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Learn 5 Signs Through Which God is Trying to Speak to You. Are You Listening?

The spiritual journey is a constant search for God. Although the relationship with the Creator is a deeply personal experience, many of us struggle to understand and interpret the signs that may indicate God's presence in our lives. In our constant pursuit of spiritual development and getting closer to God, we often face questions about whether what we experience may be a message from the Most High.

In this Video we will focus on five signs that we can interpret as clear signals from God. While these signs may be subjective and depend on personal experience, many people find them to be a guide on their spiritual journey. We will analyze these signs to help you better understand how God may communicate with you. Here are five signs that may indicate God is speaking to you.
The first and fascinating sign that may suggest that God is speaking directly to you is what is often referred to as "sudden enlightenment." It's an extraordinary and exhilarating feeling that suddenly appears when difficult questions become clear and seemingly complicated problems seem to have simple solutions. What was previously incomprehensible becomes clear and transparent. What seemed like a mystery becomes clear. And while this understanding may come suddenly, it is often seen as a gift from God. Many people experience these moments of sudden enlightenment in various areas of their lives. It may be understanding the meaning of a difficult family situation, solving a complicated professional problem, or discovering a new path in life. Although these moments may be surprising, they are seen as a clear sign that God is communicating with us.

For many people, such enlightenment is more than just a stroke of genius or an accidental solution. It is like support from the Almighty who helps us in difficult times, offering clarity and wisdom. In those moments when we receive spiritual help, we feel that we are guided and supported by God. It is like a hint from Him that we are not alone in our endeavors and that our path is protected and supported by a Higher Power. It is worth being open to these moments of enlightenment, which can come in various forms - during prayer, reflection, or even during everyday activities. It is possible that God is speaking to you during these moments to help you better understand your life path and to provide support in difficult moments. By discovering these glimpses of wisdom, you can feel assured that your relationship with the Divine is alive and active, and that God is present in your life in a unique way.

The second unusual sign that may suggest that God is speaking directly to you is what we might call inner conviction. It is a feeling that penetrates your interior and brings with it a unique spiritual message: that God encourages you to repent and forgive. This is not just a feeling of guilt, but something much deeper and more significant. It is as if God was speaking to you from the heart of your soul, reminding you of the importance of coming to terms with your mistakes and wrongdoings. This is the moment when you feel the need to purify your heart and soul through repentance and striving for acceptance and forgiveness of others. This feeling can appear at different times in life.

It may be after you realize a mistake you have made towards others, or when you understand that you need to be free from the burden of your sins. It's as if God gave you the idea that you should act in accordance with His teachings and values. The value of these moments is not only repentance, but also striving to improve, to be a better person and to develop a relationship with God. It is a unique sign that your faith is deeply rooted and that God is with you on your spiritual path, helping you shape your morals and behavior. By discovering this inner conviction, you may feel that your relationship with God is more dynamic and full of spiritual growth.

The third sign that God may be speaking directly to you is a feeling of deep peace that transcends all human understanding. When God speaks, he does not bring chaos and anxiety, but rather fills your heart with inner peace and hope. This feeling is similar to inner enlightenment, but focuses more on the emotional side of your experience. It's like having an inner certainty that you are not alone, that there is a higher power that cares about you. Even in the face of life's storms and difficulties, you feel that you are guided by something much greater than yourself. In the Bible, in the First Letter to the Corinthians, we read: "For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace." This means that when God speaks, he brings peace and harmony.

It is like His distinctive mark on our hearts, a sign that He is with us on our spiritual journey. This feeling of peace can appear at different times in your life. This may be in moments when you are faced with difficult choices or trying to make sense of difficult experiences. It may also be when you are praying and seeking answers to important questions. In these moments you feel that God is with you, leading you through life's labyrinths. It is worth appreciating this peace as a sign that your faith is deeply rooted and your relationship with God is alive and full of hope. This feeling assures you that no matter what the future holds, you are being guided towards the light and that all the pieces of life's puzzle will eventually come together. This is a unique sign that God is speaking to you, sustaining you on your spiritual path.

The fourth sign that may indicate that God is speaking directly to you is a repeated message. It is the feeling that you have received the same word or sign repeatedly about the same thing, with these signs coming from different sources and taking different forms. The stories in the Bible are full of examples where God used many signs and means to convey his message. For example, when Mary was about to give birth to Jesus, an angel appeared to her bringing an important message. However, this was not a one-off phenomenon - an angel also appeared to her cousin Elizabeth, confirming God's plan. Moreover, when Joseph was planning to leave Mary, again an angel came with God's message, confirming that Mary carried the Son of God within her. The same message was confirmed by different sources, in different circumstances. Jesus' coming was predicted by many other prophets, such as John the Baptist and Isaiah.
These repeated signs were clear evidence to the people at that time that God was speaking to them and preparing them for a great event. Similarly, when you receive the same message or sign repeatedly in your life, it may be a sign that God is speaking to you about a specific matter. These repeated signs may come from different people, events, or sources, but they all focus on a single message or theme. It's like God uses different ways to reinforce His message and help you understand what's important at any given moment. It is worth being open to these repeated signs and reflecting on them. They can be a signpost on your spiritual journey, just as in the case of biblical stories where repeated signs led to significant events and changes.

The fifth sign that God may be speaking directly to you is a deeper understanding of your life purpose. It is an experience that leads to awareness of what is important, valuable and really important in your life. When you begin to understand your purpose, you become more capable of living in a way that is consistent with why you are here on earth. God has an individual plan and purpose for each of us that is deeply connected to our spiritual destiny. When you feel God speaking to you, it may be because you are more aware of your life purpose.

It is not only understanding, but also the belief that you are in the right place and time to accomplish what you were created to do. Discovering your life purpose can be a gradual process or it can come suddenly like an epiphany. It's like discovering your mission in this world, why you exist and what impact you have on other people. This means moving your life towards a more fulfilling, meaningful experience. When you are clear about your goal, your actions take on a deeper meaning and your motivation becomes stronger.

Your goal becomes a source of inspiration that helps you overcome difficulties and set priorities. Then you understand that you are blessed, that you have the opportunity and ability to touch others with God's love by realizing your destiny. Discovering your purpose is both a spiritual and life process that helps you get closer to God and understand your spirituality more deeply. This is a unique sign that God is speaking to you, leading you toward fulfilling your calling in life.
 
The spiritual journey is a constant search for God.

??? This isn't my experience. Nor is it what the Bible says.

2 Chronicles 15:2
2 ...The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 29:13-14
13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD...

James 4:8
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.


Although the relationship with the Creator is a deeply personal experience, many of us struggle to understand and interpret the signs that may indicate God's presence in our lives. In our constant pursuit of spiritual development and getting closer to God, we often face questions about whether what we experience may be a message from the Most High.

1 Corinthians 14:33
33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace...


God has no desire to see His children uncertain and confused about His communications to them. And so, He's given to them His word, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit dwells within them, which together ensure that the child of God need never be unsure of God's will and direction.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

1 Corinthians 2:10-16
10 ...For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.


In the minds of His children, then, there need never be uncertainty or confusion about whether or not God has communicated and what it is He's communicated.

While these signs may be subjective and depend on personal experience, many people find them to be a guide on their spiritual journey

Uh oh. This isn't a good start...

The first and fascinating sign that may suggest that God is speaking directly to you is what is often referred to as "sudden enlightenment." It's an extraordinary and exhilarating feeling that suddenly appears when difficult questions become clear and seemingly complicated problems seem to have simple solutions.

Unbelievers have these moments. My unbelieving friends have related such moments to me many times over the years. How, then, is this a reliable indicator of God communicating?

Many people experience these moments of sudden enlightenment in various areas of their lives. It may be understanding the meaning of a difficult family situation, solving a complicated professional problem, or discovering a new path in life. Although these moments may be surprising, they are seen as a clear sign that God is communicating with us.

"Many people" is right. Epiphanies are not the sole domain of the Christian and so cannot serve as a useful means of determining that God has spoken. For example, it was the Greek mathematician, Archimedes, who famously cried out, "Eureka!" in a fit of sudden realization. He was not a Christian. And so, it is by no means a good basis upon which to think that God has communicated that one has had such a "Eureka!" moment.

For many people, such enlightenment is more than just a stroke of genius or an accidental solution. It is like support from the Almighty who helps us in difficult times, offering clarity and wisdom. In those moments when we receive spiritual help, we feel that we are guided and supported by God.

"Feelings come, and feelings go,
And feelings are deceiving.
My warrant is the word of God.
Nought else is worth believing."

There are few things more vacillating, and uncertain, and often out of alignment with reality than our feelings. It is the very foolish believer, then, who makes them a prominent basis for walking with God. Remember the Israelites at the border of Canaan who refused to believe God and enter the land He had given to them (Numbers 13-14)? They did so on the basis of what they felt and experienced, rather than on the basis of what God had said and spent the next forty years wandering and dying in the dust and tumbleweeds of the wilderness.

Remember Eve in Eden, who disobeyed her Maker on the basis of her desire for the Forbidden Fruit and her feeling that God was keeping the best from her (Genesis 3:1-7)? She followed her feelings rather than what God had said and was tossed out of Eden for doing so, her sin (and Adam's) cursing all of mankind thereafter.

Remember Balaam and his donkey (Numbers 22:22-34)? When he wanted his donkey to follow a certain route that would have led immediately to his death and the donkey refused, Balaam grew angry and violent, beating his donkey with his staff. If his feelings had been satisfied, and Balaam's donkey had continued on toward the sword-wielding angel of the Lord, Balaam would have ended up dead.

In any case, there are a great multitude of instances where a person's feelings are the very worst basis upon which to proceed and so it is terrible advice to encourage Christians to do so.

It is possible that God is speaking to you during these moments to help you better understand your life path and to provide support in difficult moments. By discovering these glimpses of wisdom, you can feel assured that your relationship with the Divine is alive and active, and that God is present in your life in a unique way.

Goodness. Just read your Bible, the word of God to His children, and do what it says, applying its principles, wisdom, commands and truth to your life.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.


Psalm 119:105
105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:130
130 The entrance of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.


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The second unusual sign that may suggest that God is speaking directly to you is what we might call inner conviction. It is a feeling that penetrates your interior and brings with it a unique spiritual message: that God encourages you to repent and forgive. This is not just a feeling of guilt, but something much deeper and more significant. It is as if God was speaking to you from the heart of your soul, reminding you of the importance of coming to terms with your mistakes and wrongdoings. This is the moment when you feel the need to purify your heart and soul through repentance and striving for acceptance and forgiveness of others. This feeling can appear at different times in life.

It may be after you realize a mistake you have made towards others, or when you understand that you need to be free from the burden of your sins. It's as if God gave you the idea that you should act in accordance with His teachings and values. The value of these moments is not only repentance, but also striving to improve, to be a better person and to develop a relationship with God. It is a unique sign that your faith is deeply rooted and that God is with you on your spiritual path, helping you shape your morals and behavior. By discovering this inner conviction, you may feel that your relationship with God is more dynamic and full of spiritual growth.

The Holy Spirit does convict the world of "sin, righteousness and judgment" (John 16:8; Revelation 2-3) but this isn't merely a "feeling that penetrates your interior," or "as if God is speaking to you from the heart of your soul," or "as if God gave you the idea that you should act in accordance with His teachings and values." No, when the Spirit convicts a child of God, there is no "as if" about it. He is actually, really, convicting the wayward, disobedient child of God, which he does, not by speaking from the soul of the child of God, but by giving them a strong desire (not merely a feeling) to restore what's been lost by their sin: fellowship with God. This desire comes from the Spirit, however, not from the Christian's own soul. Always, the Holy Spirit's conviction moves a person toward God in reconciliation, never away from Him, as mere pangs of conscience will do.

It is, though, the immature child of God who responds to the Spirit's conviction by "striving to improve, to be a better person and to develop a relationship with God." The Christian life is the life of the Spirit, the life of Christ, manifesting in and through the child of God. It is not the life of the believer, their own human powers, that achieves godliness for God. Self-effort and self-improvement could not be farther from how a Christian actually walks with God.


The third sign that God may be speaking directly to you is a feeling of deep peace that transcends all human understanding. When God speaks, he does not bring chaos and anxiety, but rather fills your heart with inner peace and hope. This feeling is similar to inner enlightenment, but focuses more on the emotional side of your experience. It's like having an inner certainty that you are not alone, that there is a higher power that cares about you. Even in the face of life's storms and difficulties, you feel that you are guided by something much greater than yourself. In the Bible, in the First Letter to the Corinthians, we read: "For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace." This means that when God speaks, he brings peace and harmony.

Ugh. No, this is badly in error. Goodness, you are badly in need of some proper discipling!

The peace of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), is not a feeling of inner calm or settledness, but a Person: the Holy Spirit himself, the Spirit of Christ, who is the Prince of Peace (Romans 8:9; Isaiah 9:6). Unbelievers can feel profound inner calm and tranquility but have no relationship to God whatever. I've known Buddhists, and Hindus, and even garden variety agnostics who've managed to achieve a consistent state of deep, inner peace. So, then, how is this condition indicative necessarily of God? Well, it isn't. The "peace of God ruling in our hearts" is the Holy Spirit, not a mere feeling. He anchors the believer in the stormy waves of life, not a feeling; He is the strong tower and refuge for the child of God, not a feeling; He is a shield and defender of the born-again believer, not a feeling. And so, Scripture says:

Isaiah 26:3-4
3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:


The peace of the child of God is found in God, in knowing and trusting in Him, not in scrabbling about for a feeling from Him of inner calm. Consider Jesus in Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46). Was he enjoying an inner state of tranquility, of peace? No. Though he was exactly in the center of God the Father's will, doing exactly what he should have been doing, Jesus was enduring a terrible and unrelieved torment of soul. So much so that he sweated, as it were, "great drops of blood." It is a dangerous thing, then, to think either that God is with you because you are at peace within, or that you are pleasing to Him because you feel inner calm about your living. Neither conclusion is necessarily true at all.

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The fourth sign that may indicate that God is speaking directly to you is a repeated message. It is the feeling that you have received the same word or sign repeatedly about the same thing, with these signs coming from different sources and taking different forms.

This has been traditionally called "superstition" and has nothing to do with the reasoned, rational, thoughtful nature of Christian doctrine and practice. It is, at bottom, conflating correlation with causation, which is a common logical fallacy among the superstitious. Nowhere in the New Testament is this sort of superstitious approach to Christian living ever taught or demonstrated.

For example, when Mary was about to give birth to Jesus, an angel appeared to her bringing an important message. However, this was not a one-off phenomenon - an angel also appeared to her cousin Elizabeth, confirming God's plan.

Description is not prescription. That something is described in the Bible does not make it something all Christians should expect or do. Nowhere does Scripture ever say that what happened to Mary or Elizabeth serves as a basis for how the born-again child of God should expect God to communicate with them commonly.

Similarly, when you receive the same message or sign repeatedly in your life, it may be a sign that God is speaking to you about a specific matter. These repeated signs may come from different people, events, or sources, but they all focus on a single message or theme.

Hang on. You described very specific types of "signs" issued by God in the record of Scripture - angelic visits, dreams, prophecies - as examples of this type of communication from God. On what grounds, then, can you say that other sorts of "signs" are legitimately from God? Mary did not have to guess at, or surmise from odd, repeated coincidences that she was conceived of the Messiah. Her example, then, does not serve as a basis for a superstitious expectation of "messages or signs" from God that are completely different from what God used in the accounts of Scripture. We also see no Christian in the NT operating on a superstitious, repeated, coincidental events basis, nor any teaching in the NT that Christians should carry on in this way.

The fifth sign that God may be speaking directly to you is a deeper understanding of your life purpose. It is an experience that leads to awareness of what is important, valuable and really important in your life. When you begin to understand your purpose, you become more capable of living in a way that is consistent with why you are here on earth. God has an individual plan and purpose for each of us that is deeply connected to our spiritual destiny. When you feel God speaking to you, it may be because you are more aware of your life purpose.

Sorry to have to say this, but this quotation is something of a "word salad" that doesn't actually say anything meaningful. What is a "deeper understanding of your life purpose," exactly? You say it is "an experience that leads to awareness of what is important, valuable and really important to your life." Well, my nephew thinks meth is all of these things and is probably going to end up dead because he's so eager to have meth as his "important, valuable and really important" life purpose. It doesn't follow at all, then, that because one has a strong sense of the course of life one wants to follow that God is communicating Himself in it. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, had a very strong sense of the direction he wanted to go in life; he thought the "valuable, really important" thing for him was to serially murder other people. Was this sense of life purpose from God, then? Obviously not. But this means that what you've written in the quotation above is not true.

lukadrower, God has a very different set of indicators that He is present in one's life. You would do yourself a favor if you'd read through the following:

John 14:26, John 16:13, 1 Corinthians 2:10-16.
John 16:8, Revelation 2-3.
Ephesians 3:16, Romans 8:13, Philippians 2:13.
Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 8:29, 2 Corinthians 3:18.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4.
Hebrews 12:5-11.
1 John 3:14.
Jeremiah 15:16.
 
??? This isn't my experience. Nor is it what the Bible says.

2 Chronicles 15:2
2 ...The LORD is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jeremiah 29:13-14
13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD...

James 4:8
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.


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it's about being close to God (these are the ones who don't sin, have different prayers, or eat little and dare to fast from food, and have thoughts without negativity)
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people who use alcohol or drugs every day, or overeat and are on social networks, etc., or have various other sins, are distant from God and he has less access to them, and the demon has more access.
 
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