1. Hearing God’s Voice

2. “Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies
“Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good.”
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21

3. Preparing our Hearts to Listen

4. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship

5. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship
“Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun…six,under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied
with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord.” Chronicles 25:3

6. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship
“‘But now bring me a musician.’ Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the
Lord came upon him.”
2 Kings 3:15

7. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship
a. Worship draws us into God’s presence

8. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship
Worship draws us into God’s presence
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.”
Psalm 100:4

9. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship
Worship draws us into God’s presence
“But You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.”
Psalm 22:3

10. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Worship
Worship helps us to focus our full attention upon God

11. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Stillness

12. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Stillness
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10

13. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Stillness
“Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”
Psalm 131:2

14. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Stillness
“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.”
Mark 1:35

15. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Expectancy

16. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Expectancy
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
Hebrews 11:6

17. Preparing our Hearts to Listen
Expectancy
“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
Romans 5:5

18. Knowing How God Speaks

19. Knowing How God Speaks
“Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good.”
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21

20. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks with an audible voice

21. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks with an audible voice
“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 3:17, 17:5

22. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks with an audible voice
“And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.”
2 Peter 1:18

23. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks through a whisper... or a prompting

24. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks through pictures

25. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks through pictures
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.”
Acts 2:17

26. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks through our bodies and emotions

27. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks through a word that is in our mind

28. Knowing How God Speaks
God speaks through our knower