This is just a short message on the necessity of hearing God's voice for every Christian. God speaks to His children for the same reasons we parents speak to our children: to know who we are, Whose we are and how to live well.
4. How God Speaks
• The Bible
• Sudden thought
• Bodily feeling
• Words of K/W
• Prophecy
• Vision/Dream/Image
• Focus / highlighting
• Unusual events/ meetings
• Sudden speech
• His strong peace/joy
• Audibly
5. Tune Our Heart to His Voice
• Come to Him as a little child daily, needing Him ( Matt. 18:2-4)
• Daily enjoyment of Him via Bible, prayer, worship (Ps. 22:3)
• Daily honest attempts to obey His will (Jn. 14:21)
• No toleration for unforgiveness (Matt. 6, 18)
• Ask a question. Commit to obey. Be still and listen (Jn. 7:17)