for myself. A lot of my questions got answered but now I have different ones haha 😄🙃 I’ll be rereading it for the rest of my life to keep learning & reminding myself BUT the best part is, God doesn’t rebuke me for seeking understanding 🥰 He’s better than anything I ever thought he was. It’s been almost 3-4yrs since the self-help (mostly Brene Brown books) I was reading in spaces before the bible. We’ve had random discussions, back&forths on different topics.. inconsistently too. Yet, you feel you know me enough to know if someone tried impersonating me 💜 Only way to know more about God, to recognize what’s from him.. is to spend time getting to know him 😊… in scripture (which He inspired obedient followers to write, for all to learn & reference about him) AND in prayer… to vulnerably surrender to experiencing him. Even with what little you know of Him, when you’re honest about your belief, your sincerity in connecting with God… something inside you helps you “know”. Only you’ll know what that looks/feels/sounds like when you experience it. It’s always helped me to share with family/friends whom I can trust to pray with me on things & lovingly hold me accountable. Every relationship takes time & effort… same goes for having one with God 🫶🏼🙌🏼 “Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.” James 1:17 NLT bible.com/bible/116/jas.…

@NikReyno I never doubted your good will and pure heart, I know you only have good intentions in your soul, and I could probably tell if someone tried to mimic your words or style or character. But I don't know enough about God to do the same; and consistency is a big question here.

Well.. I can only speak for myself & what I’ve learned thus far… the word for what you’re referring to is “discernment”. Discerning God’s will/voice/prompting from anything/anyone else. I don’t know much but this much I know: God doesn’t contradict himself. Context always illustrates God’s consistent character & what he values & abhors. What is from God, always aligns with his word in the bible. Imagine getting “messages” (voice or texts) from someone/something that claims to be me… you then have to discern if those messages really sound like me. Because we’ve become friends & have spent time engaging together with others in these conversations, you’ve come to know how I sound & how I tend to speak & maybe noticed my tendencies of thought & passion or anger in different things. So, you could probably tell the difference when someone is pretending to be me or at least feel something’s off. That’s what happens the more you spend time in God’s word & in prayer, listening for his voice… acting & engaging with what you feel/hear from him… opening yourself up to be led by the Holy Spirit… surrendering, actively nurturing a genuine relationship with God. You experience consistencies that align with scriptural history examples… you build on each experience time after time & then you start to really see what Jesus meant when he said “My sheep know my voice.” 💜 I hope that helps. No one else could “KNOW” what God is telling you… but engaging with & surrounding yourself with fellow believers, in my experience, also allows for this amazing thing that God does to prove he’s engaging with all of us… he will speak things to each of us separately & in our obedience in being vulnerable.. we share, we pray, & then get shocked by the recognition of alignment. God knows our skepticism.. which is why he does his best work through Obedient Hearts 😊🫶🏼 Community holds people accountable to not get prideful & manipulative. God helps point that out if/when we’re blinded by things (comfort, convenience, greed, fear, control etc). Active surrender to God & continuously seeking Him helps hone all that. At least, that’s what’s proven to be of help to me 💜 Here are just a “few” verses of what the bible says about discernment & how it’s used. The search feature on the YouVersion Bible app is awesome 🤓😄

@NikReyno How do you know if something - a thought, an idea, a suggestion - is from God or not?

1st time reading the bible ALL the way thru🫶🏼 Finished the NT in 2024. Torah&Job done & continuing thru the OT. Reading this study bible LIVE, sharing vulnerable reflection. Prayer requests welcome in chat or DMs (may be prayed for aloud w/permission) 🙌🏼 amzn.to/4r6Yvk8

🔔#NiksRead_Share💜🔔 5:30-7am PST Monday - Friday📚 Day315 Friday👇🏼 🚨Openly Spending Time w/God🚨 Simply Reading & Sharing Vulnerable Reflection as the Holy Spirit leads: “The Book of Joshua: Ch6+” NLT Illustrated Study Bible twitter.com/i/spaces/1jGXg…

🤦🏻‍♀️ accidentally put 5:30pm instead of AM but clicking edit to change space details crashes the app 🫠 Will make a new one to see if that will work.

1st time reading the bible ALL the way thru🫶🏼 Finished the NT in 2024. Torah&Job done & continuing thru the OT. Reading this study bible LIVE, sharing vulnerable reflection. Prayer requests welcome in chat or DMs (may be prayed for aloud w/permission) 🙌🏼 amzn.to/4r6Yvk8

🔔#NiksRead_Share💜🔔 5:30-7am PST Monday - Friday📚 Day314 Thursday👇🏼 🚨Openly Spending Time w/God🚨 Simply Reading & Sharing Vulnerable Reflection as the Holy Spirit leads: “The Book of Joshua: Intro+” NLT Illustrated Study Bible twitter.com/i/spaces/1nxeL…

@loves_Jesus_ They did 💜🫶🏼🙌🏼

@NikReyno I don't know if the messages came through in pm (one text and one voicemessage) but if it did, then ok.

Jesus never made mistakes!!

@loves_Jesus_ Absolutely 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 I’d love to hear what you get from praying about it.. whenever you feel comfortable sharing (& of course, doesn’t need to be public).

@NikReyno May i save that quote to pray about it?

1st time reading the bible ALL the way thru🫶🏼 Finished the NT in 2024. Gen-Num&Job done & continuing thru the OT. Reading this study bible LIVE, sharing vulnerable reflection. Prayer requests welcome in chat or DMs (may be prayed for aloud w/permission) 🙌🏼 amzn.to/4r6Yvk8

🔔#NiksRead_Share💜🔔 5:30-7am PST Monday - Friday📚 Day313 Wednesday👇🏼 🚨Openly Spending Time w/God🚨 Simply Reading & Sharing Vulnerable Reflection as the Holy Spirit leads: “The Book of Deuteronomy: Ch29+” NLT Illustrated Study Bible twitter.com/i/spaces/1YGNr…