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How to Hear God Pt.1 – A Must for 2017
Acts 2:17-21
‘In the final unfolding days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. In those days I will pour out my Spirit on those who are serving me, men and women, old and young and they will declare the word of the Lord. And I will cause wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below-… And everyone who receives their message will be saved.’ How to Hear God
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
John 14:11-12
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
How to Hear God, Knowing God’s Will
2017 THE YEAR OF BREAKTHROUGH
We said
in 2017
We move from
God Needs you (2016) to God Using You (2017)
Our focus for 2017 :
Releasing the Power of God Through Your Life
We’re building on RELEASING THE MIRACULOUS IN 2017
We said
The key to
the next move of God is..
We need to believe In and For MIRACLES
Essential for 2017
We must believe that God will demonstrate His power
In the situations we are believing Him for
Formula
God’s Power + Our Involvement (faith) = Miracles
We need to release the Lord in 2017
We looked at
WHY ARE MIRACLES IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES
and
HOW TO PRAY FOR MIRACLES (to you and through you)
Turn to someone and say “IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL”
TODAY (rebellion, riots, division our nation)
The next area that I want us to look at is essential subject in order to move in the power of the Holy Spirit and to seek breakthrough that the Lord is declaring for 2017.
It is the Christian advantage and the very basis of our connection with the Lord.
Is an area that brings us confidence and security in the very daily issues of life.
And yet it is rarely appropriated in the full measure that the Lord has purpose for the Christian.
Let’s begin
Next
Let me make an important foundational statement ”
To be blessed and Effective for God
Remember….
God Honors/Blesses His Will
That’s why we pray- “Thy kingdom come Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven (where His will is)
God can only Bless what He can Bless
Our next series is entitled
How to Hear God
&
Knowing God’s Will
How to Hear God
AKA
- How To Hear God In A Busy World
- Discerning the Voice of God
- Fine Tuning Your Hearing In 2017
- Essentials to Hearing God In This Next Season
- Why Hearing God Is Essential For Your Future
- How To Guarantee God’s Will In Your Decisions
- No More Mistakes
Our goal is To move from “Can you hear me now?”
to
“You Can hear me Now”
Over the years the No. 1 area I deal with in counseling is requests about God’s will
Questions like
“Does God really speak to us”
“What does the Lord want me to do?”
“Is this of the Lord?”
“Is God wanting me to do / not do this?”
“Is this the Lord, me, or the devil?”
“What is God saying?”
“What is God’s highest for me?”
“How do I hear God?”
90% of people regularly feel that it’s difficult to hear God
98% of people say sometimes it’s not clear whose voice their hearing
100% of the people have had difficulty determining His will at times
Some Reasons why people don’t hear God
- They don’t know how to listen
- Unfamiliar how God speaks
- They don’t know how God sounds
- Fear
- Inadequacy-unworthy
- Blockages (sin, disobedience, unforgiveness,only want to hear their answer )
- They don’t give God an opportunity
- They do not know God desires to speak
- They don’t realize God speaks in many ways
Bottom Line in Receiving from the Lord – He Knows Best
Good is one too many 0
Ps 25:4-5 Show me your ways , O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Prov 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him,
Isa 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,“ declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Hearing and Knowing isGod’s Will is Essential Each Day ( not just on Sunday)
Hearing God is essential for
- Direction in life
- Relationships
- Knowing God’s will
- Ministry
- Receiving God’s “Favor”
- Answers to prayer
Say again : “It’s All About the Spiritual”
Warning !!
The enemy is at work to confound the process and to rob you.
Let me set the stage
The enemy is at work to confound the process
- His purpose towards you is to:
- Distract (confusion, noise, business look at today)
- Distort ( manipulation of truth)
- Discourage (overwhelmed, timing)
- which brings about…
- Disconnection (question, doubt, fear, insecurity, timidity)
That’s why DISCERNMENT AND HEARING GOD is very important for the days ahead
Let me lay the basic Biblical foundations on Hearing God
These points must be established in your spirit.
Remember:
“God wants you to hear Him more than you do”
How to Hear God
Here’s what God’s Word says
God’s Word on His Direction (to you-personally)
The word says
His voice will be
-
Personal (not just general)
Prov 3:6
Listen for GOD’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Psalm 25:12
To those who seek the LORD?
He will speak to them and show them the path they should choose.
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Clear (not confusing)
How to Hear God
Ps 5:8
You Lead me in the right path, O LORD,
You tell me clearly what to do,
and show me which way to turn.
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Correct (not full of mistakes)
Ps 27:11
O Lord you teach me to follow,
and lead me on the right path to life
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Unfolding ( not the whole picture)
Psalm 37:23
The steps of the godly are directed by the LORD. He delights in every detail of their lives.
The bottom line according to scripture..
You’re not out there to make decisions according to circumstances.
The Lord is standing by to direct in every step of His plan
for you and your ministry
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Continual (will never stop)
Isaiah 58:11
I will always show you where to go. I’ll give you a full life in the emptiest of places
Psalm 48:14
Our God forever, who guides us till the end of time.
We are to have confidence that..
The Lord wants to release His will daily and direct YOU in the details of your life.
Remember: