Has God ever spoken to you, personally?

[Jullianna]

Yes He has spoken to me many times. It was never audibly.

He speaks to me through the reading of the Bible, while I pray, in my thoughts, wakes me up in the middle of the night to pray either for something specific or just to pray, in my spirit, in my dreams, through a vision given to somebody else regarding me. He gives me ideas, hints, convictions, pushes me to action, gives me warnings, overwhelms me with tears of compassion toward someone I don't know.

Sometimes I don't seem to have heard Him, but still I know He spoke. For example, I vividly remember being in the traffic at a stop sign, another time at a red light. It happened on two different occasions. Both these times, for some unknown reason, I felt like staying put a little longer instead of moving forward when all traffic seemed clear and when the light was green. Not moving I suddenly saw a vehicle crossing the intersection at full speed. If I had moved forward earlier these vehicles would have rammed into my car.

I'm glad God speaks to us!

Something very similar happened to me a couple of months ago

 

[Ritter]

When people say God isn't speaking these days I know they just aren't seeking/listening.

Some of us do not wish to hear, and others are born with divine earmuffs that God rips off every decade or so.

Maybe it is because I've been saved for so long, but I'm so used to having God in my life that what may come clear to others doesn't to me. Partially because I have to reverse engineer everything told to me.

I'll say this, even the most un-spiritual of Christians can still have faith. I think we need it more, actually.

A brief aside: the whole excuse of being "spiritual" but not "religious" has never made any sense. Faith is an existential choice made when God takes the whole of reality and socks you in the face.

But I digress...

 

[autumn_trees37]

I've noticed that God uses little things that only we would know about to communicate to us. For example, my favorite number is thirty-seven, and every time I see this number I know I am exactly where I need to be in life. If I am trying to make a decision and when exploring one option the clock happens to read 4:37, I know I what choice to make.

 

[yaright]

Has God ever spoken to you, personally? If so, how?

Unequivocally, yes!

By means of a living vision (that is present tense), and every Word (of understanding) spoke to every cell in my body; and every part of me immediately recognized Him. The things I was shown is a language I'd never heard of before, and yet I understood what was given to me to understand. The rest was far beyond my comprehension.

I've been shown several visions in the language He shared with me.

The common words we speak are only the shadow of our Lord's language. The words we commonly speak are dead; But our Lord Truly speaks the Living Word.

 

[holyness]

Yes, the first time He spoke to me was in 2004, I was a mess,you know the Book of Job, that was me.
I use to take diet pills to keep me alert, that day I had taken a different kind and mixed it with the other, I overdosed on them and it was the most painful experience I ever went through (this had been after I started going back to church). As I was laying on my bed afraid to move and just crying God spoke to me, He told me to get up and that He did not put me here to leave this way. He told me to get in my Bible and turn to the Book of Job. Shortly after I perked up, sat on the floor with my Bible and read that entire chapter. From that day forward I chose to dedicate my life to Christ and here I am today praising God everyday for taking me out of the mess I was in.

The book of Job had to do with a test with the devil in it..were you dealing with the devil??sorry off topic

 

[zeroturbulence]

The book of Job had to do with a test with the devil in it..were you dealing with the devil??sorry off topic

Everyone deals with the devil.

 

[Jullianna]

Some of us do not wish to hear, and others are born with divine earmuffs that God rips off every decade or so.

Maybe it is because I've been saved for so long, but I'm so used to having God in my life that what may come clear to others doesn't to me. Partially because I have to reverse engineer everything told to me.

I'll say this, even the most un-spiritual of Christians can still have faith. I think we need it more, actually.

A brief aside: the whole excuse of being "spiritual" but not "religious" has never made any sense. Faith is an existential choice made when God takes the whole of reality and socks you in the face.

But I digress...

I don't care much for either of those words.. spiritual or religious. *shivers* When I think of "spiritual" people, it brings to mind some new ager climbing a magnetic summit in the Arizona desert in search of its "healing powers". And "religious" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up as surely as the words of a Pharisee.

Christians are christians to me. I don't really see any of us as being more "spiritual" than others. I just see God meeting us all in the ways He knows best. And speaking to us in ways He knows best.

Per scripture, if you have faith, you are still hearing, most likely via scripture...Romans 10:17 says it better than I could:

"Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ."

 

[zeroturbulence]

God has never spoken to me...in a voice, but he has gotten my attention in other ways and still does pretty often.

 

[Armystrong]

Yes. When I was 11 I had a lot going on. I was going to kill myself by sticking a big knife into my neck. I had been thinking about it all day long and I had made up my mind that if everyone was asleep when I got home I would go straight to the kitchen and do it. I got off the bus and was walking home alone and I heard "What you were about to do is not what I want. It will get better I promise." I was stunned. It sounded like someone was standing right next to me and whispered it into my ear. I knew it was God. It had to be. No one knew my plan and I was all alone standing in the middle of the road. When I got home everyone was asleep and thats when it hit me. God knew my plan when no one else did. He saved my life again.

 

[Relena7]

A brief aside: the whole excuse of being "spiritual" but not "religious" has never made any sense. Faith is an existential choice made when God takes the whole of reality and socks you in the face.

I think it makes a lot of sense. A child can be spiritual, and not be aware of it, until one day when they are grown and find it again, and realize they once again feel like when they were a fresh new child with everything lifted off them once again. Free to feel alive and actually love life, and see the world through new eyes again, because they can feel God's love, even if they don't yet recognize it. That to me is spiritual. Religion is once that child knows God, understands the basics of the bible, and decides to follow Him with a specific fellowship of some kind.

I prefer to describe myself as spiritual, even though my beliefs would put me in the Christian category.

 

[jb]

Ever since I became a Christian over 20 years ago, God has spoken to me regularly, although not in an audible voice.

He usually speaks to my spirit and into my mind as a thought, He has also communicated information to me via mental pictures, although this does not occur often.

When I have been seeking guidance on an issue (always by seeking His face in prayer), He has communicated that through my spirit as a thought with peace following and then His will is confirmed to me though somebody else, usually via the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

I have found that if you want to hear from the Lord you need to have a prayer life and have found the following to be true: the amount of communication from the Lord is directly proportional to the amount of prayer you do, ie. the more you prayer the more you will hear His voice.

 

[Jullianna]

Very true, jb

John 10: 25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”

 

[rodogg]

I was with my little brother, and there was this tall old guy with a suspicious santa-like beard and sunglasses just standing and staring at us while smiling. And then he said..."boo".

I just got this shot of REALLY bad urgent feeling, and I took my brother and ran. It felt different than normal fear. And I thought it weird my mom felt it at the same time even though she wasn't next to us.

:| reading that freaked me out! Glad you got out of there. When you're a child you have a far greater sense of SOMETHING being wrong in a situation and needing to get out of it. I think we lose that with age.

 

[AsifinPassing]

Has God ever spoken to you, personally? If so, how?

Yes, and in a variety of ways.

I have been blessed to hear His audible voice before. He's also spoken to me in/through my mind. He speaks to me sometimes in things like a bill board, a sight I'm seeing, or a feeling that's different from regular emotions.

Some call this a 'nudge' or 'prompting'.

He often speaks to me, and most, through scripture; however, I feel that His favorite way of communicating is through other people.

Out of all the ways The LORD has spoken to me, other people seems to be the most common. God's big into family, so He likes to include others. ^_^

Upon request, to the best of my recollection, I'll be happy to share with you what He shared with me.

 

[Ladywind7]

Audibly...yes. In dreams...all the time. The first time I heard Him audibly He called my name. I hear Him speak, not audibly, to me all the time.

 

[zander]

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[zander]

Sorry those were two great books on hearing God's voice and knowing his leading. Henry Blackaby's 'Hearing God's voice' and Elisabeth Elliot's 'God's Guidance - A slow and certain light'

 

[djness]

Through, thoughts, through sermons, through books on the bible, through situations, through devotions, through random people I do or do not know..

He speaks all the time , probably more people should add to their prayers ''And no matter what way you respond let me please be aware you are responding''.

 

[Smudge]

He just told me he loves me and he loves you guys too. I've been hearing a lot of good thoughts from him about this place. I was right in my new member's thread, God really wanted me to come here.

I was thinking about posting a few stories about the two of us but I'm trying to cut down the number of essays I write for you all.. xD

 

[iraasuup]

Yes, never audibly though.

I have had 'yearnings or 'knowings' in my spirit about certain situations and known that it is God making me aware, and alerting me to take caution. Sometimes to the point where I have made a choice not to associate with a particular person because it doesnt feel right. If I see someone else is going to be hurt by this person, I will try to warn them, but it often falls on deaf ears UNTIL the person turns out to be not who they claimed to be. This has happened to me more times than I can remember. I call them my 'red flag' moments. I meet someone, my spirit goes on high alert and I dont know why. Theres something about this person I need to be wary of - my red flags go up- at that point I just pray and observe, and often pick up the pieces of others who are left hurt.

More often though, it has been through dreams.

The very first dream I ever had, I didn't realise at the time was a warning from God. I dreamt I crashed my car, and that very afternoon after work, I did just that. It was after that, I realised I should take more notice of the things I was dreaming (as in general I don't usually remember dreams at all). The next one happened like this:

About 5 years ago I was working a job at a supermarket, and I used to start very early in the morning (4 or 5am). The store was right across the street from my house, and I used to walk to work.

One night I was asleep and I dreamt I got attacked on my way to work! I woke up and sat bolt upright and knew that I had to pay attention to the dream. When it came time to leave for work, I woke my husband up to ask him to drive me (much to his disgust- he didnt like being awoken so early). He said 'why can't you walk like you always do?' I told him about the dream and basically made him drive me. On our way to work, we saw a drunken scary looking guy kinda just hovering around in the middle of the median strip. My husband turned to me and said 'Is that the bad man?' I said 'Who knows, but I'm not about to find out'. This was the ONLY time I had ever encountered anyone else around at that time of the morning, on my way to work. I truly believe God was warning me that night.

Since then I have had two more dreams, that have been very clear, but unlike the ones above I don't know yet what they mean. One has me running away from somethin (I dont know who/what) and I'm rescued by a dear friend of mine who is risking his own life to help me 'escape'... there are a lot more details, but that's it in a nutshell. Still trying to figure that one out.

There has been another one recently too. I have just jotted the details down in a notebook and am waiting to see what God reveals to me.

In the past my dreams have been very clear, and I've often woken up in the middle of the night with a name of a person on my heart that I have to pray for. Usually it's someone I havent seen/heard from in years. I pray and later through the rumour mill find out that person was going through something really tough at that time, and I had no idea.

God works in mysterious ways.