It's been said, "Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit." Boy isn't that true?! In one corner, we hear a voice that is all about misery, thievery, death, and destruction...a counterfeit. In the other, happiness, blessing, life, (a rich and satisfying life) and restoration. (John 10:10 ) Two distinct voices, two distinct messages. Which voice do I listen to? For too long I listened to the counterfeit. When I first took my moral inventory I realized just how much of my sin was blocking me from hearing His voice. When I couldn't hear His voice, there was only one other voice to hear & and I paid dearly for that counterfeit. When I have unresolved junk (sin) in my life, it is impossible for me to hear my Fathers voice. In following this process I was able to remove the barriers that were blocking me from hearing the Father's voice, direction and path for my life. This is the time I chose to say, "...