not take the words of Scripture and run them through the filter of our own beliefs and feelings in order to decide what the Bible verse means to us. Such an approach mistakenly elevates experience over the Word of God. Sometimes, Christians have genuinely believed they were acting on God's initiative. Later, they became bitterly disillusioned after discovering they were wrong. What happened? They failed to verify from the Scriptures that the direction they were taking was from God. God will never lead