I'm fairly certain that I can communicate with God in ways that are not common. There are certain things that took place before this became evident. I have my theories about why I can and others can't. All of scripture backs up everything I believe but what I believe is not accepted by most. I think others might have a similar gift but am curious if their understanding is similar to my own. I don't think I'm a prophet in the classical sense but I don't know if I've been given a gift or am suffering with mental issues. Since I think I'm about the most logical and rational person I know and what has been explained to me by God makes complete sense when you read the Bible, I fear that most people are "missing the boat".
Can you "hear" God? If you can, describe it.
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One day a young woman told me God had big plans for me. Immediately after that I began to feel a tugging at my chest, like someone was grabbing my shirt and pulling me. I felt it all the time for three years, then it disappeared the day I entered seminary. I know full well it was God leading me into His ministry.
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Nope. But then again, since Abraham only heard God about five times in his life, I don't think God is ignoring me.
I "see" God in his word. (The usual manner God gets through to me.)
I "see" God in odd little ways. (A tiny flower in winter unnoticed by most because of its location, and the significance of its location compared to where I was located when I saw it.)
I "hear" his answer when I need it, but the voices I was really hearing was a choir singing the Hallelujah chorus in Handel's Messiah.
I "feel" him when I'm in a complete meltdown with absolutely no idea what to do now... or forever, and then a quietness comes over me with a sense of "this too is part of my plan." It's not a voice. It's a sense.
But "hear" him audibly? I figure if he only needed to get through to Abraham five times and I'm not Abraham, I don't need him to get through audibly. (And one of those times, he actually supped with him.) He gets through.
I see something else though. I see that most people who think they're getting special, audible revelation from God usually aren't. And I see whenever someone says that the knee-jerk reaction is to defend self. (I've known people who have decided on a color of a car because God told them.)
I "see" God in his word. (The usual manner God gets through to me.)
I "see" God in odd little ways. (A tiny flower in winter unnoticed by most because of its location, and the significance of its location compared to where I was located when I saw it.)
I "hear" his answer when I need it, but the voices I was really hearing was a choir singing the Hallelujah chorus in Handel's Messiah.
I "feel" him when I'm in a complete meltdown with absolutely no idea what to do now... or forever, and then a quietness comes over me with a sense of "this too is part of my plan." It's not a voice. It's a sense.
But "hear" him audibly? I figure if he only needed to get through to Abraham five times and I'm not Abraham, I don't need him to get through audibly. (And one of those times, he actually supped with him.) He gets through.
I see something else though. I see that most people who think they're getting special, audible revelation from God usually aren't. And I see whenever someone says that the knee-jerk reaction is to defend self. (I've known people who have decided on a color of a car because God told them.)
I can give a 100% way how to hear God. Real God and His real words for you life. Dont'you believe me?
1. step: Take you Bible into your hands
2. step: Open your Bible
3. step: Read audibly something from it
4. step: Listen to what you are reading
And voila! You are hearing what God is saying.
1. step: Take you Bible into your hands
2. step: Open your Bible
3. step: Read audibly something from it
4. step: Listen to what you are reading
And voila! You are hearing what God is saying.
I mean the picture that has been painted by the religious leaders over the years causes people to make assumptions that aren't correct. The words in the Bible have been given meanings that misrepresent the original text. The truth is more simple than we make it. It's more scientific and less mysterious.
You are obviously writing of a personal word from God directly to you, as in the same way that I am giving a personal word to you just how. In answer to your question, can I hear from God, the answer is mostly no, except by reading His word and having an impression at times about the particular meaning of certain places in scripture. If you ask if I had ever heard God speak directly to me at sometime in my life, the answer is yes. At my salvation experience, I had never read the bible
and did not come from a church going family. I was visiting a small Baptist church and listened to a short sermon on salvation and in prayer I asked God what He wanted me to do, I was immediately engulfed in intense love and a God spoke directly to my mind, by passing my physical hearing. The first thing He said was, you must accept My Son as your Savior. He also explained that Heaven and Hell were real, all together He may have talked 30 minutes to an hour. How did His voice sound? Like the most nice Person in the universe. The Person who spoke to me identified Himself as God the Father since He called Jesus His Son.
and did not come from a church going family. I was visiting a small Baptist church and listened to a short sermon on salvation and in prayer I asked God what He wanted me to do, I was immediately engulfed in intense love and a God spoke directly to my mind, by passing my physical hearing. The first thing He said was, you must accept My Son as your Savior. He also explained that Heaven and Hell were real, all together He may have talked 30 minutes to an hour. How did His voice sound? Like the most nice Person in the universe. The Person who spoke to me identified Himself as God the Father since He called Jesus His Son.
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A girl:
Once I knew a girl who was hit by lightening...
and afterward she claimed she could "hear people's thoughts."
I was never worried she might hear my thoughts,
but I was extremely worried that her "crazy" might rub off on me.
OP
I'm not saying the OP is crazy,
I'm just saying that in the absence of any evidence...
his claims are not something I should be concerned with.
Period.
Once I knew a girl who was hit by lightening...
and afterward she claimed she could "hear people's thoughts."
I was never worried she might hear my thoughts,
but I was extremely worried that her "crazy" might rub off on me.
OP
I'm not saying the OP is crazy,
I'm just saying that in the absence of any evidence...
his claims are not something I should be concerned with.
Period.
It's like there is a wise teacher in my head explaining everything to me as it comes. First He filled my head with wonder and curiosity and I had to expand my knowledge but it was easier to understand. Then with that knowledge He could explain the hidden things. It was kind of like having to learn words in order to make sentences. With this his hidden knowledge, it gives depth to the scriptures. We have technology that didn't exist to the men in Christ's day. He tried to explain it in ways they could understand. God explained it to me more specifically because He has more teaching references. We understand energy and light and frequencies and vibrations. This better translates to our understanding of "spirit". When you download information or an app from wifi, this makes the communication or "hearing" more understandable of how He communicates with me.
I hear God all the time maybe not audibly but he speaks to us all the time you just have to know how to listen. He speaks to us and teaches us in ways that are unexpected yes he speaks to us in his word but you cannot limited his voice to his word alone. his voice is in the wind it's in the flowers that we walk past and it's in the ants that go un noticed. it's in the laughter of a child it's in the clouds in the sky it's even in t.v. shows that seemingly have nothing to do with him.
but the main way of how i hear his voice is with my heart, there are words that cannot be spoken with human tongue and there are groaning that can only truly be spoken with the heart because words alone cannot describe it. there is a language of the hearts that is only known by those who have a deep and strong connection with him only with deep love can one know this kind of language because it's love that connects the hearts of God and us. in order to hear God you have to know him and to know him you have to seek him to seek him you have to hunger for him and to hunger for him a spark must be made to make that fire burn
but the main way of how i hear his voice is with my heart, there are words that cannot be spoken with human tongue and there are groaning that can only truly be spoken with the heart because words alone cannot describe it. there is a language of the hearts that is only known by those who have a deep and strong connection with him only with deep love can one know this kind of language because it's love that connects the hearts of God and us. in order to hear God you have to know him and to know him you have to seek him to seek him you have to hunger for him and to hunger for him a spark must be made to make that fire burn
if you know his voice there is no question as to if it's demonic or not, his voice is very distinctive his voice gives peace and love it gives hope and encouragement it is one that fills the one who hears it with life while the enemies gives us doubt and worry guilt and shame it fills us with fear and confusion and doesn't give us understanding.
I myself have heard his voice in my mind before but i don't tend to rely on that because it can be affected by our own thoughts and also the enemies, to hear and know his voice well you must be in constant communion with God listen with your heart not your mind
I myself have heard his voice in my mind before but i don't tend to rely on that because it can be affected by our own thoughts and also the enemies, to hear and know his voice well you must be in constant communion with God listen with your heart not your mind
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Things like this - hearing from God and gifts of the Spirit...these are the toughest for me to swallow. I can't say for certain that they don't exist because I am rather ignorant about the mysteries of life and existence, but I can't just say "okay" and believe it when somebody says they hear from God.
I say the following not to mock or to be a smart-alec...I thought I heard from God once, but I had taken a HEROIC dose of DMT that night. That experience right there is the only thing I can reference when somebody says they hear from God, and knowing my experience was phony and drug-induced, I am highly skeptical of another person's claim.
I say the following not to mock or to be a smart-alec...I thought I heard from God once, but I had taken a HEROIC dose of DMT that night. That experience right there is the only thing I can reference when somebody says they hear from God, and knowing my experience was phony and drug-induced, I am highly skeptical of another person's claim.