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Hearing God's Voice in the Storm 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle.0:54 I'm Michelle Humphreys. And I am Naina Keegan. Today, we have a wonderful guest on our program. Her name is Shayla Ortiz Diaz, and she has written a wonderful book entitled I Can Hear1:06 His Voice, Hearing God During Difficult Times. And don't we all want to be able to do that? So without further ado, welcome to our program.1:17 Welcome, Shayla. Let me just say Shayla is a friend. She is precious. The first time I met her many many years ago, I met her and her husband, and the1:29 first thing that I noticed was that Shayla could hear God's voice. So it's amazing to me that she wrote a book with that title, and I love her relationship with the Lord. Everyone1:41 needs to hear Shayla's testimony and her story. She walks with God in such a personal way that she has this dialogue that's ongoing with the Lord, and I love it.1:53 Amen. And, Shayla, welcome to the program. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for having me. Yeah. God bless you, girl. Well, let's start off with the big question. You wrote this2:04 book. Tell us how that got started.2:09 Well, that got started as entries in my Christian journal, and, the Lord, gave me a dream, and and that dream revealed that there was a2:21 storm coming. So through a series of events, he was preparing me, which I did not know, but because I write on my journal, I was able to put that together after the fact.2:32 When I faced a storm that I discussed in the book or the series of storms, I real I I wrote things in in a notebook because there was no electricity.2:45 And, as I was transcribing those, pages, on my journal in the computer, the Lord started to reveal a lot of things. He revealed that there was preparation.2:57 He revealed that, and he revealed all the things that he did for me during the time of the storm, miracles, signs, wonders. They became so real. And it was just an3:09 amazing journey that I want to share with everybody.3:13 Well now you went, you're talking about Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, right? And so you're saying you had a dream before3:25 that ever happened?3:26 So it was a physical storm, not just like a trial type storm. It was an actual storm. Yes. Yes. In your life.3:33 Yes. Yes. It was an actual storm. I saw it in a dream before it happened, and the Lord prepared me by giving me words and just doing my personal prayer3:45 time and tuggings and just knowings, and I was able to pay attention. It's like I never pay attention to the weather channel. But yet this3:57 storm, when I saw the beginnings of it on the television, it's like I couldn't get it out of my mind. And it came to a point where the Lord said, you have to go, and there was no more time to waste. It had4:09 to be that night. And so a couple of hours later, I was on a plane to go take care of my mother.4:15 And so the Lord asked you to go into the storm. That is correct.4:20 Yeah. When most people are leaving the storms, you're heading that way, so that was that was really an act of faith and trusting God when you're heading towards a storm.4:31 Yes. But the coolest part about that was that before the Lord sent me there, there was a time of preparation and the dream also revealed that there were there4:43 were open doors in my life, things that I needed to take care of and address so that I would not be harmed during the storm.4:51 What types of things were those?4:54 Well, in the dream, it was represented by open windows, open doors. There was a wall that had a curtain. We were inside a house and there was a there was a wall and5:05 it had a curtain and that represented the the wall. But if a storm comes in, you have no wall to keep you away from the storm, then you're in trouble. So my my covering was5:17 not adequate.5:19 And so the Lord braced you for for that, and you were able to take care of those things with your in your mom's home to prepare for the storm. Is that right?5:29 It was it was personal preparation that needed to happen. In other words, the Lord wanted to remove some sin that was in my life and bring some things to the forefront so that I could5:41 prepare, physically and emotionally for the journey that was to come, which was it was it was quite a test, but I wouldn't change anything. It was it's 1 of the best experiences I've5:53 had.The Power of Forgiveness 5:54 Wow. It it is always true. You always say in hindsight, you know, if we knew what God knows, we would never change a thing because you're walking in his glory and hearing from him. So what are some of the6:06 ways that you hear from God, that you could tell people how to be able to key in and hear the voice of God?6:15 I think that the most important way to hear the voice of God is of course by inviting him to speak to you. God does not impose, he doesn't even impose salvation. You have to ask, you6:27 have to come to him And so you surrender yourself before Him and you say, Father, I want you to guide my steps, I want you to guide my life. And it's not hard, it's just a question.6:39 And, you know that you're hearing from God and that it's the accurate voice of God because you walk in peace, because you want to praise him, because you wanna thank him, and6:51 because he never gives you anything that is outside of his word. Oh, that's good. Because that's, you know, how do you know when it7:00 when it absolutely correlates with the word of God? And that's how you know it's he he he will always back himself up with his7:08 word. Correct.7:09 Yeah. That's what7:10 he will never tell you something that's contrary to his word.7:13 No. He never will. And and in your book, which is such a great book, you talk about the miracle of the coconut trees. What tell us about that.7:25 Well, the house, my mother's land, there's a big cliff, and along the cliff from left to right all the way across the the property, there were tree there were 107:37 very large coconut trees. They were about at least 60 feet tall. And, it's 1 of my it was, it's funny because it's when I first saw what I saw, okay,7:49 the Lord told me I had instructions before the coconut trees fell during the hurricane. But the Lord the day before the hurricane told me to walk around the property claiming safety8:01 and, just safety, claiming safety and speaking in tongues and singing his praises. And even though I look kind of silly, I did exactly what he said. For like8:13 about 2 hours, I went around the entire property singing and praising and lifting hands and and just speaking in tongues and claiming our safety. And8:26 and then when after the hurricane happened, which no harm came to us, thanks be to God, all of the coconut trees fell. But, in the8:38 house, there's a there's, a little wooden house, which is the 1 in the cover of the book. And, I kept thinking that that house was gonna fall8:50 because of the hurricane. I mean, there's no way a little wooden house would hold on a hundred and 70 miles per hour. Right. So, the coconut trees that fell, all of9:02 them fell, but they all fell forward except the 2 that were behind the house, which fell sideways and didn't hit the house and didn't destroy it. So, yeah,9:14 that's what happened with that.9:15 So your 2 hours of of walking out and trusting the Lord and praying in trusting the Lord and praying in the spirit, it paid off because God was faithful. Thank you so much for that. I love that testimony. We're gonna9:26 come back in just a minute. We're gonna hear more from Shayla Ortiz Diaz.9:35 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus, and that is the mission of Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, to see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.9:47 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the9:58 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging10:10 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 road10:22 number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.10:34 Give now.10:38 Welcome back to the broadcast. We have a special guest with us today. It's Shayla Ortiz Diaz, and she has written this wonderful book, I Can Hear His Voice Hearing God During Difficult Times. And10:49 Shayla, 1 of the things you talk about in your book is how unforgiveness, unforgiveness can be it can kind of be a barrier to us being able to hear from God. And so11:02 and that forgiveness is so key and, you know, for God to be able to to communicate with us. So tell us about that and how did you come by that conclusion?11:13 When, as I was going through the, remember I had the dream and I said there was an open door?11:19 Right.11:19 And open windows, it was unforgiveness. Mhmm. And the Lord revealed to me through prayer that that was a hindrance to hearing his voice all the time. So I could11:31 hear his voice, here and there, if I had to pray for somebody, I could pray properly and so on. But in my own life, I could not do this. And I wanted so much to11:43 do that. And so, the Lord took me through a process of forgiving others. And and he took me from it's almost like an onion. It's like you you go through11:55 the outer part and that part's easy, but as you get closer and closer to the core, it's harder and harder. And this was not something that happened in a day. It was something that took time.12:09 And so but I what I did notice and what the end result was of going through that process was, not only that I could forgive people, I learned that some of the people that I12:21 had not that I had been having grudges with, and I guess that's the, I don't know if that's the right term, but there was 1 person that when I asked her to forgive me, I actually went to see her, I12:33 asked her to forgive me. And in the Lord, and I was surprised that she wanted it so much. And she was afraid to ask, you know, she wanted to12:45 have a relationship with me. There were others that when I asked for forgiveness, they could care less. But I was obedient by going through the process. So I was not12:57 deterred by the fact that not everybody received my, request for forgiveness.13:04 Well, I love them oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead.13:07 No. They they did not they not everybody received their request the right way. So so but I didn't let that process deter me because it was more important to be obedient to the voice of God.13:19 The most amazing thing that happened during that process was that as I was driving to go meet up with someone, I had a vision while I was driving. And I saw a13:31 mask. And it was like my face was taken out. I saw the hand come and remove the mask like this. And behind it, I saw was very ugly,13:43 grotesque, almost. And the Lord was the 1 that was his hand. And he was telling me that he could see what was inside of me, what was he what that thing that he was trying to change.13:55 And it was so difficult because I knew that he could see that in me. He could see the real me or what I perceived as the real me. But then after he showed me that he could14:07 see everything, he also showed me his love for me. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. It's what he told me.14:20 And, oh my God, he's just so amazing and so wonderful. And in the midst of correction, I had so much love from him. Wow. So much love for him. I14:32 had to stop driving. I couldn't stop crying. It was something so powerful that it's just 1 of those things. So even in correction, the Lord shows us14:44 how much He loves us, and He corrects us because He loves us.14:48 Well, I love that you obeyed the Lord and that, you know, it says in the Bible when we go to take communion that we if we find that we have unforgiveness or that if15:00 we have offended someone, we should stop what we're doing and go to that person. And so, basically he took you through that process as you were praying and as you were asking the15:11 Lord to show you. Is that what you were doing? You were saying Lord show me where I have offenses and then he would just bring people to mind.15:21 Correct. He would bring people to mind or, I was going through some training during that time and during that training, a prophetic training, I would get words from others that would15:33 bring out some of those things, but it was mostly by prayer and asking God and asking the Holy Spirit to reveal these areas, to me. For me,15:45 I didn't realize that that's what it was, but what I was going after wasn't just the, the unforgiveness part, but it was what I wanted was to hear God15:57 clearly without hindrance. And I noticed that there were times when I could hear him and there were times where I couldn't hear him. And I was trying to get to the bottom of why, Lord. I wanna hear you16:09 all the time. I want you to guide my steps. I I I want him so desperately. I just want him and I could not. I just can't fathom having anything in my16:21 life that keeps me from hearing his voice.16:23 When you when you were going to these people, you said some people received it and were happy about it and but some people were were not. So how did you handle that? Because16:35 that's you did all you knew to do and so did you just, you know, leave it with that or what did did God tell you to do anything further or was that, you know, were you were16:47 you, like, had you made all of your your forgiveness, you know, did you do all that you need to do and was that enough? What did you think about that?16:57 I did everything that I needed to do. There were some people that I approached and received it properly, like you said, some people did not. Some people I couldn't even get in touch with them. Mhmm. But17:09 but I went through a process of either writing letters, on my journal, or sharing with the Lord my heart about that person, asking God to please forgive me,17:22 looking up scriptures that are related to forgiveness, and what happens when you don't forgive. So, yeah, you just go through the process because17:34 the bottom line is obedience. It really, whether the person receives it or not, if they receive it, that's good, but not everybody's gonna receive it and you can't force somebody17:47 to receive something. But you let it go. You pray for them. You just lift them up to the Lord privately, not necessarily in front of them, and then you just move forward knowing that you17:59 were obedient to God and that in that obedience comes blessing.18:03 Amen to that. Well, we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.Living in Constant Communion with God 18:10 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.18:22 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the18:33 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging18:45 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 6315 B FM 14 88 Road, number18:57 122, Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.19:09 Give now.19:12 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Nina Michelle. We are here with a very special friend, Shayla Ortiz Diaz. She has written a book called I Can Hear His Voice. It's a19:24 great book. You're going to wanna get this book, and I we've we've said this earlier in the show. Shayla just has a very special relationship with the Lord, but you know what? What God is no19:36 respecter of persons, and what he does for Shayla, he will do for you. And Shayla, so tell us, like, what a day like, I love that Shayla like I said, we're19:48 friends, and she's talked to me and went about how she hears from God. And tell us, like, a day in your life, like, you you wake up and immediately you begin talking to God. Tell19:59 us. You immediately begin to hear his voice. Tell us about that.20:04 I I think it's kind of silly, and maybe someday I'll write a book that says good morning, Lord, because I get a lot of words from the Lord and I always write them down. But I start my day by thanking20:16 Him, by saying, Good morning, Lord. Even before I get out of bed, I just acknowledge Him. And then I invite Him into my day, Father, what do you want20:28 me to do today? And, sometimes I get a word, sometimes I don't about that, but for the most part, I do. And it's20:40 just an invitation because prayer is, it's an ongoing conversation with God. So throughout the day, I keep calling out to20:51 Him, Father, thank you. When I see something beautiful, I say, Wow, Lord, you are so awesome. And I just keep Him number 1 in my life. I don't have to say it out loud necessarily,21:04 but but there's just this connection, and it's not hard in the sense that it's something that's available for every believer. Even people that are not believers, when they21:16 call out to God because they want him, he answers. Amen. And he's always there. So just by acknowledging him, praying,21:28 reading his word, and if you can't do all of them because you're busy, like I used to be a mom and doing all things,21:40 you still acknowledge him in your own time, and even when you're taking a bath, when you're driving, give him his 5 minutes, his 10 minutes, whatever, and you're gonna come to a point where you don't know how to live21:52 without him. It's it's That's perfect. Just very special. It's very special. The Lord always responds. You can you can be certain that he's gonna talk to you, whether it's through the word22:04 in the bible or somebody speaking to you or a program or anything, he he will always answer, and you're gonna come to a place where as22:16 you ask him, Lord, teach me how to hear your voice. He will teach you. He will show you. The Holy Spirit is your teacher. He will show you. It's true because22:26 you know the Bible says we have not because we ask not. And he also says when we ask for wisdom, which that's him speaking to us all day is his wisdom and so when we ask22:37 he's going to give it to us and so that is such an amazing, when you tap into that and know that you can commune with him just like you would anyone else, he's your best friend, he's22:49 everything and he wants us to talk to him, he's not bothered by that, he's not too busy as a lot of people think and so he just enjoys that relationship with us and that's how you really get23:00 to see the miracles manifest. Can you maybe, speak to that about maybe a miracle or something that you've seen God do by him talking to you?Obedience and Miracles 23:12 Well, the miracle, for example, the 1 about the coconut trees that we spoke about, it was initiated by prayer and the Lord said, I want you to do this. There's going to be times when you23:24 ask the Lord, Father, what do I do about this situation? And the Holy Spirit is gonna give you a tugging and you're gonna be like, Oh my God, I'll probably look23:36 weird running, walking around the house and doing all this stuff. There will be tons when He's gonna do that. The miracle comes when you're obedient.23:44 Yes. Amen.23:46 When you're obedient. And also, it's always according to His word. There are examples in the Bible that speak about doing things like that, absolutely. Look at23:57 Joshua when he walked around Jericho. And that's what the Lord showed me that day when He asked me to do something, He also told me where it came from, here's this scripture.24:20 Yes.24:20 Amen. And sometimes we have to go full blown Pentecostal. Right? We have about a little over 2 minutes. Could you pray for our viewers and just if the Lord gives you something for for a viewer, will you just feel24:32 free to just let us know? Just pray.24:36 Absolutely. Father God, I thank you for this time. I thank you for all the people that are listening to these words, and I ask you Lord to open hearts and open minds. And I24:48 pray Father God that they will be bold and that they will come before you asking you father God, that they also wanna hear your voice, that they also want the Holy Spirit to be an25:00 ongoing part of their lives every day. It's as simple as a question, father God, a request, a word of thanks. I thank you, father God, that as they come25:11 before you, you're gonna open the doors and that you're gonna show them through the Holy Spirit those things that they need to do. And those things they need to remove, the obstacles that they need25:23 to go that they need to go away. I give you glory, honor, and praise, Father God, for all the lives that are gonna be touched and changed through your holy word. In Jesus' name we pray and we25:35 thank you. Thank you. Amen. Amen.25:39 How awesome. We are so grateful. So Shayla thank you so much for being on our program, it is an honor, and we hope everyone gets this book, and where can they get your book? Is it on Amazon25:51 and wherever books are sold?25:54 It's on Amazon and it's also on my website shaylaortisdiaz dot org.25:58 And again it is I can hear his voice and it is hearing God during difficult times and we could all use that. So thank you again. We are so grateful.26:09 Thank you again and what a lesson in being a friend of God, Shayla. You are precious. We we love you so much. We're so grateful you are on today.Empowering Faith Through Reason 26:18 Does science disprove God? Is there a26:21 war between science and faith?26:23 We don't need God to create a universe. There's no evidence for God, and it's irrational. Is there no evidence for God? Am I delusional for my beliefs? It is delusional and stupid. Am I brainwashed? Do I ignore26:35 reason?26:36 Logic. Critical thinking. 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