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"Scriptural Confirmation" Flying Higher Series - Pastor Mike Lyon

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Three common approaches can leave people all spirit, all word, or balanced in both.

1. Church Of The Harvest in Cleveland, TN presents "Scriptural Confirmation" as part of the "Flying Higher Series" and the "Seven Keys to Making Godly Decisions." 2. Pastor Mike Lyon speaks as the guest preacher, and Pastor Rhonda is thanked for trusting him with the pulpit. 3. The episode asks what confirms a direction from God when prophetic words, peace, counsel, and circumstances all seem to point somewhere. 4. Mike Lyon opens with two "APB" stories, including a lost Mustang key, a state policeman ride from a gas station by Target, and a separate stop-sign warning in Dalton. 5. He says those stories matter because he wants listeners to understand the risk of getting something wrong when a person is given responsibility. 6. He prays from 2 Kings 6 and Ephesians 1, asking God to "open his eyes" and to give "the eyes of your understanding" light. 7. He says the Holy Spirit must illuminate what a preacher has studied, or the sermon will stay "just words" on the way out. 8. He connects hunger to receptivity, saying people can hear truth and still leave unchanged if they are not spiritually hungry. 9. He points to prophetic words, godly counsel, circumstantial evidence, and peace as valid witnesses that should work together rather than against each other. 10. He repeats that the written word of God is the "plumb line" used to judge whether those witnesses are accurate. 11. He says Psalm 119:105 shows God’s word as a "lamp" for one step at a time, not a floodlight for the whole road. 12. He cites Psalm 119:130 to say the entrance of God’s words brings light and understanding to "the simple." 13. He uses his own early Christian experience, including Michael S. Stepp saying "Jesus loves me and he loves you," to show how even a small amount of truth can bring light. 14. He says John 14:26 matters because the Holy Spirit can only bring to remembrance what a person has already taken in. 15. He says his own direction over "52" years of serving the Lord has most often been confirmed through Scripture. 16. He warns that asking God for a different answer on something clearly stated in the Bible opens a person to deception. 17. He tells a story about wanting to go back to Yakima and calling seven pastors, then says he did not trust his own emotions to decide the matter. 18. He describes the balance problem: all spirit and no word can become flaky, while all word and no spirit can become cold, condemning, or harsh. 19. The tone is conversational, pastoral, and story-driven, with repeated audience questions, humor, and direct examples from church life. 20. Listeners who want practical guidance for Christian decision-making will get the most from it, while people wanting a short, highly scripted sermon may skip it.

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A practical sermon on testing spiritual direction against Scripture and other witnesses.

This sermon centers discernment with a steady, practical aim. After two everyday stories, it lands on the simple idea that spiritual guidance still has to be tested against Scripture and other witnesses.

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