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My next challenge was to receive confidence that I was
hearing God's voice.. God’s voice is a spontaneous flow
that comes from communion with Him as a life-style, being
one spirit with His Spirit. (1 Cor. 6:17, Jn.15) I am a
branch grafted into the vine and His sap flows through me.
The Bible describes God’s prophetic voice as “naba” which
literally means to “bubble up.” God’s voice is like a river
within me that bubbles up all through the day. When I am
yielded to Him, it is as simple as taking dictation but far
more exciting because I am taking dictation from the God of
the universe! (It takes no great talent or effort on my part
to hear.)
I know that God may cause me to sense something or see
something in the spirit. For verses about sensing and
seeing in the spirit, see
Open-Spiritual-Eyes “Seeing
in the Spirit” is not new age. From Genesis to Revelation
God has wanted us to have open spiritual eyes. I choose to
believe that God is pouring out His Spirit on ALL flesh and
ALL will be able to see spiritual visions and dream
spiritual dreams. (Acts 2:17)
My biggest challenge was to trust my spiritual ears to hear
God's voice for others. The Holy Spirit convinced me
that I didn’t have to know precisely how every prophetic
word applied in order to deliver it. I pressed in to know
God and His voice. At first, it was kind of like going from
written letters to E-mail to Instant Messenger. Now, after
years of "constant use," I can discern Him readily, no
matter where I am. I joke and say I have a “wireless high
speed connection” now. Apostle Paul said our spiritual
senses are trained by "constant use;" I began to trust my
spiritual eyes, ears and senses to discern rightly. (Heb.
5:14)
God often tells us more than He wants to speak to others.
Just ask, and He will clarify what is to be prayed, what is
to be shared with leadership and what is to be prophesied to
the receiver. Prophetic words will usually be for
exhortation, encouragement or consolation unless we are
leadership over the receiver(s) or are authorized to speak
with correction, direction or reproof. (1 Cor. 12, 14) God
will anoint one who is accountable to Him and to Godly
leadership.
My fulfillment comes as I lay all else on the altar in
order to hear God's voice, His heart and His desires.
God fills me with His compassion and motivation to impart
clarity, healing, vision, faith, peace and the power to
fulfill His calling. Prophetic words usually come gently
across my spirit, as a still small voice. They are more
healing, nurturing, loving, encouraging, wise and more
knowledgeable than my natural thoughts are. (1 Kings 19:12)
In 1 Corinthians 14, God commands us to desire
spiritual gifts and to covet to prophesy. I had
to attend a “school of the prophets” (see 1 Samuel) for 12
weeks before I began to have confidence that I could hear
God's voice and that I wouldn’t hurt people! They didn’t
give me a gift but they taught me how to minister in the
anointing and to be accountable.
When I began to see or sense things in my spirit, I
would ask Father God, "Is that you?" I soon realized that I
had been sensing and hearing our Father all along but I had
been grouping all my thoughts together without
distinguishing His spontaneous thoughts in my spiritual mind
from reasoning in my natural mind. Like Jesus said, “My
sheep hear my voice.”
I learned to place the Cross of Christ between me and any
self-centered flesh (that I was not aware of or had not
finished bringing it to death on the cross.) I didn’t want
soulish attitudes or motivations to color pure prophetic
words. Jesus only speaks the words the Father has spoken to
Him (John 5:19-20) and I choose to submit to God’s voice
too.
Yes, like Jesus, we are only to say what our Father says
to say and do what our Father says to do. God never
asked us to “figure out what to do or say” in our own
strength. To do so is to walk after the flesh, instead of
the Spirit. As believers, who have made Jesus Lord of our
lives, we have the mind of Christ because we have Christ in
us, our hope of glory. This is the mystery of the Gospel:
Christ alone can live the Christian life - in us and through
us - for God's glory.
Col 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the
Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory. NIV
Now I am blessed as I partner with God to minister words
of knowledge, wisdom or prophetic words that fill the heart
of the receiver with a knowing that their God knows their
heart’s desire and He is ready to respond. It was God’s
desire from the beginning to walk in the cool of the garden
with His people, sharing heart to heart - spirit to spirit.
We can choose to believe that we too are one spirit with His
Spirit, we are His sheep, we hear His voice and we obey.
John 18:37b
…. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice. NKJV
How do you begin? I would suggest that you begin like
King David began. As a shepherd boy, he would get alone,
worship God, listen to God's voice and journal his
experiences. We know them as Psalms. He had a strong passion
to hear God's voice. If you will do what David did for even
a month, you will notice that you are becoming a person
after God’s heart too. It doesn’t have to be a long time.
God can say a lot in a few minutes.
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Recognize God's voice as spontaneous thoughts
that light upon your mind
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Quiet yourself before God, away from distractions
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Watch to see what God will say to you (look for vision)
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Journal what God is saying and your response to God
Rev 3:20-21 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If
anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in
to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who
overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I
also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
NKJV
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