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    He Heard Me
    He Heard Me
    He Heard Me
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    He Heard Me

    By Brenda Vargas

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    He Heard Me is meant to ignite the fire that might have grown dim in us over the years, to refresh and restore our faith. The ultimate goal is that you would fall in love with Jesus Christ and receive Him as your personal Saviour, if you haven’t already. I truly hope you will have your eyes opened to see God’s hand in action, even with little things, so that you don’t take it for granted or miss out on a blessing.

    This book will reveal that God is involved in every detail of our lives, whether we realize it or not. He wants to be there to help us and give us the desires of our hearts—when they line up with His own. God can use the experiences that are in this book to give us proof to counteract the devil when he tries to lure us or convince us that God does not listen to us, let alone care for us, especially when problems arise.

    He Heard Me is meant to ignite the fire that might have grown dim in us over the years, to refresh and restore our faith. The ultimate goal is that you would fall in love with Jesus Christ and receive Him as your personal Saviour, if you haven’t already. I truly hope you will have your eyes opened to see God’s hand in action, even with little things, so that you don’t take it for granted or miss out on a blessing.

    This book will reveal that God is involved in every detail of our lives, whether we realize it or not. He wants to be there to help us and give us the desires of our hearts—when they line up with His own. God can use the experiences that are in this book to give us proof to counteract the devil when he tries to lure us or convince us that God does not listen to us, let alone care for us, especially when problems arise.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWord Alive Press
    Release dateJun 14, 2016
    ISBN9781486612529
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      He Heard Me - Brenda Vargas

      Advance praise for He Heard Me

      If I didn’t already know Christ, I sure would want to after reading this book. We are living in a hurting world; people need to read this, to know there is hope. Truly inspiring!

      —Joanne Cook

      Church Treasurer

      This book is very inspiring and would lead me to a relationship with Christ if I didn’t have one already.

      —Diane Stein

      Treasurer

      TOPS Woodstock, ON, 1059

      HE HEARD ME

      Copyright © 2016 by Brenda Vargas

      Cover photo by Pedro Silva

      All rights reserved. Neither this publication nor any part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.

      Unless otherwise marked, all scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission. NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® and NIV® are registered trademarks of Biblica, Inc. Use of either trademark for the offering of goods or services requires the prior written consent of Biblica US, Inc. Scripture marked NKJV taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture marked TLB taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      EPUB Version: 978-1-4866-1252-9

      Word Alive Press

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      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication 

      Vargas, Brenda, 1949-, author 

                He heard me / Brenda Vargas. 

      Issued in print and electronic formats. 

      ISBN 978-1-4866-1249-9 (paperback).--ISBN 978-1-4866-1250-5 (pdf).--

      ISBN 978-1-4866-1251-2 (html).--ISBN 978-1-4866-1252-9 (epub) 

                1. Christian life.  I. Title. 

      BV4501.3.V37 2016                          248.4                       C2016-900079-6 

                                                                                                 C2016-900080-X

      This book is dedicated to my husband, Mateus, and to my parents, Orine (Bob) and Joyce Bates.

      It is also dedicated to a very special lady, Nancy Chesney, who is truly an example of Christ. She continually shows God’s love and compassion to people by praying with them, listening, visiting, and encouraging them with just the right book to read. I am truly blessed to have her as a dear friend in Christ.

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Purpose

      Heart’s Door

      It’s True

      1. God is Waiting

      Get the Blinders Off

      Renewed Wine Skin

      Keep Me Strong Please

      2. My Crowbar

      My Crowbar

      3. Your Mouth – Friend or Foe

      God Will Help

      God’s Freedom

      4. Hebrews Eleven, Verse One

      Jesus the Healer

      He is in Control

      5. Psalm Thirty-Four

      This Place of Grace

      Encouraged

      6. My Friend, the Holy Spirit

      Holy Spirit – My Friend

      7. Praying in the Holy Spirit

      Absolute Solution

      8. Trust and Obey

      Principles of Prosperity

      Treasures in Jars of Clay

      9. Life After Home Church

      10. Being Blessed, Just Ask

      Whispers

      Pray and Watch

      I Fall in Love

      The Light

      11. She Embraces

      He Believes in Me

      About the Author

      Acknowledgements

      Lori Nanskeville

      Pastor Ian Mills

      Geraldine Ross

      Nancy Chesney

      Joanne Cook

      My husband, Mateus

      Others who have spoken into my life

      Introduction

      This book is truly Holy Spirit-directed! I say this because several years ago, not long after accepting Christ as my Lord and Saviour, I started experiencing things in a way I never had before, and I felt the need to journal everything. This book presents some of those journal entries as they were written, along with other uplifting stories about God at work that friends and acquaintances have shared with me.

      One morning as I was getting ready for church, I distinctly heard a voice say, He Heard Me, and with that, I knew the title of the book God was preparing for me to write. I began to work on this book as I was led.

      After a few years, I had the opportunity to meet a pastor from London, Ontario. When the actual meeting was over, he told me that earlier in the day he had been praying about our meeting and that God had told him some things about me. He was told that in the book God was giving me to write, not only my poems would appear but much, much more, including God’s plans for the book. This amazed me because there was no possible way this pastor could know about my book unless he did, in fact, hear it from God.

      As I continue my interesting, rewarding, and sometimes challenging journey with God, I am amazed at how much He loves us in spite of ourselves. To think that the Creator of the Universe looks after every little detail of our lives with love, care, and compassion! He never fails.

      How exciting it would be if we did not take things for granted, but realized that what we see, feel, and experience in so many ways is actually God letting us know He is here for us.

      I hope that my little story about my walk with a robin will touch your heart, and help you to be sensitive to your surroundings so that you don’t miss a visit from God.

      Other stories will help show you that nothing is impossible for God, and that His timing is everything.

      Above all, don’t hesitate to dream big and think big—we serve a big God! He wants the best for us, His children. 

      So go ahead and say with me, Don’t let the devil steal what God wants to give you.

      Purpose

      I believe this book will accomplish all that God has planned for it, igniting faith in believers at all levels, and awakening their desire to get to know God more. The ultimate goal is that the person reading this book who is searching for meaning and purpose in their life will accept Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.

      Thank You for a Mother’s Prayer

      Some people like a good romance with a happy ending, while others like to read something that intrigues them. Hopefully, as you begin to read this book, you will find it intriguing and interesting enough to see it to the end. There is no dashing prince or beautiful blonde. There is a main character, who is a man like no other, and there are more people than just one leading lady. There is a hunger and thirst after righteousness, and a love that goes beyond our human comprehension.

      Of course, the greatest love story is God proving His love by giving us His only Son to die on the cross for our sins. Hallelujah!

      It all started on Thursday, April 29, 1993, when a group of people at a fellowship group in Brockville were led by the Holy Spirit to pray for family members’ salvation instead of having their Bible study. My mother was a member of that group.

      Just three days after that, Sunday, May 2, I was sitting down by the water relaxing after working all day. I was mesmerized by the warm sun and by how the wind created little waves along the shoreline; it was so beautiful. I couldn’t help but tell God how amazing things were—the colours in the trees and the sky—and how wonderful it was to hear the songs of the birds.

      Then out of nowhere I heard a voice say, Tonight you should be in church.

      I looked up and asked, Is that you, Dad, or is that you, God? You see, my dad died about ten months earlier and I knew he was in heaven. Strangely enough, the last Sunday he was still with us had also been the second day of the month. Anyway, I heard the voice say again, Tonight you should be in church.

      Just as clearly, I heard another voice telling me not to go, that I would miss the sunset and the warm breezes. It reminded me of how hard I had worked that day, and that I deserved to sit here and just enjoy the beauty. However, I also found myself remembering what my friend, Geri, had told me about Eastdale Christian Outreach. Sometimes their minister would be invited to go to speak at another church and some of the congregation would also go to be a part of the service. There was something soft and gentle about the first voice that led me to think it was only concerned about my wellbeing, and with that I decided to go home and phone the

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