So how many of you hear God speak to you? Not just through the word but to hear him actually speak to you? In all honesty I hear him all the time. and even if he is silent voice wise he speaks many times through music or sometimes movies or through people. I believe anyone can hear the voice of God they just don't know how or rather are not willing
Do you ever hear God's voice?
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I have never heard The Lord speak to me audibly, like a big thunderous voice. But I do hear him with my spiritual ears all the time. I was mowing the other day and I was complaining in the spirit how I was the only one out working in the yard. My whining and complaining just continued as I mowed. Well, I got to my pear tree heavy with pears and I moved it as i was mowing on the lawn tractor. I ducked my head as I always do except I didn't take into account the very heavy full pears on down limb. Next, it came back and whacked me right in the head. One pear hit my eye, another bruised my lip and made it bleed and another on my cheek. (I felt like I got beat up
. I said to the Lord, "you didn't have to do that." His response,"I was tired of hearing you complain." He, of course was right, you can bet I sang praises for the rest of that mowing job.
. I said to the Lord, "you didn't have to do that." His response,"I was tired of hearing you complain." He, of course was right, you can bet I sang praises for the rest of that mowing job.
A born again Christian hears God's voice because 1)faith comes by hearing, and 2) Jesus said my sheep hear my voice. This doesn't have to a loud definitive voice, but an inward leading via the Holy Spirit.
My Dad told my Mother he heard God audibly calling him to the ministry. My Dad dropped his dreams of being a farmer and became a pastor. My Dad said he never heard an audible voice after that.
I have people say they heard God's voice, and found out it wasn't God (because of what they though God said didn't come true) but only their belief or wishful thinking, and maybe a self gratification motive to prove to themselves or others how religious and anointed of God they are. That said, I think it is very dangerous of us to go around proclaiming we heard an audible voice directly from God, because it possible that it was conjured up by ones vivid imagination. Many faults religions were derived from this sort of thing, and heretical teaching.
I am very cautious of people who claim God spoke directly to them, especially when they say ":God told me to tell you..."...not that God can't work that way, but if wants you to really know or do something, He'll tell you directly. But mostly he talks to use through his Word.
My Dad told my Mother he heard God audibly calling him to the ministry. My Dad dropped his dreams of being a farmer and became a pastor. My Dad said he never heard an audible voice after that.
I have people say they heard God's voice, and found out it wasn't God (because of what they though God said didn't come true) but only their belief or wishful thinking, and maybe a self gratification motive to prove to themselves or others how religious and anointed of God they are. That said, I think it is very dangerous of us to go around proclaiming we heard an audible voice directly from God, because it possible that it was conjured up by ones vivid imagination. Many faults religions were derived from this sort of thing, and heretical teaching.
I am very cautious of people who claim God spoke directly to them, especially when they say ":God told me to tell you..."...not that God can't work that way, but if wants you to really know or do something, He'll tell you directly. But mostly he talks to use through his Word.
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There's a rather credible (in my opinion) theory that everyone "heard the voice of gods" a mere 3000 years ago. Your left and right brain hemispheres have their own thoughts, and it's because of the link made by the corpus callosum that they "feel like" they think together, but we know that they don't because of split-brain patients who have had their corpus callosum cut... tests have shown that each half of the body, if allowed to express itself in writing, has different thoughts and experiences. But sometimes the parts of the brain, the ones responsible for recognizing these "two selves" in the brain and making them coherent, malfunction. In that case, one can often hear the separate thoughts and will think it's somebody else inside their head -- a demon, alien, god, separate personality, etc. And since the corpus collosum is on top of the rest of the brain matter and seems relatively new, along with the fact that atheism was practically unheard of 3000 years ago and people regularly wrote about literally hearing a god's voice, it would appear that everyone had this "defect" at one time.
This isn't to say that this is necessarily responsible for your own experiences hearing the voice of God, but it could be. One strong hint that it's your own thoughts rather than someone else's is whether or not it disagrees with you. Generally, people don't claim to have talked to God and had God tell them that they were wrong, otherwise we'd have answers to the pressing questions posed on this forum regularly (always saved or not, pre-trib or post-trib, KJV superiority?, etc.).
This isn't to say that this is necessarily responsible for your own experiences hearing the voice of God, but it could be. One strong hint that it's your own thoughts rather than someone else's is whether or not it disagrees with you. Generally, people don't claim to have talked to God and had God tell them that they were wrong, otherwise we'd have answers to the pressing questions posed on this forum regularly (always saved or not, pre-trib or post-trib, KJV superiority?, etc.).
The Scriptures illuminated by the Holy Spirit - the Spirit that witness to our spirit - I know what it sounds like to have the demonic speak and accuse you - in my own voice: and I know what it sounds like for the peaceable voice of God in my own voice: I think that people who hear God directly - God is going to do something that is going to be really hard on the individual, and God speaks so they hold onto it through this hard season or extended season.
For example, look at paul - and how much he suffered, if you podcast at all - get Mark Driscoll's God's work Our witness, where he talks about God told him 4 things audibly - but in pursuing them he would go through 10+ years of clinical depression, struggling with building a church, etc
We should remember, to whom much is given, much is required - which is a hard thing to swallow at times
For example, look at paul - and how much he suffered, if you podcast at all - get Mark Driscoll's God's work Our witness, where he talks about God told him 4 things audibly - but in pursuing them he would go through 10+ years of clinical depression, struggling with building a church, etc
We should remember, to whom much is given, much is required - which is a hard thing to swallow at times
....uh, ok, so, basically what you are saying is if I believe I hear God talking to me, it's not really God, it's because I was dropped on my head when I was a kid?.......
Scriptures say: "Be still, and KNOW that I am God." I believe God will REVEAL Himself to His children......as for how He accomplishes this, well, isn't that up to Him?
................ok, just thoughts, and a wee bit of tongue in cheek............
Scriptures say: "Be still, and KNOW that I am God." I believe God will REVEAL Himself to His children......as for how He accomplishes this, well, isn't that up to Him?
................ok, just thoughts, and a wee bit of tongue in cheek............
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Yes, I have heard Gods voice a few times over the years. Its always a very soft voice and it happens when I am doing something and not focused on spiritual things. In other words it always surprises me by catching me off guard. Sometimes He will give me an instruction and I don't do it right away, then He will tell me again and I move on it quickly. Sometimes he's humorous, He has also confirmed blessings that I wasn't sure if I would get them or not. He's also spoken to my son who is 11 yrs old and has no knowledge of these things. Right before my son went to sleep one night I told him to say his prayers. As I sat there with him the room was very quiet as I listened to him pray. When he finished praying he looked at me with a perplexed look on his face. He asked me did I say something. I said no. He continued to look perplexed. I said, did you hear something. He said yes. He said that a voice spoke directly into his ear and said " wonderful! "