Do You Have Ears To Hear?

[Edward]

Now I knew quite a bit of what this Brother teaches, but never in such an eloquent way. Just no nonsense tools for spiritual growth and he backs up everything with scripture so have your bible handy. ;)

 

[JLB]

Now I knew quite a bit of what this Brother teaches, but never in such an eloquent way. Just no nonsense tools for spiritual growth and he backs up everything with scripture so have your bible handy. ;)

So glad he emphasized that faith comes from hearing God speak to you.


That is so important.


One thing I share with people is… a major key to hearing God speak to you is the fact that God must actually be speaking to you, in order for you to hear Him speaking to you.


Here is one example of how we can position ourselves for God to speak to us —


Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away. Acts 13:1-3



Spending time separated unto the Lord, whereby we fast and minister to Him in thanksgiving, praise and worship is how we position ourselves to hear Him speak to us; showing Him we are serious about hearing from Him.



I have found this to be true.







JLB

 

[Edward]

So glad he emphasized that faith comes from hearing God speak to you.


That is so important.

That was a big one for me when I watched it too. I used to think, Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, is...hearing Preachers preach. But that's not what it means. Hearing preachers preach can be very good, but that's covered in the , do not forsake fellowshipping. Romans 10:17 means, Faith comes by hearing what the Lord is speaking to you. And when the Lord speaks to you, (and you obey and listen) then ones faith is increased which allows our inner man more certainty in his everyday dealings with the world. It then becomes easier to a more (far fetched) expectation of God and your faith in Him.

I learned it accidently (Ha) a little while back. I started inviting the Lord to go with me when I went to work or somewhere else in the world, and you can't invite a friend along and not talk, so, at first I'd wind up just praying most of the day, but prayer is not a monologue, it is a dialogue and when I realized that, I started pausing and waiting to hear an answer. At first it sort of, like a game almost like a child might play. Pretending, reaching, grasping whatever popped into my head and accepting that as an answer. Now, to meditate on it briefly and consider if it could be a legitimate answer for my question...well, waddaya know, it actually does. It sort of snowballed from there. Over a bit of time it became apparent to me that, this was no game that I played.

The thing is, He doesn't always give me the answer that I want. I have regretted asking certain things, lol. He seems to mostly answer all the time but I wish He would speak more plainly in general to me. He sure knows how to make me think! He's got this way of always saying the right thing, even if I don't like it,