Friday, December 25, 2009

Ways that God speaks.



Our greatest asset in life is our ability to hear and discern the voice of God. Some ways that God has spoken throughout History are listed below.
God knows who we are, He designed us so He knows the most effective way to communicate to us.


1.God speaks through his Word. Gods Word (The Bible is infallible).
We have to step out on His Word . Trusting on His Word is also working on developing His character in us. Our words have shaped our destiny as Gods Word shaped the universe and everything therein.
We speak and act on Gods Words to express our faith . My father used to say faith in motion sets God in motion.
God speaks through His word. The bible is the rule and not the exception it's our rule of conduct.
1. He also speaks in a audible voice . The exception and not the rule. He spoke to Moses in an audible voice . He first gets our attention then He speaks. When He speaks we have to test it by the Word to authenticate the Word.
He spoke to kings, and prophets and He spoke to the masses

2. He spoke through angels also know as messengers. That is not the rule. We have to test the Word of the angels by the words in the bible .

3. He speaks through dreams. God speaks to us in pictures during our sleeping hours. Not all dreams have spiritual significance.
What your mind cannot resolve when you awake your mind tends to resolve when you are asleep.

4. Visions.
Gods speak to us through visuals pictures and visions.

5. Spirit to spirit.
His spirit speaks to our human spirit

6. Prophets
God speaks to us through prophets .
Exhortation , correction . Not fortune telling, Or forth telling . Beware of false prophets . They have to be consistent with the Word. The Word comes from a different realm we don't make it happen . It's also for edification .

8. Godly counsel .
Spiritually mature people that can speak into your life and give you words of wisdom

9 Spiritual gifts.
He speaks to us through our gifting and talents, through our passions .

10 . New desires.
God fills our hearts with desires that guide and guard our hearts against things that are outside Gods will.

Hearing the voice of God "Akouo" the Greek meaning to hear. To know. Knowing God so well that it produce an offspring. To hear . We can hear the sound but we don't understand. My sheep hears my voice " akouo" knowing him intimately. His attitude and character that produces offspring . Abraham knew Sarah "akouo" and produced a son . Knowing her intimately to produce an offspring.

The men with Saul heard the sound but saw no one." Akouo" they heard the sound. Acts 22 vs 7 they heard the sound but no understanding.

We hear the voice of God but lack understanding. We hear him . He is always speaking but we have to train ourselves to discern his voice amidst the noise and haste. There are too much noise too many voices.

Psalm 19. God speaks all day without a sound . Yet His message is being sent out.

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