Listening to and Hearing God's Voice:

Is it possible to hear God's voice? Since God is a person, who desires intimacy with those who he calls his friends, then of course it is possible. God wants us to listen to his voice - he created us for that very purpose. In fact, I believe everybody hears God speaking.The real question is - is it possible to learn to reliably recognise God's voice when we are listening for it?

The answer is most definitely YES!

God is not human - God is Spirit. So we would expect that listening to God might be a bit different from listening to another person. But it is not that much different, because humans also are spiritual beings, made in the image of God, and created for communion, and therefore communication, with him. God has built numerous ways into the creation by which we hear him speak. Some of these are:

• Human conscience
• Awe of his created world
• Our spirit can respond to his Spirit
• He can 'speak' thoughts into our mind
• The witness of the Holy Spirit - e.g. inner peace
• He speaks through other people
• Spiritual gifts, such as prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues, wisdom, knowledge, discernment of spirits
• Dreams and visions
• His written word, the Bible
• And the primary revelation of God - his Son Jesus Christ

In addition, God has provided ways for us to test and confirm whether what we are hearing is accurate and if we are really listening to God. This is because His is not the only voice we might hear. We can, of course, listen to our own thoughts, but it is also possible to hear the thoughts of others and of angels and evil spirits.

We have learned a number of effective ways for people to sharpen their spiritual hearing and discernment, For example, did you know that the human imagination is not only intended for us to make things up? Or, did you know that human memory not only recalls information from our past, but it is crucial to our ability to imagine the future?

If you would like to learn more about how to listen to God's voice, and how to check what you hear, then visit the teaching section of this website, or contact us about a course in Hearing God's Voice. We also run courses on Intercession and Spiritual Warefare and Prayer Ministry.

News:

Beth Tephillah Seminars for 2008.

There are still a few places left for our first seminar for 2008 which will be:

Becoming the Dear Departed: Dealing with Dissociation
Saturday 9th February, 2 pm to 9 pm
at
Beth Tephillah Ministry Centre,
55 Park Crescent, Williamstown (Mel 55 J7), Victoria, Australia.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, almost everyone dissociates to some degree in the face of trauma.

While enabling us to cope when we are young, dissociate parts eventually become dysfunctional - a denial of truly living the life God gave us.

This seminar aims to help participants learn how remove dissociate parts and deal with the accompanying sin issues and demons.

Cost: $25.00. There will be practical sessions. Refreshments will be provided. BYO evening meal or buy food nearby.

Please advise Malcolm or Diana Dow you are coming as places are limited and fill rapidly. Booking is essential.

Contact Beth Tephillah Ministry Centre, PO Box 138 Williamstown, 3016. Phone: 9397 2430, Fax: 9397 2430, or Email to .

Places are very limited and filling fast.

Download a brochure in PDF format: Becoming the Dear Departed: Dealing with Dissociation Seminar Brochure.

Watch for further seminars to be presented in 2008.

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For more up-to-date information about what is happening, and to keep up-to-date with our latest thinking and discoveries, don't forget to visit the Listening 2 God blog.

The teaching notes for Hearing God's Voice and other resources are available on this website. You can find them on this Hearing God's Voice teaching page. Material for the other courses will appear in due course.

You might like to join in our discussion group below or visit one of our other sites or blogs. God Bless.

Mal

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