God Speaks to Us Through the Things We Experience in Life

By Paul A. Taylor Sr.

Dear reader, In this book I will show you that God can speak to us through our experiences. We are blessed with the capacity to remember, visualize, dream, and imagine things. In this book, I will share stories about how God has spoken to me. God can talk to us through experiences that relate to music, trauma, childhood experiences, sports, people who have mentored us, things we may be facing presently, and many other ways. God often speaks to me through things I experienced in life years ago. While mediating, God spoke to me through a song that was released by the Ohio Players in the 1974. The title of the song was "I Want to Be Free." People danced the night away to that song. The song emphasized one having the freedom to do whatever they wanted to do. As the song came to me through my memory, I remembered how we played the LP-33 record on the stereo and sang with the record in the seventies. The Lord then showed me that the only real freedom is in Jesus Christ. God spoke to me by his Word, "And ye shall know the truth and the truth will make you free" (John 8:32, KJV). My desire is to show you that God loves you, and he wants to talk to you. No matter what you have experienced in life, no matter what your circumstances are, no matter what you have done in the past—rather it be good or bad—God desires to talk with you. While reading this book, think about your experiences in life and what God is saying to you. Though this book, I want to laugh, cry, and praise God with you. And we know that all things work together for the good to them that that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28 Blessings, Paul A. Taylor Sr.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781684564866

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God Speaks to Us Through the Things We Experience in Life

Paul A. Taylor, Sr.

Copyright © 2019 Paul A. Taylor Sr.

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

New York, NY

First originally published by Page Publishing, Inc. 2019

ISBN 978-1-68456-485-9 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-68456-486-6 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

To my sister Dr Deborah Jack

1950-1981

Parents

James R. Taylor, Sr.

1918-2008

Maude Taylor

1920-2016

Wife-Geraldine Taylor

Son Paul A. Taylor, Jr.

Preface

Life is like being on a trail or a walk. We may have an idea where we want to go, but things happen along the way. The dog you didn’t expect to see starts to chase you. Or someone along the way suddenly starts to harass you. Maybe along the way you meet someone who becomes a friend for a lifetime. Perhaps someone needs help, and you are the only person available. At the end of our journeys, we have stories to tell others.

Many of us look back at things we have experienced and how they relate to our lives. On my journey in life, I met someone special. His name is Jesus. He saved my life. When I look back over my life, I’m grateful. God speaks to me now through things I have experienced in my life such as family, heartaches, music, sports, love, and pain. God speaks to me through the death of loved ones and the miracle healings of loved ones. God speaks to me through the wonderful parents I had and my wonderful sister who died at an early age. God speaks to me through teachers, coaches, preachers, children, and many others.

In the book of Joshua in the Bible, we see the story of Rahab. She was in the business of prostitution. Prior to hiding the spies, she heard about the power of God. From her experiences and her circumstances, she recognized that the two men believed in the God she heard about. Through her actions, Rahab and her family were saved. They were the lone survivors when Jericho was destroyed. The Bible tells us, "By faith the harlot