![]() Everyone writes about the same topic, much of the new worship songs focus around the same idea, and sermons have the same central thread through them. Somehow God puts a lot of people on the same page. I am a big believer that God speaks in themes. He might speak something from His Word or something completely unique. As we meditate on a truth from Scripture or as we sit silently and just listen, God can speak. When we pray and enter into conversation with God, He speaks there too. And when needed, He provides correction and redirects our path. He can speak in quiet nudges and gut feelings that tell us which way to move next. He speaks to us in quiet whispers and thoughts and assurances. For those of us who have received Jesus as our Lord and Savior and been baptized in the Spirit, God’s Spirit dwells in us. And, in many cases, those words speak into our lives and our situations right now. They still show us who God is, what He’s done, and what His heart is like. Though these words were written thousands of years ago, they are still applicable today. Over the years God has spoken to people who have written down those words so that future generations can read them. One of the main ways God speaks to us is through Scripture. God speaks in many different ways and uses different avenues to get His points across. My prayer for you as we journey through this series together is that you would learn to discern God’s voice. Perhaps those of us who struggle hearing from God do so because we don’t know what His voice sounds like. More often than not, however, when people talk about hearing from God, they are referring to a still small voice spoken over their heart. Even people in the New Testament heard God’s audible voice as He spoke blessing after Jesus baptism (Matthew 3:17). Many times in Scripture the Bible records God speaking directly with people like Abraham and Moses. Now, I won’t deny that God is capable of speaking to people with an audible voice. That’s because when we think of hearing, we think of something audible. Often in the church we throw around the phrase, “hearing from God” and understandably many people confess to never hearing God’s voice. The challenge comes with actually listening and knowing how to discern to voice of God. Listening to God is essential if we want to grow in our relationship with Him, if we want our prayer lives to be deeper than a laundry list of requests. Instead of saying Amen, she left conversation open for the rest of the day, continuing to share her heart and concerns with God and listening for His voice. ![]() In church culture, saying Amen marks the end of a prayer and lets everyone else know that they can lift their heads and open their eyes.įor this girl, however, she didn’t want to end her conversation with God. The author of the article shared about how she never said Amen. The first time I ever thought there was something more to prayer than just talking to God I discovered an article in Brio Magazine. In recent years, however, God’s been showing me a depth to prayer many of us miss out on because we’re the ones doing all the talking.Ī thriving prayer life is possible when we’re quiet enough to hear God speak. For years it was always my way of sharing what was on my heart and asking God to do things in my life and the lives of my loved ones. And I’ll be the first to go on record and admit that I haven’t always viewed prayer that way. Last week we kicked off this series on prayer and we talked about how prayer is a conversation, a chance to commune with God. Oh how I long for every person to experience God’s presence, to hear His voice. I shared about a season of waiting on God for a promise and hearing Him speak words over my heart that encouraged me in my waiting–words that continue to encourage me in my waiting.īut something that completely broke my heart was reading comments women left on that post declaring that they had never heard God speak to them and they didn’t even understand what it meant to hear God.Įven as I write these words, my heart stirs and aches for those women. Recently I had a devotional featured with Proverbs 31 Ministries. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go he’s the one who will keep you on track.
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