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God is actually speaking all the time!
You should be hearing from Him AT LEAST daily!
What has God been speaking to you the last few days?
one of the most effective tools i’ve ever used as a minister was: What is God speaking to me today?
If God spoke to me today, what would He say?
for some reason, that question holds a lot of power.
Why?
Because when you examine your life in light of what God would say, stuff starts coming up.
As a software developer, my job is running into things i don’t know how to do.
That’s my job.
I have to balance asking for help vs. figuring it out on my own.
Asking too much is annoying.
spending too long to figure it out can be a waste of time.
So, i learned a secret question: what are they going to say when i ask them?
Matthew 5 & 6 give us a framework for setting ourselves up to hear from God!
Hearing from God starts with us first.
He speaks in a two-way relationship.
Do it FOR HIM ALONE!
Not to be seen!
Not to tell people about it!
God speaks so that we can know Him.
He’s more interested in RELATIONSHIP than in jobs, stuff, direction, decisions.
Are you receiving your daily bread?
Think of your time in the Word as Setting yourself up to hear from Him.
Talking about it.
Listening to others talking about it!
That’s why your church is so important!
2. Before He speaks, He gives us a framework to live by.
90% of the time, God has already shown us what to do.
When we live according to His principles, our life is setup to already walk into His will.
as an example: if you’re single, what kind of person do you want to attract?
What if you dress and talk the way God asks you to?
Who will you attract?
If you’re dating, and you live according to His principles, how are you setting up your life?
If you’re parenting, and you do it according to His plans, how are you setting up your kids?
Rejecting HOW He asks us to live will cause us to miss setups!
Is your ATTITUDE aligned with God’s will?
3. His presence comes first, then His voice.
4. Remove the BIG 4 blockers:
Worry/Fear
Control
God makes His will happen, not us.
He speaks through closed doors as much as through open doors!
3) Unsurrendered Parts
4) Unrepentant sin.
5. Stop Interrupting Him
Very often, He’s trying to say something, but we won’t shut up!
How often are we so busy asking a question, we aren’t letting Him talk?
How often are we focused on OUR situation, and He’s asking us to focus on His?
6. Turn off worldly voices
THEY ARE A DISTRACTION!
THEY CAUSE CONFUSION!
THEY ARE 100% UNRELATED TO ANYTHING GOD WOULD EVER SPEAK TO YOU!
The priorities of the world are different.
The values of the world are different.
The morality of the world is different.
The kingdom of God is foolish nonsense to every one of those voices!
MANY times, you’re confused, because another voice confused you.
God is not the author of confusion.
Questioning His Word.
Questioning your calling.
Questioning things that are clear.
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