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How do you REALLY 'HEAR' God?
Since you're reading this chances are you are interested in knowing how to really know what God wants you to do. More specifically you'd like to know how to tune into what God is saying. Even more specific than that you'd like to be certain that it really is God speaking and not the Ghost of Too Much Pizza Past Creating Blurry Visions.
The question came up in our Group this evening, "how do I know it's God's voice and it's not just me talking to myself?" An honest, hard-hitting question that we long to have an answer for because we long to know what God wants and we long to do it!
The answer is that we must cultivate an ongoing conversational relationship with God where we practice hearing from Him in the Bible, in the experiences of life, in the remarks of a friend, etc. Without a vibrant relationship we'll struggle to know anything with enough clarity to take action. But, how do we develop that sort of conversational relationship?
I pulled a book from my personal library this evening to be reminded of how to cultivate this ongoing conversational relationship and how to hear God in hopes that I could pass along a nugget or two to you. But, as I reopened this book I realized the best thing I could do for you is to encourage you to grab a copy and read it!
"Hearing God" by Dallas Willard is a fantastic, comprehensive work on how to know God better and it zeroes in on 'developing a conversational relationship with God'.
I believe that's possible to grow in our ongoing conversational ability with God because it's happening in my life. No, I don't hear an audible voice, but I do have an ongoing expanding awareness of God and His general & specific will for my life and for the team that I lead. I hope the same for you. "Hearing God" was one of the pivotal reads in helping me cultivate my relationship with God and strengthen my understanding of how He communicates with us.
Here's to more of us 'Hearing God'!
Are you cultivating time & space in your life to shut out the 'noise' of life and just sit and listen for the voice of God? How could you pull that off for a few minutes today?
I hope you'll grab this book if you're ready to go further in your conversation with God.
peace,
JeffThe question came up in our Group this evening, "how do I know it's God's voice and it's not just me talking to myself?" An honest, hard-hitting question that we long to have an answer for because we long to know what God wants and we long to do it!
The answer is that we must cultivate an ongoing conversational relationship with God where we practice hearing from Him in the Bible, in the experiences of life, in the remarks of a friend, etc. Without a vibrant relationship we'll struggle to know anything with enough clarity to take action. But, how do we develop that sort of conversational relationship?
I pulled a book from my personal library this evening to be reminded of how to cultivate this ongoing conversational relationship and how to hear God in hopes that I could pass along a nugget or two to you. But, as I reopened this book I realized the best thing I could do for you is to encourage you to grab a copy and read it!
"Hearing God" by Dallas Willard is a fantastic, comprehensive work on how to know God better and it zeroes in on 'developing a conversational relationship with God'.
I believe that's possible to grow in our ongoing conversational ability with God because it's happening in my life. No, I don't hear an audible voice, but I do have an ongoing expanding awareness of God and His general & specific will for my life and for the team that I lead. I hope the same for you. "Hearing God" was one of the pivotal reads in helping me cultivate my relationship with God and strengthen my understanding of how He communicates with us.
Here's to more of us 'Hearing God'!
Are you cultivating time & space in your life to shut out the 'noise' of life and just sit and listen for the voice of God? How could you pull that off for a few minutes today?
I hope you'll grab this book if you're ready to go further in your conversation with God.
peace,
Jeff Fuson -Point Leader of Phos Church near Louisville Kentucky -Leadership Keynote Speaker -Husband / Daddy -Missional Church Planter
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