{"id":110,"date":"2019-03-08T16:19:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ywamjax.org\/?p=110"},"modified":"2019-04-25T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T15:59:19","slug":"how-to-do-a-short-term-trip-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ywamjax.org\/how-to-do-a-short-term-trip-well\/","title":{"rendered":"How I learned to hear God\u2019s voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAnd now we\u2019re going to practice hearing God\u2019s voice,\u201d my sister-in-law Melodie said speaking to our high school youth group. Calvin and I were leading it at the time but we honestly didn\u2019t know what it meant to hear God\u2019s voice. They had just done a teaching with us on hearing God\u2019s voice. It was pretty foreign to us.\u00a0Does God really speak? If He does, what does He sound like? Okay maybe He does speak but just to pastors and missionaries right?<\/em>\u00a0All I knew is that if He did speak, I wanted to hear Him, scared as I felt.<\/h4>\n

This revelation that God does speak, and not just to specific people but to everyone, even me, radically changed my life and how I live. I now seek to hear God\u2019s voice in my daily walk\u2026in the mundane of washing dishes and changing diapers. My relationship with God has deepened over the years and it\u2019s definitely because I learned that it could! God isn\u2019t distant but He\u2019s so near and He cares and He desires an intimate relationship with me.<\/p>\n

So back to the practicing hearing His voice. Melodie said if you have any thoughts come into your mind, just step out in faith. The only thought that went in my mind was that I should go talk to this girl that was in our youth group because she looked sad. So I went over and asked her how she was doing? She blurted out that she didn\u2019t know if she was saved. Whoa! This was more than I had bargained for. \u201cHave you ever given your life to Jesus?\u201d I asked. \u201cNo,\u201d she responded. \u201cIs that something you want to do?\u201d \u201cYes!\u201d She replied. So she did. Right then and there. I was in awe. “Maybe that was you leading me God,” I later thought. I\u2019m pretty sure it was!\u00a0 And I have been on this pursuit to hear His voice ever since.<\/p>\n

\"Camille<\/p>\n

Do I doubt at times it\u2019s Him? Absolutely. Do I hear Him wrong? Yup! A friend of mine<\/a> once said, \u201cHearing God 100% is overrated. He is much more after the relationship with you than you hearing Him perfectly all the time.\u201d It stuck out to me because it takes the pressure off. Do I want to hear God correctly? Of course! But I recognize that I am on a journey and that He may be teaching me the different ways He speaks. He has never spoken to me an audible voice like with Samuel (1 Sam. 3) or through a burning bush like with Moses (Exodus 3). He hasn\u2019t spoken to me through a donkey (Num. 22) nor an angel like to Zacharias (Luke 1). Here a few ways He has spoken to me. There are many more verses but I gave a few that have encouraged me.<\/p>\n

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  1. Through the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16\/Heb. 4:12)<\/li>\n
  2. Through Jesus (Heb. 1:1-2)<\/li>\n
  3. Through the Holy Spirit (John 14:17)<\/li>\n
  4. Through other believers (John 17:18)<\/li>\n
  5. In a still small voice (usually a thought in my head) (1 Kings 19:12, Amos 4:13)<\/li>\n
  6. Through creation\/nature (Rom. 1:18-20)<\/li>\n
  7. Through my circumstances (Jonah 1:4-5)<\/li>\n
  8. Through wise council (Prov. 11:14)<\/li>\n
  9. Through feelings of peace (Col. 3:15)<\/li>\n
  10. Through dreams and visions (Acts 2:13)<\/li>\n
  11. Through music (Eph. 5:19)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    God isn\u2019t limited. There are many more ways He can speak. I believe He is personal with each person. The other day I had just finished a long phone call with my dad and was like I wish I could hug you right now dad! I was thinking a big bear hug in my mind. \u201cWe\u2019re hugging through the phone,\u201d he said. When I got home, no joke clipped to the outside of my door was a card. I opened it and on the outside of the card was a big bear and the words \u201cA big bear hug\u201d with a sweet note from some dear friends. I couldn\u2019t believe it. God continues to amaze me in the sweet ways that He speaks to me, how personal and real He is. My desire is to continue to hear Him, to obey Him and grow in my relationship with Him.<\/p>\n

    What about you? How has God spoken to you? How has hearing God changed your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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