Hearing God's Voice: A Journey of Faith
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Wouldn't it be incredible, wouldn't it be amazing to know exactly what God wants for you? I mean, imagine if you could ask God a question and you could get a really clear answer. Kind of like, I don't know if any of you are old enough to remember the magic eight. Anybody ever play with a magic eight ball? You're kind of laughing at that. Wouldn't it be really cool if I had a magic eight ball right now? Does anybody happen to have one on you? Anybody? Oh my goodness. Oh wow, what a coincidence. Pastor Sam just happens to have, wow. It's almost like we had that planned. But you remember how you could ask the magic eight ball question, like magic eight ball, magic eight ball. Should I break up with this rude person I've been dating? Without a doubt. Magic eight ball, magic eight ball. Should I send this angry text? My reply is no. Magic eight ball, magic eight ball. You might ask, should I serve in LifeKids? It is certain. I didn't even look. It just says it is certain. That's just what it said on there. I could already, God just spoke to you right there." [00:39]
2. "Wouldn't it be amazing if you had a question and you could ask God and you could clearly hear his voice? The good news is you can. We're in a message series called He Promises and we're talking about the promises of Jesus. Last week, we talked about the promise that Jesus will always love you. Next week, we're gonna talk about the promise, and this will speak to those of you who might be in a difficult season right now, that he will be with you always. He will never leave you and never forsake you. Today, we're gonna look at the promise that you can know the voice of Jesus. And the title of today's message is Hearing God's Voice, and we ask, Holy Spirit, that we would hear your voice and know your will and do exactly what you call us to do. Speak, God, to those who need to hear from you." [02:38]
3. "Wouldn't it be amazing if you could ask God a question and you could know his will and hear his voice? The good news is you can because Jesus is the good shepherd. And we are the sheep and the sheep know the voice of the shepherd. So, ask him. Listen to what he says and do what he says to do because he's speaking and you will hear him if you are listening." [28:10]
4. "The more you listen to God, the better you'll get at recognizing when he calls you by name and directs your step. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could clearly hear the voice of God? And the good news is you can. Jesus promises he is the good shepherd and you are the sheep and the sheep will know the voice of the shepherd. So how do you hear from him? We start by asking him to speak to you." [14:07]
5. "God is always speaking. The question is, are you listening? He's speaking all the time. Now you may say, okay, I'm going to ask him to speak. I'm going to listen. Now how will I hear from him? How does God speak? And I want to tell you very, very clearly, the most reliable way to hear God speak is listening to what he says to you through his word. His word is living. It's active. It's powerful. It's like a sword. It encourages, it corrects, it directs, it guides, it comforts." [15:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "And you haven't done it yet. I can tell you just very sincerely in many years of being a pastor, I've seen a lot of Christians who have a lot of Bible knowledge, but not a lot of obedience. They quote the Bible all day long, but they're not, they're hearing it, but not necessarily doing it. We can say there are many Christians that are educated beyond their level of obedience. Why haven't I heard from God in a long time? Maybe because you didn't do the last thing that he told you to do. Some of you, someone here, he might've told you to give something to somebody and you didn't do it. Or maybe he prompted you to confess a sin and you didn't confess it. Or maybe he told you to serve, somewhere in the church or in the community. And you know he did, but you haven't done it yet. Or maybe he prompted you to invite someone to come with you to church and you haven't obeyed what he told you to do. Maybe he prompted you to forgive the person who hurt you and asked for forgiveness, but you're still holding a grudge. If you haven't heard from God in a long time, maybe it's because you didn't obey the last thing he told you to do." [23:02]
2. "What I promise you is you have to turn down the volume of this world because everything is shouting for your attention. Stop scrolling and stop clicking and stop giving into what everybody else says and listen for the voice of God. There's an exercise that I've done now for maybe three years that I like a lot and I'll do it on vacations or on a day off. I'll go sit outside and what I'll do is I do this to focus my mind, to practice just mindfulness and presence. And what it does is it helps me to focus, to listen to the voice of God. And what I'll do is I just get really, really quiet and I'll start listening for a variety of noises. And I'll start to count the noises as I hear them. And my goal is to wait until I hear 20 different noises." [24:33]
3. "Elijah the prophet was a great man of God with big faith and destroyed all these false prophets. And then this evil queen named Jeze came after him. Jeze is short for Jezebel. And Jezebel was scary. Jezebel said, I'm gonna kill you. And he had already handled all these men, but one angry woman comes and he's done. He's like, ah, you know, and so he runs and hides in a cave. And he is, he is where some of you are right now. He was totally incomprehensible. He was totally incomprehensible. He was completely depleted. He was at the end. He didn't know if he could take any more. He needed a word from God. I wonder if there's anyone here today who needs a word from God. We serve a God who loves you, a God who is speaking. If you're listening, you can hear because God may give you a word that you need." [26:18]
4. "Wouldn't it be amazing if we could clearly hear God's voice? And Jesus promises you can. Jesus is the good shepherd, and you are the sheep. And the sheep recognize the voice of the shepherd. So how do you hear from God? Well, we're going to ask him, God, speak. Your servant is listening. God, speak. I want to hear your voice. I want to know your way. Then you're going to listen to what God has to say. And number three is, you ready? You're going to do what he tells you to do. Pretty simple, right? But it's a game changer. You're going to do what he tells you, to do. And let me warn you, what he tells you to do will often take faith. It'll often take faith." [20:08]
5. "The more you listen to God, the better you'll get at recognizing when he calls you by name and directs your step. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could clearly hear the voice of God? And the good news is you can. Jesus promises he is the good shepherd and you are the sheep and the sheep will know the voice of the shepherd. So how do you hear from him? We start by asking him to speak to you. The second thing, and this is really, really obvious, but this is a game changer, is you listen to what he says. Jeremiah 33, God said this, God said, call to me and I will answer you. If you have a question, if you need direction, if you need wisdom, you ask God for wisdom, the Bible says that he will give generously to all. So you call to God, God, I need to know your will, I need to know your voice, I need to know your ways. And when you call to him, he will answer you why, because our God is a relational God." [14:54]
6. "God is always speaking. The question is, are you listening? He's speaking all the time. Now you may say, okay, I'm going to ask him to speak. I'm going to listen. Now how will I hear from him? How does God speak? And I want to tell you very, very clearly, the most reliable way to hear God speak is listening to what he says to you through his word. His word is living. It's active. It's powerful. It's like a sword. It encourages, it corrects, it directs, it guides, it comforts. As the people of God, we feed on the word of God every day, taking his word into our body, that it would renew our minds, that it would direct our feet, that it would take us toward God's will. The most reliable way to hear from God is to listen to what he says through his word. And God will never, ever contradict anything that he says in his word." [15:54]
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1. "Wouldn't it be incredible, wouldn't it be amazing to know exactly what God wants for you? I mean, imagine if you could ask God a question and you could get a really clear answer. Kind of like, I don't know if any of you are old enough to remember the magic eight. Anybody ever play with a magic eight ball? You're kind of laughing at that. Wouldn't it be really cool if I had a magic eight ball right now? Does anybody happen to have one on you? Anybody? Oh my goodness. Oh wow, what a coincidence. Pastor Sam just happens to have, wow. It's almost like we had that planned. But you remember how you could ask the magic eight ball question, like magic eight ball, magic eight ball. Should I break up with this rude person I've been dating? Without a doubt. Magic eight ball, magic eight ball. Should I send this angry text? My reply is no. Magic eight ball, magic eight ball. You might ask, should I serve in LifeKids? It is certain. I didn't even look. It just says it is certain. That's just what it said on there. I could already, God just spoke to you right there." [00:39]
2. "Wouldn't it be amazing if you had a question and you could ask God and you could clearly hear his voice? The good news is you can. We're in a message series called He Promises and we're talking about the promises of Jesus. Last week, we talked about the promise that Jesus will always love you. Next week, we're gonna talk about the promise, and this will speak to those of you who might be in a difficult season right now, that he will be with you always. He will never leave you and never forsake you. Today, we're gonna look at the promise that you can know the voice of Jesus. And the title of today's message is Hearing God's Voice, and we ask, Holy Spirit, that we would hear your voice and know your will and do exactly what you call us to do. Speak, God, to those who need to hear from you." [02:38]
3. "Wouldn't it be amazing if you could ask God a question and you could know his will and hear his voice? The good news is you can because Jesus is the good shepherd. And we are the sheep and the sheep know the voice of the shepherd. So, ask him. Listen to what he says and do what he says to do because he's speaking and you will hear him if you are listening." [28:10]
4. "The more you listen to God, the better you'll get at recognizing when he calls you by name and directs your step. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could clearly hear the voice of God? And the good news is you can. Jesus promises he is the good shepherd and you are the sheep and the sheep will know the voice of the shepherd. So how do you hear from him? We start by asking him to speak to you." [14:07]
5. "God is always speaking. The question is, are you listening? He's speaking all the time. Now you may say, okay, I'm going to ask him to speak. I'm going to listen. Now how will I hear from him? How does God speak? And I want to tell you very, very clearly, the most reliable way to hear God speak is listening to what he says to you through his word. His word is living. It's active. It's powerful. It's like a sword. It encourages, it corrects, it directs, it guides, it comforts." [15:54]
### Quotes for Members
1. "And you haven't done it yet. I can tell you just very sincerely in many years of being a pastor, I've seen a lot of Christians who have a lot of Bible knowledge, but not a lot of obedience. They quote the Bible all day long, but they're not, they're hearing it, but not necessarily doing it. We can say there are many Christians that are educated beyond their level of obedience. Why haven't I heard from God in a long time? Maybe because you didn't do the last thing that he told you to do. Some of you, someone here, he might've told you to give something to somebody and you didn't do it. Or maybe he prompted you to confess a sin and you didn't confess it. Or maybe he told you to serve, somewhere in the church or in the community. And you know he did, but you haven't done it yet. Or maybe he prompted you to invite someone to come with you to church and you haven't obeyed what he told you to do. Maybe he prompted you to forgive the person who hurt you and asked for forgiveness, but you're still holding a grudge. If you haven't heard from God in a long time, maybe it's because you didn't obey the last thing he told you to do." [23:02]
2. "What I promise you is you have to turn down the volume of this world because everything is shouting for your attention. Stop scrolling and stop clicking and stop giving into what everybody else says and listen for the voice of God. There's an exercise that I've done now for maybe three years that I like a lot and I'll do it on vacations or on a day off. I'll go sit outside and what I'll do is I do this to focus my mind, to practice just mindfulness and presence. And what it does is it helps me to focus, to listen to the voice of God. And what I'll do is I just get really, really quiet and I'll start listening for a variety of noises. And I'll start to count the noises as I hear them. And my goal is to wait until I hear 20 different noises." [24:33]
3. "Elijah the prophet was a great man of God with big faith and destroyed all these false prophets. And then this evil queen named Jeze came after him. Jeze is short for Jezebel. And Jezebel was scary. Jezebel said, I'm gonna kill you. And he had already handled all these men, but one angry woman comes and he's done. He's like, ah, you know, and so he runs and hides in a cave. And he is, he is where some of you are right now. He was totally incomprehensible. He was totally incomprehensible. He was completely depleted. He was at the end. He didn't know if he could take any more. He needed a word from God. I wonder if there's anyone here today who needs a word from God. We serve a God who loves you, a God who is speaking. If you're listening, you can hear because God may give you a word that you need." [26:18]
4. "Wouldn't it be amazing if we could clearly hear God's voice? And Jesus promises you can. Jesus is the good shepherd, and you are the sheep. And the sheep recognize the voice of the shepherd. So how do you hear from God? Well, we're going to ask him, God, speak. Your servant is listening. God, speak. I want to hear your voice. I want to know your way. Then you're going to listen to what God has to say. And number three is, you ready? You're going to do what he tells you to do. Pretty simple, right? But it's a game changer. You're going to do what he tells you, to do. And let me warn you, what he tells you to do will often take faith. It'll often take faith." [20:08]
5. "The more you listen to God, the better you'll get at recognizing when he calls you by name and directs your step. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could clearly hear the voice of God? And the good news is you can. Jesus promises he is the good shepherd and you are the sheep and the sheep will know the voice of the shepherd. So how do you hear from him? We start by asking him to speak to you. The second thing, and this is really, really obvious, but this is a game changer, is you listen to what he says. Jeremiah 33, God said this, God said, call to me and I will answer you. If you have a question, if you need direction, if you need wisdom, you ask God for wisdom, the Bible says that he will give generously to all. So you call to God, God, I need to know your will, I need to know your voice, I need to know your ways. And when you call to him, he will answer you why, because our God is a relational God." [14:54]
6. "God is always speaking. The question is, are you listening? He's speaking all the time. Now you may say, okay, I'm going to ask him to speak. I'm going to listen. Now how will I hear from him? How does God speak? And I want to tell you very, very clearly, the most reliable way to hear God speak is listening to what he says to you through his word. His word is living. It's active. It's powerful. It's like a sword. It encourages, it corrects, it directs, it guides, it comforts. As the people of God, we feed on the word of God every day, taking his word into our body, that it would renew our minds, that it would direct our feet, that it would take us toward God's will. The most reliable way to hear from God is to listen to what he says through his word. And God will never, ever contradict anything that he says in his word." [15:54]
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