{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Joy In Every Step","title":"How to Recognize God's Guidance: Discerning the Holy Spirit | Part 3","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cfe64735\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":943,"description":"Episode 68 | Joy In Every Step with Elder Sarita Bernadette\n\nHave you ever felt a quiet nudge in your spirit and wondered, “Is God trying to tell me something?”\n\nSometimes God's guidance doesn't come through a dramatic moment. It may be a persistent thought, a gentle conviction, or a quiet prompting that encourages us to pause, pray, and pay attention. But how can we recognize the Holy Spirit's leading and know when it's time to act?\n\nIn Part 3 of God's Guidance, Elder Sarita Bernadette continues exploring what she calls the divine or holy nudge. \n\nThrough Scripture, she shares practical questions we can ask to discern whether what we're sensing truly aligns with God's character, His Word, and His will for our lives.\n\nBecause not every feeling is a direction from God, learning to recognize His guidance requires prayer, spiritual discernment, and a willingness to listen.\n\nFeatured Scripture — Isaiah 30:21 (VOICE)\n\nYour ears will hear sweet words behind you: “Go this way. There is your path; this is how you should go” whenever you must decide whether to turn to the right or the left.\n\nKey Takeaway\nGod's guidance will never contradict His character or His Word.\n\nGod doesn't leave us to navigate life's decisions without direction. Through His Word, prayer, and the leading of the Holy Spirit, He helps us recognize the path we should take.\n\nBut recognizing His guidance requires discernment. When you sense a holy nudge, take time to pray, examine what you're hearing against Scripture, and seek wise counsel.\n\nAs Elder Sarita reminds us, recognizing the Holy Spirit's guidance takes practice. Quiet the noise, spend time in God's Word, and trust Him to direct your steps.\n\nIn This Episode\nRecognizing the Holy Spirit's guidance: Understanding how a holy nudge may appear as an inner conviction, persistent thought, or quiet prompting.\nTesting what we sense against God's character: Asking whether a prompting reflects His love, mercy, justice, truth, holiness, light, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1oE6y58pnnNmf_jBXQT3an2DnZzwMhGjAvEzSMqFwsk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84YTI0/MTljZTUwMzJlMGM0/ZDg3YTg5ZDMzN2Mz/MGMyNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}