Hearing God's Voice (Week 2)

God is a God of the Nations
You are a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven

The Kingdom of God is a culture of life:
    Deuteronomy 30:19-20
    Choose LIFE (through our love relationship with Him) so that you may LIVE, not just you but your decedents, and those who you come in contact with.

October 2012

    You will make a difference to the degree that you choose Him.

    Jesus didn't come to make Christians He came to make disciples.

    How can we worship God if we don't know Him?

    God is a communicator. Everything exists because He communicated it.

    John 10:3 and 14
        "The sheep listen to the Good Shepherd and He calls us by name."
        "I know them and they follow me."

    He knows how to speak to each of us in a way that we can truly understand.

In order to hear God's voice we need:
   - A relationship with Him
   - To listen to Him
   - To spend time with Him
   - To talk to Him
   - To make eye contact with Him

God does not want to sit in the passenger seat of your life and only be approached when times are tough, but think about it, that is exactly what most of us do.

We need to talk with God during everything, even the small things, in our lives so that He will also talk to us when we need His answers in the major decisions of life.

God wants to enjoy the things that we enjoy, together with us.

There is no sacred and secular with God. He wants to be included in everything we do.

There are so many things we don't know about God, because we don't ask of Him. Jeremiah 33:3.

October 2012

How do you know that it's God?
It's not a formula it's a process.
Psalm 145:19, Psalm 37:4.
It can either be God, the Enemy, or yourself.
We can begin to know which voice it is by knowing the character of each.

The character of God (Holy Spirit): John 6:63 "life giver", 2 Corinthians 3:6, John 16:13 "the spirit of truth", John 14:17, John 16:7 "the counselor/helper",  John 14:26 "teacher", John 16:8 "convictor", Romans 8:26 "intercessor", Acts 9:31 "comforter", 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 "gift giver", Galatians 5:22-23 "giver of the fruits of the spirit".

Enemy: Revelation 12:10 "accuser", 1 Peter 5:8 "devourer/adversary", 2 Corinthians 4:4 "blinder of the mind", John 8:44 "murderer, liar", John 10:10 "thief, kill, steal, destroy", Matthew 4:3 "tempter", Revelation 12:9 "deceiver", 1 Timothy 3:6 "condemnation".

October 2012

3 Questions to take to God:
1. What is your expectation level that you can hear God on a daily basis?
2. How hungry are you to know God for yourself?
3. What are you willing to put into this relationship with God?




*Teaching by Kathy Ryan