How to hear from GOD

Joh:10:27: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: Once you start to walk with JESUS he tend to speak a lot. I sometimes can not tell you how I come to know but I just know sometimes I hear GOD speak in the radio, on TV, peoples text I mean every where once you start to pay attention. GOD is really everywhere. One time I told the missus GOD was saying so and so she was like how did you know I told her I heard on the radio. Well she rolled up her eyes like saying yeah right. Next time we went to church guess what the preacher was saying exactly what I was saying I heard. I don’t know how I discern the best way to explain it is how JESUS put it my sheep know my voice.

Here are a few ways to hear from GOD


Scripture: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work" (II Timothy 3:16-17). A sure way to know GOD’s will in our life is to read the scriptures they reveal who GOD is and his character. As you read the scriptures always ask GOD to reveal his word to you and he does. GOD is HOLY and anything not in line with his nature do not pursue it.

The Holy Spirit speaking to our heart: "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, and everyone his brother, saying, 'know the Lord,' for all will know Me, from the least to the greatest of them" (Hebrews 8:10-11). One of the best way to figure out if GOD is speaking to you is to write down the thoughts that come through your head then go and examine them checking with what the scripture say about GOD. As an example( A friend to a homeless person tells that homeless person I feel sorry to see you living at your parents house I have been thinking what to do maybe I should pay rent for you up to four to six months but then what happens after that. That is typical HOLLY SPIRIT is speaking to the concerned friend heart to pay for that homeless friend for four to six months period. What happens after is GOD’s business, don’t logically think through GOD’s instruction. Most times we think it’s our thoughts when it is GOD speaking.

Dreams and Visions: Nu :12:6: And he said, Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. One day I felt in my spirit that the LORD was telling me to give our clothes all away (The Holy Spirit speaking to our heart ). So I told my wife what I felt the lord was saying she was skeptical then she meets this other woman of GOD who tells her I feel the LORD is asking you to give something (Confirmation). Then she knew GOD was really speaking then at night she had a dream where in the dream she gave all her clothes to a neighbor friend (Dreams and Visions). In the end I gave all our clothes to the church and she gave her best clothes to our neighbor friend and the rest to the church.

The Prophetic (word of knowledge, personal prophecy): "Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good" (I Thessalonians 5:19-21). One day I received a call from one of our pastors telling me and my wife to go with him to formally welcome some men of GOD who had come for a convention and preaching. He told me he had called four other people but they refused I jumped at the opportunity I thought I might learn a thing or two. Once there we were just talking about JESUS. All of a sudden one of the men of GOD started prophesying great things about our lives and told us what to do when we come against difficult situations lock yourself in a room and just worship. There you can see that GOD was telling us that victory was coming but challenges will be there and what to do when challenges come.

Confirmation: ("By the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed" (Matthew 18:16)). This is one of the most powerful of GOD’s way to speak to us this is one of the great ways to know GOD has really spoken to you. GOD will always confirm his word. When some one prophesy on you, go pray about it and God will confirm either through another prophet or a dream or vision or a connection. GOD knows that most people have problems figuring out what GOD is saying and he confirms his word to you through two or three witnesses.

The peace of God: "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful" (Colossians 3:15). When you have peace with what you want to do then the Holy Spirit is leading you to go ahead. Personally when ever I am going somewhere if my heart starts beating fast I always know that something up ahead is not right. Imagine you are looking for a job there are two and when you think of the one you have peace but when you consider the other you have that bad feeling.

Circumstances/Timing: "After these things he (Paul) left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working; for by trade they were tent-makers" (Acts 18:1-3 this relationship between Paul, Aquila and Priscilla was a result of circumstances. It is said there are no coincidences for those that are in Christ in fact there is no word coincidence in Hebrew for the Jews. All things are arranged by GOD. GOD connects us people for a season or a for reason. Like they say Some friends are there for a reason and others are there for a season.