HEAR GOD’S VOICE AND OBEY

To hear God’s voice is the most important part of your prayer & fellowship time with God. In order to hear God speaking to you you need to regularly seek Him, and  seek His guidance and will for your life.

Making prayer requests for yourself and for others is an important part of your prayer/fellowship time with God. But to hear God’s voice is by far the most important and vital part of your time with Him.

 

TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TIME WITH HIM – IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW HIM AND HIS WILL & HIS CALLING FOR YOUR LIFE, & TO BE CLOSE AND ONE WITH HIM

• “BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD” – PSALM 46:10
  “GUARD YOUR STEPS WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. GO NEAR TO LISTEN RATHER THAN TO OFFER THE SACRIFICE OF FOOLS,… – ECCLESIASTES 5:1
• ” WHETHER YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, YOUR EARS WILL HEAR A VOICE BEHIND YOU, SAYING
• “THIS IS THE WAY; WALK IN IT.” – ISAIAH 30:21

The Biblical word for listen means: to reverently and attentively listen, with the intent to follow or obey

 

YOU CANNOT BE A TRUE DISCIPLE (LEARNER AND FOLLOWER) OF JESUS UNLESS YOU LEARN TO HEAR HIS VOICE & FOLLOW AND OBEY HIM

• “MY SHEEP FOLLOW ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW MY VOICE… MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE; I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME.” – JOHN 10:4,27
• Martha and Mary (LUKE 10:38-42)
  (don’t be too busy that you don’t have time to get to know Jesus and hear His voice)

 

WHY SHOULD WE LISTEN TO GOD & OBEY/FOLLOW HIM ?

• “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE…” – JOHN 14:6
• if you want to know the best way through life, if you want to know truth, if you want the abundant life Jesus promised, then you must seek & follow Jesus
• “MY SON, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAY; LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY WORDS. DO NOT LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT, KEEP THEM WITHIN YOUR HEART; FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM AND HEALTH TO A MAN’S WHOLE BODY.” – PROVERBS 4:20-22
• “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD AND OBEY IT.” – LUKE 11:28
• JOSHUA 1:8
• ISAIAH 48:17-18
• PSALM 16:8,11
• PSALM 25:14
• PROVERBS 8:32-35

 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON’T SEEK GOD AND HEAR GOD’S VOICE AND OBEY HIM ?

• ISAIAH 64:6-7
• JEREMIAH 32:32-35
• PSALM 81:8-16
• Getting our own way is not what is best

 

WHEN GOD IS OUR “TREASURE” AND OUR “FIRST LOVE”, AND WE WANT A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE WILL HEAR GOD’S VOICE ALWAYS

• MATTHEW 6:21,33
• PHILIPPIANS 3:7-10
• REVELATION 2:1-4 (“FIRST LOVE”)
• “THE DEVOTION OF HEARING” & “THE VOICE OF THE NATURE OF GOD” (OSWALD CHAMBERS)

 

GOD’S VOICE IS A “STILL SMALL VOICE”

• 1 KINGS 19:11,12
• “The voice of the Spirit of God is as gentle as a summer breeze – so gentle that unless you are living in Complete Fellowship and Oneness with God, you will never hear it.” – Oswald Chambers
• “Knowing God’s voice comes from having an INTIMATE LOVE RELATIONSHIP with God.” – Experiencing God

 

OUR HEART ATTITUDE SHOULD ALWAYS BE

• “SPEAK LORD, FOR YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING.” (I SAMUEL 3:9)
• Wherever we are and whatever we are doing (church, Sunday School class, reading God’s word, praying,…) we ought to have the attitude: “Speak Lord, your servant is listening”

 

 

Pursuing Intimacy With God is committed to helping you with the most important thing in your life… your intimacy with God , your fellowship with Him, and your partnership with God in His Kingdom work & mission.

 

There is much more information and great Bible verses & truths on Hearing God’s Voice in the Pursuing Intimacy With God studies

 

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