New Here, and the audible voice of God.

[Krystal]

Hi guys, I am new here. This may sound like a crazy question, but has anyone heard the audible voice of God? I don't mean like a "still small voice" or God speaking to you through bible quotes, I mean a real audible voice. A little background on me. I have had two psychotic breaks within the last 3 years. During those times, I heard the audible voice of "God" (among many other voices, but I wont get into those right now.) During my first psychotic episode I was diagnosed as bipolar. Now I am sure many of you may write off my experiences as hallucination because of that, but I have to tell you that my experiences felt so REAL that it is hard to deny them. I am honestly not a religious person. I have always been pretty agnostic. I have never read the bible all the way through and have always found it hard to swallow (sorry.) But when I talked to "God" I felt like I was IN the bible and it all became real.

The first time I heard the voice of God, I had been reading stuff about the rapture and other Jesus related things out of curiosity. I have had issues with my mom and for some reason, as I walked into my room I said to myself "Jesus if you're real, I will forgive my mom."

I heard an audible voice respond to me. "Now you understand my daughter" It said. This was very overwhelming to me. I suddenly felt a strong presence in my room and it was so overwhelming I collapsed on the floor and suddenly tears were flooding my eyes. I felt the presence of God and it was so intense I could hardly take it. The voice was sushing me and telling me it was going to be okay. I basically told it to please back off a bit. That it was too intense and I couldn't take it much more. The "entity" left after I asked it to back off and I was able to tell my family what I experienced.

I was in a state of awe, and I rushed to my boyfriends to tell him what happened. But that night as I was lying in bed, the voice came back. We ended up having a whole conversation and this voice had a good sense of humor. I asked it why I was so depressed all the time. It or "he" said "You forgot that I love you." And he told me that "I must have faith" and that I had an earth father and a heavenly father. And he also told me that "Jesus is God" which I was kind of surprised by because I was never Christian. I was raised as mostly agnostic and I never thought of Jesus being the actual God before. He laughed at this. The voice was definitely masculine and unlike any voice I've heard before. It didn't really sound human.

Unfortunately after this conversation with "God" I went into full blown psychosis where I thought the rapture was coming and thought God was communicating to me through the TV and Radio among many other delusions. What was weird is the TV and radio would line up with what I was thinking at the time. It's hard to explain. I felt like I was in eternity and tapping into another dimension. The only thing that sounds similar to what I experienced are near death experiences that I've read about. And knowledge was getting fed into my brain. Knowledge that I forgot when I came back to sanity.

I was honestly devastated when I came back to "reality." I thought that if God was real, why would he allow me to feel like I was basically in heaven and then take it away? Or if that wasn't God, why would any God allow me to be messed with like that? To believe in such a thing? I was bitter for two years until last spring when I had my second psychotic break. I once again heard the voice of "God" telling me that I needed Jesus Christ and that he was always there and never left. I once again heard "God" speaking to me through music and TV. I was once again in "eternity." And I was once again forced into a hospital and shot up with horrible medications.
To be honest, when I came back this time I was so depressed that I attempted suicide several times. I couldn't get the thought of killing myself out of my head. Why would God put me through such horrible depression? I am on SSDI and I feel worthless. I have lost interest in everything and have no ambition to do anything. Honestly all I want is to feel that "Heavenly" presence again. I've tried praying but it feels like I am talking to myself. And if it was all just brain chemistry where does that leave room for the soul? Why does God allow mental illness? Why does God require faith? Why does he leave someone in such a cruel world where science points to there being no God?

Now I know psychiatrists don't understand the brain. I know because you are basically a test model for any medications they can throw at you and hope they work. Brain science is basically worthless. They can't even cure depression which should be one of the most important brain diseases to cure. Trust me I would rather be "mad" than depressed. I struggle with this everyday now. I would like to believe that I communicated with God but science keeps telling me I am just a nut case.However, no scientist could ever explain what it's like to be "psychotic" unless they experienced it themselves. When you're in "eternity" it feels more real than reality. But why would God want me to be a worthless depressed slump? And I can't help the depression. I would if I could. But I guess I wanted to know what you guys think of this story. Do you think God talks to the mentally ill? And does anyone here have a similar experience? Sorry for the long post. Just looking for answers.

 

[Fish Catcher Jim]

Krystal Hello,
First of all Welcome to the forum and may your faith and love grow stronger then you ever dreamed.
I will answer your last question first.....((((Do you think God talks to the mentally ill? And does anyone here have a similar experience? Sorry for the long post. Just looking for answers.))))

Ok first of all God is NO respector of Persons.......so why not ? Of ourse I believe He does.
I have had several experiences where I heard and felt and saw.
One time I sawe this huge shiny silver double edged sword come down from the ceeling towards the center of the room while a hand full of christians were laying hands on me...

Another time I had three visions in one night and they confermed what I believed God was leading me too.
Another time I had spent hours and hours and hours of praying and crying harder then I ever dreamed a person could and one day I was praying in the spirit and in the natural and I heard a voice begin to speak. It was like several things happening at once. I heard what was being said.....I heard as if some one was explaining what was being said on the inside of me.

There has been other times as well. So yes I do beleive
God Bless You Sister
Jim

 

[Cturtle]

Welcome Krystal,
I personally have not herd an audible voice, however i have had God answer me a few times. But my dad (who is now with in Heaven) told me of one night that He herd God call him 3 times.
So yes i do believe that God can speak to us audibly. And i agree with fishcatcherjim, that God is not a respector of persons, so He talks to anyone who will listen.
As i was reading your explanation of what happened, i got chills, and i believe that God spoke to you, because He knew if you listened, and herd Him, that you would believe in Him and Jesus. He knows how to get our attention and what will draw us unto Him.
Blessings!

 

[seekinghim]

I have people in my life who have claimed to hear an audible voice. I never have, but I have had God answer me before, to where there was NO DOUBT it was Him answering me in a very specific way. I was diagnosed with Bipolar when I was younger (it was a false diagnosis but I was displaying many of the symptoms.) I never heard God speak to me during this time but I did feel like He was playing with my mind and manipulating me and sending me messages which created utter confusion in my mind. I believe that it is harder to determine what is God and what is your mind when you have a mental illness or when you've been raised in a cult like I have (which caused some of the delusions). But the Gospel of Jesus Christ is very simple, it is not complicated. I believe your experience was real. I believe God will speak to us in any way necessary. I have read some NDE where people say they get depressed when they come back and realize they aren't living with God.

My advice to you would be to reach out to Jesus Christ but don't let your mind complicate Him. Let Him fill you with His love. When the Spirit teaches you things you may resist, but you won't be filled with confusion and you won't wonder where the voices are coming from, at least not in my experience. I know that He can heal your mind and I know He can lift your depression because He has for me. I was very suicidal at one point in my life and lived with depression and anxiety until recently when I accepted Jesus. Ever since then I have been free of these ailments.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I'm diagnosed Bipolar, also. The only time I thought I heard from God it was either severe stress making me crazy or something demonic (long story).

And you're right...shrinks don't understand the brain. If we ever find out what in the brain causes "mental illness," then neurologists will be the ones to treat them. Psychiatry is, at best, an attempt to make life bearable while you work your way through stuff. More often, its pushing pills on desperate, hurting people...for filthy lucre's sake, no less.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

Hi guys, I am new here. This may sound like a crazy question, but has anyone heard the audible voice of God? I don't mean like a "still small voice" or God speaking to you through bible quotes, I mean a real audible voice. A little background on me. I have had two psychotic breaks within the last 3 years. During those times, I heard the audible voice of "God" (among many other voices, but I wont get into those right now.) During my first psychotic episode I was diagnosed as bipolar. Now I am sure many of you may write off my experiences as hallucination because of that, but I have to tell you that my experiences felt so REAL that it is hard to deny them. I am honestly not a religious person. I have always been pretty agnostic. I have never read the bible all the way through and have always found it hard to swallow (sorry.) But when I talked to "God" I felt like I was IN the bible and it all became real.

The first time I heard the voice of God, I had been reading stuff about the rapture and other Jesus related things out of curiosity. I have had issues with my mom and for some reason, as I walked into my room I said to myself "Jesus if you're real, I will forgive my mom."

I heard an audible voice respond to me. "Now you understand my daughter" It said. This was very overwhelming to me. I suddenly felt a strong presence in my room and it was so overwhelming I collapsed on the floor and suddenly tears were flooding my eyes. I felt the presence of God and it was so intense I could hardly take it. The voice was sushing me and telling me it was going to be okay. I basically told it to please back off a bit. That it was too intense and I couldn't take it much more. The "entity" left after I asked it to back off and I was able to tell my family what I experienced.

I was in a state of awe, and I rushed to my boyfriends to tell him what happened. But that night as I was lying in bed, the voice came back. We ended up having a whole conversation and this voice had a good sense of humor. I asked it why I was so depressed all the time. It or "he" said "You forgot that I love you." And he told me that "I must have faith" and that I had an earth father and a heavenly father. And he also told me that "Jesus is God" which I was kind of surprised by because I was never Christian. I was raised as mostly agnostic and I never thought of Jesus being the actual God before. He laughed at this. The voice was definitely masculine and unlike any voice I've heard before. It didn't really sound human.

Unfortunately after this conversation with "God" I went into full blown psychosis where I thought the rapture was coming and thought God was communicating to me through the TV and Radio among many other delusions. What was weird is the TV and radio would line up with what I was thinking at the time. It's hard to explain. I felt like I was in eternity and tapping into another dimension. The only thing that sounds similar to what I experienced are near death experiences that I've read about. And knowledge was getting fed into my brain. Knowledge that I forgot when I came back to sanity.

I was honestly devastated when I came back to "reality." I thought that if God was real, why would he allow me to feel like I was basically in heaven and then take it away? Or if that wasn't God, why would any God allow me to be messed with like that? To believe in such a thing? I was bitter for two years until last spring when I had my second psychotic break. I once again heard the voice of "God" telling me that I needed Jesus Christ and that he was always there and never left. I once again heard "God" speaking to me through music and TV. I was once again in "eternity." And I was once again forced into a hospital and shot up with horrible medications.
To be honest, when I came back this time I was so depressed that I attempted suicide several times. I couldn't get the thought of killing myself out of my head. Why would God put me through such horrible depression? I am on SSDI and I feel worthless. I have lost interest in everything and have no ambition to do anything. Honestly all I want is to feel that "Heavenly" presence again. I've tried praying but it feels like I am talking to myself. And if it was all just brain chemistry where does that leave room for the soul? Why does God allow mental illness? Why does God require faith? Why does he leave someone in such a cruel world where science points to there being no God?

Now I know psychiatrists don't understand the brain. I know because you are basically a test model for any medications they can throw at you and hope they work. Brain science is basically worthless. They can't even cure depression which should be one of the most important brain diseases to cure. Trust me I would rather be "mad" than depressed. I struggle with this everyday now. I would like to believe that I communicated with God but science keeps telling me I am just a nut case.However, no scientist could ever explain what it's like to be "psychotic" unless they experienced it themselves. When you're in "eternity" it feels more real than reality. But why would God want me to be a worthless depressed slump? And I can't help the depression. I would if I could. But I guess I wanted to know what you guys think of this story. Do you think God talks to the mentally ill? And does anyone here have a similar experience? Sorry for the long post. Just looking for answers.

12-19-14 is the date of my telling this testamony
Just sitting here at the desktop computer thinking of how I knew that the Lord have angels encamped around us, because I was climbing a tree about 7ft. high, as the tree branch was stretching outward, with the smaller branches out on the limbs. But I was crawling along the branches pulling myself forward. I had missed one of those branches going in the direction downward, but I slipped, falling down to the ground, a small limb caught my groan bag, just enough to tear out the outer surface, as I was falling downward.

I was brought to the hospital after I was on the ground, I got up from the ground , and walked to my house, which was wright across the street, but it must have been angels to swift my body around the small branch that had ripped my groan open. This is my way of saying, look what The Lord have done for me just at that time of a second. I can say thank you Jesus for saving me from that time of falling. And I still can be active in that area, I was about 12 years old at that time. I had about 8 to 10 stitches. just enough to sow that area.

But! I did not here a voice.

 

[Pizza]

Hi guys, I am new here. This may sound like a crazy question, but has anyone heard the audible voice of God? I don't mean like a "still small voice" or God speaking to you through bible quotes, I mean a real audible voice.

Yes. It is a long story and rather personal, but once I did - three times in about an hour. I was in crisis at the time, I had come to the conclusion that my sin was so great (and repeated so often) that I had driven a wedge between me and the Lord that could not be healed. This meant that I really thought I had lost my salvation, or at least that He was going to "leave me to my own" and no longer answer my prayers or be a part of my life. Within an hour, I heard the voice.

The first time, I dismissed it as my own thought.
But the next two times, it came from, well, across the cab of my truck. I then came inches from a devastating accident, but steered around the obstacle.

During the night, later that evening, He woke me from sound sleep. It was as tho He was in the room with me, and I even asked, "Lord, is that you?" I realized that He spoke to me NOT really to save me from the accident - but so that I'd remember He spoke to me right when I THOUGHT He would never fellowship with me. That is, He showed me how wrong I was.

The lesson I learned that night was that He would never leave me (seems like I read that in the Bible once.... ) Also, He told me, essentially, that my sin was not greater than Jesus' act on the cross and I had not the power to "drive a wedge between me and Him".

He won't come to you without reason, and I don't think He will come to you demonstrating a sense of humor, but I COULD be wrong about that.

Do you think God talks to the mentally ill? And does anyone here have a similar experience? Sorry for the long post. Just looking for answers.

My (youngest) son is paranoid schizophrenic and he suffers from major psychotic symptoms. He firmly believes in Jesus and grasped the gospel before his teen years. He has never heard God's voice, not that he has told me, and I believe he would quickly tell me. But that proves nothing, would God talk to the mentally ill? There is NOTHING in the scripturally described person of God that would lead me to think that He would not. He has spoken to so many people, I'm sure some of them were mentally ill.

So where does all of this leave you? It leaves you with no real answer. I hope my post communicates to you that it IS possible you heard from our Lord. Personally, I don't believe that you did. But then, MANY do not believe that I heard from Him, so what do you really care what some people anonymously posting on an internet message board have to say?

I will offer you this: I never thought the voice was God's. Not until He woke me late that night and that weird feeling was there. For SOME reason, I felt like someone/something was in the room and had woken me. I blurted out, "Are you here, Lord, with me?" He then responded, but this time in my head, not audibly like in the truck. THEN I KNEW it was Him, both before and right then.

What I am saying is, I don't think you will be questioning if it was Him for long - you will know if it was Him. And you won't get the knowledge from us here, it will come to you from Him. It will come in a way that, I think, you will KNOW that you KNOW and you wont need to ask ANYONE what they think.

Many think I never heard from Him. But I did, and their input is not needed, or heeded.


Of course, He would interact with me totally different than with you - 'cause I'd known Him for 25 years when all this happened. Maybe with you, His technique will be different. Certainly, if you have not even turned your heart and life over to Him, His reasons to reach out to you are different that with me - I was one of His, but lost in my own sin and pain. You have indicated you are not His, or you don't THINK you are His.

So you see, I don't think we can help you. And if it was Him, maybe He doesn't want us to help. I'd call out to Him and see what happens.

Even if He didn't speak to you, I am SURE He wants to HEAR from you. Of that, there is NO doubt.

 

[burning heart]

Hi Krystal , I'm a new member to , I just signed up today . I was browsing the new member forum thinking about what I wanted to say and your post grabbed me .
God speaks to all of us if we are truly willing to open our hearts and listen . You reached out and Jesus took your hand . God speaks in many ways . An audible voice is rare indeed , usually its a still small voice in the back of your head . But if for some reason you have trouble hearing that small voice , like I do , He WILL find a way . God absolutely speaks through radio , tv , and all of His Creation . I can't count the times He reassured and comforted me these ways . He uses the smallest of birds and butterflies quite often for me , and He has an awesome sense of humor ! God heard YOUR cry , saw YOU reach out , and He feels YOUR pain . Despite anything that happens or how you feel , keep reaching out to Jesus Christ and He will heal you , but don't stop praying !!!
My brothers and sisters in Christ , let us join our hands in spirit and pray for Krystal . Holy Father God , thank you for hearing Krystals cry and responding . Now Lord heal her completely in the name of Jesus Christ .Your will be done .

 

[Eugene]

Dear Sister Krystal, it must be understood that God can do what He wants to, and in the case of illness of any sort He can stand with us, speak to us, and bring healing and peace to our lives. For some reason lately I have been repeatedly brought in my thinking to Dan 3:23 where we read the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego falling bound into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Now the world put them there, but we read in Dan 3:25 concerning the fate of them that Nebuchadnezzar the king said of them: I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

God loves us as His Son Jesus Whom He gave for us. He is not going to fail, or forsake you in your perceived moment of failure, He is never going to leave you, and what He does is always for our good (Rom 8:28). Take courage in the direction He leads you to be in His perfect will and watch for, and expect deliverance. This trial of your faith is going to take you higher, and reach others more with your faith than you can imagine. I can guarantee that God is working in your life.
Blessings in Christ Jesus.

 

[Eugene]

Welcome to our Christian fellowship dear Brother burning heart. May you be blessed with us as we grow in grace and knowledge of our LORD Jesus together. Thank you for that precious prayer.

 

[junkyardmystic]

Hi guys, I am new here. This may sound like a crazy question, but has anyone heard the audible voice of God? I don't mean like a "still small voice" or God speaking to you through bible quotes, I mean a real audible voice. A little background on me. I have had two psychotic breaks within the last 3 years. During those times, I heard the audible voice of "God" (among many other voices, but I wont get into those right now.) During my first psychotic episode I was diagnosed as bipolar. Now I am sure many of you may write off my experiences as hallucination because of that, but I have to tell you that my experiences felt so REAL that it is hard to deny them. I am honestly not a religious person. I have always been pretty agnostic. I have never read the bible all the way through and have always found it hard to swallow (sorry.) But when I talked to "God" I felt like I was IN the bible and it all became real.

The first time I heard the voice of God, I had been reading stuff about the rapture and other Jesus related things out of curiosity. I have had issues with my mom and for some reason, as I walked into my room I said to myself "Jesus if you're real, I will forgive my mom."

I heard an audible voice respond to me. "Now you understand my daughter" It said. This was very overwhelming to me. I suddenly felt a strong presence in my room and it was so overwhelming I collapsed on the floor and suddenly tears were flooding my eyes. I felt the presence of God and it was so intense I could hardly take it. The voice was sushing me and telling me it was going to be okay. I basically told it to please back off a bit. That it was too intense and I couldn't take it much more. The "entity" left after I asked it to back off and I was able to tell my family what I experienced.

I was in a state of awe, and I rushed to my boyfriends to tell him what happened. But that night as I was lying in bed, the voice came back. We ended up having a whole conversation and this voice had a good sense of humor. I asked it why I was so depressed all the time. It or "he" said "You forgot that I love you." And he told me that "I must have faith" and that I had an earth father and a heavenly father. And he also told me that "Jesus is God" which I was kind of surprised by because I was never Christian. I was raised as mostly agnostic and I never thought of Jesus being the actual God before. He laughed at this. The voice was definitely masculine and unlike any voice I've heard before. It didn't really sound human.

Unfortunately after this conversation with "God" I went into full blown psychosis where I thought the rapture was coming and thought God was communicating to me through the TV and Radio among many other delusions. What was weird is the TV and radio would line up with what I was thinking at the time. It's hard to explain. I felt like I was in eternity and tapping into another dimension. The only thing that sounds similar to what I experienced are near death experiences that I've read about. And knowledge was getting fed into my brain. Knowledge that I forgot when I came back to sanity.

I was honestly devastated when I came back to "reality." I thought that if God was real, why would he allow me to feel like I was basically in heaven and then take it away? Or if that wasn't God, why would any God allow me to be messed with like that? To believe in such a thing? I was bitter for two years until last spring when I had my second psychotic break. I once again heard the voice of "God" telling me that I needed Jesus Christ and that he was always there and never left. I once again heard "God" speaking to me through music and TV. I was once again in "eternity." And I was once again forced into a hospital and shot up with horrible medications.
To be honest, when I came back this time I was so depressed that I attempted suicide several times. I couldn't get the thought of killing myself out of my head. Why would God put me through such horrible depression? I am on SSDI and I feel worthless. I have lost interest in everything and have no ambition to do anything. Honestly all I want is to feel that "Heavenly" presence again. I've tried praying but it feels like I am talking to myself. And if it was all just brain chemistry where does that leave room for the soul? Why does God allow mental illness? Why does God require faith? Why does he leave someone in such a cruel world where science points to there being no God?

Now I know psychiatrists don't understand the brain. I know because you are basically a test model for any medications they can throw at you and hope they work. Brain science is basically worthless. They can't even cure depression which should be one of the most important brain diseases to cure. Trust me I would rather be "mad" than depressed. I struggle with this everyday now. I would like to believe that I communicated with God but science keeps telling me I am just a nut case.However, no scientist could ever explain what it's like to be "psychotic" unless they experienced it themselves. When you're in "eternity" it feels more real than reality. But why would God want me to be a worthless depressed slump? And I can't help the depression. I would if I could. But I guess I wanted to know what you guys think of this story. Do you think God talks to the mentally ill? And does anyone here have a similar experience? Sorry for the long post. Just looking for answers.

I'm sorry to hear that you suffered like that, and continue to suffer. If you seek for answers with your whole heart and mind they will come to you. It did for me.