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2.1 – What Does God’s Voice Sound Like?
Respond in paragraph form to the following questions.
- What things seem to keep you from being available and attentive, or from prioritizing God?
- Mandy lists many different ways that God may speak to us (e.g. inner movements, dreams, memories, scripture, audibly, quietly, pictures and images, thought bubbles). Of these, which two could you say with MOST confidence that you have heard God speak to you? Which of these do you think you MAY have experienced but were still very uncertain about? If you are comfortable, briefly share your experience.
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1. The main thing that keeps me from being available, attentive, or from prioritizing God is my poor time management skills. I often tend to people please, my schedule gets full and frustration sets in. I have been working on this and it has been getting better.
2. The times I most often experience God speaking to me is in those times of anguish, fear, confusion and frustration. He tends to remind me gently through scripture and through the movement of the Holy spirit within through that still small voice that nudges me to give it to Him. I remember the second time i felt the presence of the Holy spirit calm my panic attack and gave me a hug which reminded me that i Had felt his presence before but didn’t know what was happening. My first experience was in a University class room at Saint Thomas University in 2001. I decided to take a religious studies class to get an easy mark to up my GPA for graduation. I was not a believer but heard that Father Jack Dolan gave out great marks. The class was called the Historical Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth. It taught about the facts about Jesus and what faith was. I got the facts and received the A+ and left with a faith that has continued to grow and flourish. I remember it like yesterday. It was mind blowing with tears flowing that I will never forget. It was a very powerful moment in my life.
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@martyv thanks for sharing your testimony about how you came to know Jesus through your university class. This is not a common story! Praise God for the amazing ways he works in our lives.
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I’ve never heard an audible word from God, but I often wish I would! Every year I try to get away by myself for a weekend specifically to spend time listening for wisdom and direction. I always look forward to it and it gives me rest and clarity. Covid has made this more difficult but I’m encouraged to plan one again!
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@Jenn I too feel like I have never heard God audibly, but I believe that I hear him in other unique ways (particularly through study and reading). It is important to remind our hearts that everyone hears God in unique ways that fit our personalities and present needs.
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Unfortunately, I let the business of life and my to do list rush me through times with God. I find it get distracted.
I have heard God’s Voice twice but as I’m maturing in my faith journey I’m starting to get images. This has happened a few times when we have been praying for someone as a group.
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