John 10:27 (NKJV) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
As humans, we desire to communicate with those we love, and our Heavenly Father is no exception. The Bible is the primary way that God speaks to us, and the Holy Spirit also speaks to us through personal revelation and inner witness. Just as God illuminates scriptures to us, He will also speak to us through intuition. This is how we sense the prompting of the Holy Spirit and the voice of God.
The voice of God is Spirit to spirit communication, whereby the Holy Spirit speaks directly to our spirit man. It is sensed as a spontaneous idea, word, feeling, or vision. It rises from the heart, and it is an intuitive process and spontaneous, whereas thoughts that come from the mind are analytical, cognitive, logical, and full of reasons.
While we need to be aware that not all spontaneous thoughts are of the Holy Spirit, we need to know that spontaneity is heart level communication, and we need to adjust our reception from the head to the heart, and tune into a flow of spontaneous thoughts. The Father’s voice is gentle and can be easily cut off once we revert to analytical and cognitive. Nonetheless, while we need to learn how to pick things up from the heart, we must make sure that our perceptions are always in line with the Word of God. By reading the Bible, we gain insight into what is right and wrong and learn principles and values. Additionally, when we consecrate ourselves to Him, God can give us a personal word.
Psalm 119:105 (NKJV) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Journalling is a powerful way to document our conversations with God. When we speak to Him, He speaks to us. Therefore, journalling is a two-way dialogue. We can jot down the book, chapter, and verse that God has spoken to us during our time with Him. Tune into God’s voice and listen to spontaneous thoughts, write down the word of assurance, Scriptures, and other insights that come until they cease to flow.
Acts 2:17-18 (NKJV) 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.
The Bible also tells us that in the last days, God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh. Therefore, we should not limit God when it comes to how He will speak to us. There are two types of visions: the first comes as an unsought inner picture, just like hearing the prompting of God, and the second type is when we seek the Lord in praise and worship.
Let us cultivate the spiritual habit of drawing away from the crowd and spending quality time with God daily, through reading the Bible, praying, journalling and even taking a walk among nature to appreciate His creation and be reminded of how great and awesome our God is.
Sermon Series: How Much More God
读经、灵修日记和看见
约翰福音10:27 我的羊听我的声音，我也认识他们，他们也跟着我。
作为人类，我们渴望与我们所爱的人交流，我们的天父也不例外。圣经是神对我们说话的主要方式，圣灵也通过个人的启示和内心的见证对我们说话。正如神向我们启示经文一样，祂也会通过直觉对我们说话。这就是我们如何感受到圣灵的提示和神的声音。
神的声音是灵与灵的沟通，圣灵直接对我们的灵说话。它被感觉为一种自发的想法、话语、感觉或异象。它发自内心，是一个直觉的过程，是自发的，而来自头脑的想法是分析性的，认知性的，逻辑性的，充满理性的。
虽然我们需要意识到并非所有自发的想法都是来自圣灵，但我们需要知道直觉是心灵层面的交流，我们需要将我们的接收方式从头脑调整到心灵，并调谐到自发的思想之流。父的声音是温柔的，一旦我们回归到分析和认知，就很容易被切断。尽管如此，当我们需要学习如何从心里领受东西时，我们必须确保我们的看法总是与神的话一致。通过阅读圣经，我们可以洞察是非，学习原则和价值观。此外，当我们把自己分别为圣时，神会给我们个人的话语。
诗篇119:105 祢的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。
日记是记录我们与神对话的有力方式。当我们对祂说话时，祂也对我们说话。因此，写日记是一种双向对话。我们可以记下神在我们与祂同在时对我们所说的书、章、节。聆听神的声音，倾听自发的想法，写下确据的话，圣经经文，和其他的洞见，直到它们停止流动。
使徒行传 2:17-18 神说，在末后的日子，我要将我的灵浇灌凡有血气的。你们的儿女要说预言，你们的少年人要见异象，你们的老年人要作异梦。
圣经也告诉我们，在末后的日子，神要把祂的灵浇灌在凡有血气的人身上。因此，我们不应该限制神对我们说话的方式。有两种类型的异象:第一种是一种未经寻求的内在画面，就像听到神的提示一样;第二种是我们在赞美和敬拜中寻求神。
让我们养成属灵习惯, 远离人群的，每天花时间与神在一起，通过读圣经，祷告，写日记，甚至在大自然中散步来欣赏祂的创造，并提醒我们的神是多么伟大和令人敬畏。
讲章系列:“岂不更多”的神
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