Our Guest: Dr. Dinah Thompson
Dinah Kalagayan Thompson was born in the Philippines, grew up in Union City, PA, went to Penn State University for undergraduate school, then to Oral Roberts University for med school and finished med school at West Virginia University. She currently works part-time in family medicine for the Tricare Prime Clinic in Virginia Beach. Dinah has been married to her husband Michael for 34 years and the Lord blessed them with 3 children. She and her husband enjoy going on medical mission trips to unreached nations. Together they have been to a dozen countries on medical missions and when the kids were small, Dinah sent Michael on a dozen more. They are launching a new ministry called Christian Medical Fellowship Foundation whose purpose is to partner with the Holy Spirit in the daily practice of medicine and to do this by meeting together in fellowship to encourage each other and spur one another on to love and good works (Hebrews 10: 24-25). When not working or spending time with family in Virginia Beach, Dinah enjoys biking, worshiping the Lord on the piano or in church or through youtube, and has recently discovered pickleball.
Key Thoughts and Scriptures:
- Moses talked with God on a regular basis.
John 10:27 NIV My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God: those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.” – Brother Lawrence
Isaiah 64:6 NKJV …All our righteousnesses are like filthy rags…
Keys to Dinah’s Growth in Her Faith:
- Attending Church
- Daily Devotional
- Fellowship with Christians
- Reading a Bible version she could understand
- Christian Music
- Dinah learned that the Holy Spirit wants to fill us and give us the gifts of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 14:40 NKJV Let all things be done decently and in order.
Psalm 46:10 NKJV Be still, and know that I am God…
- “I quieted my mind and then a rainbow appeared in the sky and the Lord was like, ‘I’m here, I’m faithful, just trust me.’ “And so that was my first time hearing God’s voice.”
- And it came right from scripture. So she knew it was God’s voice.
- “We like to go where people haven’t heard about Jesus.”
- “Who’s Jesus to you?”
- “They’re my children and I’m their Father and I want a relationship with them. Tell them.”
- Having children is the hardest job in the world, but prayer makes a huge difference.
- A miscarrying womb is not of God.
Seeing God move on the mission field and experiencing His intervention in her life gave Dinah a hunger to hear and know Him more.
- God does speak to us. He’s a daddy. He wants to speak to His kids so we can trust what we’re hearing.
- Lord, what do you want to share with me today?
- If there’s any question, Dinah runs it by people that are mature in the Lord and know Him and His Word.
- One of the things that we know is if what you’re hearing is opposite to what the Bible teaches, then we know for sure that’s not God.
- God has given Dinah some faithful prayer partners. They meet together weekly. And they share their prayer requests and pray for one another.
1 Corinthians 2:16 NKJV For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- As they pray for each other, the Lord gives them words for each other.
- Lord, what do You want me to share this time?
- “So we usually come with two prayer requests and then we give an update about things that have been prayed for before, what God’s been doing. And then, we share our requests and one person will share and then the others will pray for that person and their requests. Also, we go around so that everybody shares. And practicing hearing the Lord and the voice of God for others.”
Psalm 37:23 NLT The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.
- God delights in seeing what we’ll do and in blessing us in the midst of it.
Hebrews 10:24 NIV And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds
- Really being led by the Holy Spirit is important.
Leah’s Story
Genesis 29-31 NKJV, Genesis 49:29-32 NKJV
- Leah was basically second fiddle. It even said in scripture that Jacob loved Rachel more.
- When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, He opened her womb and gave her children. So even though she was in a bad situation, God blessed her.
- Through her sons, she revealed how she honored the Lord. Initially, the naming of her sons was all about her. But by the time she got to Judah, it was about God. Her prayer had turned to worshiping God.
- And through Judah, we got David and then Jesus. So they were of her descendants, not Rachel’s.
- Leah was in competition with her sister Rachel until Rachel died. But in the end, when Jacob was old and he was instructing them where to bury him, he said, bury me with Abraham and Sarah and Isaac and Rebecca. And that’s where I buried Leah. So he wanted to be buried with Leah at the end. So she ended up winning his heart at the end.
- Dinah likes Leah because she made the most of a difficult situation and the Lord blessed her, even beyond just her life, but in the generations beyond.
Psalm 119:105 NKJV Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
- The Lord wants to lead and guide us.
“When you take time with God and listen to His voice, He renews your strength and enables you to handle life.” – Joyce Meyer
Psalm 86:11 NLT Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.
Links:
- Rate the Show!
- A Pattern For Band
- The Rhythm of Discipleship and Band
- Core Values of Discipleship
- Daily Bread devotional
- Urbana Student Missions Conference
- Ethnos 360 (formerly known as New Tribes Mission)
Books:
- How to Hear God’s Voice by Mark and Patti Virkler
Connect with Us:
Website: HerGodStory.org
Website: SomebodyCares.org,
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomebodyCaresAmerica/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/somebodycaresamerica
Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/SomebodyCares
X: https://twitter.com/_SomebodyCares
Somebody Cares Prayer Line (855) 459-CARE (2273)
Want to help Widows and Orphans? Join our growing company of women meeting special needs of parentless children and nurturing their unique gifts so they can be ALL God has in mind for them! And help meet real needs of women who have given a lifetime of service to God! Support the Somebody Cares Widows and Orphan fund today!
Share this message with a friend and subscribe for weekly encouragement and inspiration!
You can also receive periodic ministry updates from Somebody Cares, and/or weekly Provoke-a-Thought emails, monthly teaching emails, or join our prayer team by signing up here!