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How To Hear From God Series
Contributed by Wayne Essex on Feb 9, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: God speaks today
SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIANS
If you are going to be a Christian, why not be a good one
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57
The most successful Christians H.E.A.R. God’s voice
H.ave a listening ear
? My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: John 10:27
? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. John 8:47
? But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26
E.very Christian can hear God’s voice
? And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21
? I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Psalm 32:8
? And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 1 Samuel 3:10
A.sk God to speak to you
? Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3
? 7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Matthew 7
R.ecognize God speaks in different ways
? 11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 1 Kings 19
Conclusion
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. Luke 11:28
God speaks in many ways.
? Through His word, the Bible.
? Through other people.
? Through preaching and teaching.
? Through circumstances.