How to Hear God’s Voice: Episode 9
For Christians, hearing the voice of God should be a normal, everyday occurrence, yet so many Christians don’t even know how to listen to Him. God wants to be involved in our everyday lives, providing us with knowledge on everything that pertains to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:2–4). You can live your life without ever hearing God, but doing so will keep you from His full plan for you. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 You can become a Partner or give a donation at: https://l.awmi.net/give-youtube 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄: / @andrewwommackmin 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 to order any of the Hear God’s Voice: http://l.awmi.net/HEAR or call our Helpline at 𝟳𝟭𝟵-𝟲𝟯𝟱-𝟭𝟭𝟭𝟭. Break out of the status quo and into God-ordained promotion with Andrew’s teaching This teaching is available as individual products in your choice of either the How to Hear God’s Voice CD or DVD album. Both are available for a limited period for only $20. How to Hear God’s Voice individual products: • How to Hear God’s Voice CD album ($20) • How to Hear God’s Voice DVD album ($20) Visit http://l.awmi.net/HEAR or call our Helpline at 719-635-1111 to order this life-changing series today! Let Andrew show you how to hear the voice of God so you can come out on top in every circumstance! 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: 📖 Facebook: / awministries 📷 Instagram: / andrewwommack 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.net/@andrewwommack ⏰ TikTok: / andrew_wommack 🐦 Twitter/𝕏: / andrewwommack 📌 Pinterest: / andrewwommack ▶️ YouTube: / andrewwommackmin Learn about Charis Bible College at https://www.discovercharis.com Learn about upcoming events at https://www.awmi.net/events/ #AndrewWommack, #HowtoHearGodsVoice #Jesus, #Faith, #Bible
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welcome to gospel truth with Andrew wck
a Teaching Ministry that focuses on
God’s unconditional love and
grace where would we be if we hadn’t had
Andrew’s teaching it has just really
like given me so many Revelations he
filled me with a new vision of myself
I’m so grateful that he has been
obedient to the calling that God has
placed on his life and now here’s Andrew
Welcome to our third Thursday’s edition
of The Gospel truth broadcast today I’m
continuing to teach through a series on
how to hear God’s voice and I think that
tomorrow I’m going to end this series I
could actually go longer there’s more
material in this set than what I’ve
taught here on television but I think
I’m going to end this series tomorrow so
if you have wanted to get this teaching
which I really believe that every person
needs this even if you already hear
God’s voice and if God is leading you
this would help you and plus it’s a
great thing just to review and go over
and uh you know people that this could
help you share these truths with them so
I encourage you to please get these
materials and remember that tomorrow is
going to be our last day to offer these
through our television program so you
need to call or write respond today or
tomorrow at the latest and I’ve taught a
lot of things here I’ve talk about how
that God wants to speak to every one of
us he knows Us by by name it’s personal
he wants personal relationship with you
but you have to seek to find it doesn’t
just happen automatically if you can
live without hearing God’s voice you
will so you need to seek then you need
some knowledge and I’ve been sharing a
lot of Knowledge from the word of God
because it says in second Peter chapter
1 that everything that pertains unto
life and godliness comes through the
knowledge of him well hearing God’s
voice is part of that uh process and so
you need knowledge and then you need to
be still and know that he is God Psalms
46:10 you need to shut out the other
voices that steal and choke the word of
God and the voice of God and you need to
listen to that still Small Voice then I
talked about how that God speaks to a
spirit to Spirit it doesn’t come from
the outside in it comes from the inside
out and many people miss the voice of
God because they’re expecting him to
talk about and say call your name and
say Andrew I want you to do this but
instead he just reveals things to your
spirit and your spirit says I want to do
this and you have to be able to discern
is that your spirit that is giv you this
desire this leading or is it your flesh
and Hebrews chap 4:12 says the word of
God is what divides us under between
Soul and Spirit and the thoughts and the
intents of the heart I also talked about
Colossians chapter 3:1 15 where you let
the peace of God rule in your heart and
this is one of the dominant ways that
God speaks to you is just through the
peace of God ruling in your heart you
know the Bible says in Galatians chapter
5: 22 that the fruit of the spirit is
love joy peace longsuffering gentleness
goodness Faith meekness and Temperance
your Born Again Spirit has a supernal
peace that passes all understanding in
it and in any situation that you’re in I
don’t care how severe the storm is on
the outside in your Born Again Spirit
there is peace and if you would follow
that Supernatural peace that comes
through your Born Again Spirit it’ll
lead you into the direction of God every
single time now sometimes it takes some
effort when the storm is really raging
for you to shut all of these things out
and what everybody else is saying and
what circumstances are screaming at you
and just let that still Small Voice that
PE of God rule on the inside but it
really is that simple sometimes it takes
a lot of effort to cut through all of
the Clutter and the noise but it is that
simple you know it’s similar to a a
television station right now most of you
are watching me on television some might
people might be watching on a computer
you might be watching on your phone or
something like that but you have these
signals that are just there in the air
you can’t perceive them until you take
some device and turn it on and tuned to
this signal but the signal is there all
of the time did you know likewise God is
speaking to you constantly the Lord is
constantly speaking and leading you and
guiding you and trying to communicate
with you but you have to be turned on
and tuned in in order to be able to hear
it and the sad fact is many of us are on
the wrong Channel many of us are
listening to this world and we’re
listening to all of the fear and the
doubt and the unbelief that comes
through the world and it’s just drowning
out what God is trying to say so you
have to separate yourself and and get
rid of this clutter and all of this
noise of the world that drowns out the
still small voice of God and let the
peace of God rule in your heart and
again this goes into a lot more detail
I’m cutting some of these things short
and I encourage you to please get this
but I can’t
understate or I can’t overstate
how important the word of God is to you
hearing the voice of God here’s the way
that I look at it if God has written out
instructions in his word and if he’s
given a general word that applies to
everybody then why would he give you a
specific word if you aren’t already
acting on what he’s already said right
here this is God’s will this is his
voice to us this is God speaking to us
the word of God outside of Jesus and the
Holy Spirit is the most important gift
that I believe he ever gave to the world
this is awesome and there are so many
things that he tells us in here he tells
us in here that we aren’t supposed to
commit adultery we aren’t supposed to
lie we’re supposed to honor our father
and mother we aren’t supposed to steal
we aren’t supposed to covet and all
there those are the Big 10 The Ten
Commandments but then there’s just all
kinds of Commandments in here that we’re
supposed to prefer other people and love
them even more than we love oursel not
to disl oursel but to love PE other
people even more that we’re supposed to
turn the other cheek that we’re supposed
to pray for these people we’re supposed
to treat our mate it tells you how to do
that if God gives us the written
instruction right here and if we’re
ignoring
that then I don’t believe that he is
obligated to speak to us outside of the
word now there are other things that we
need that aren’t written in the word
like say for instance if you’re knowing
does God want me to take this job or
that job does God want me to marry this
person or that person there are some
things that aren’t clearly spelled out
in the word and we need a a specific
word from God that’s what I’ve been
talking about is how to hear that voice
of God but why would he give you a
specific word if you aren’t already
acting on the written word let’s just
take one thing here
it says in U 2 Corinthians chapter 6 in
verse 14 be ye not unequally yolked
together with unbelievers for what
Fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness and what communion hath
light with darkness and what Concord
hath Christ with balow or what part hath
he that believeth with an Infidel and
what agreement hath the temple of God
with Idols for you are the Temple of the
Living God as God has said I will dwell
in them and walk in them and I will be
their God and they shall be my people
wherefore come out from among them and
be ye separate sayeth the Lord and touch
not the unclean thing and I will receive
you and will be a father unto you and
you shall be my sons and daughters
sayeth the Lord Almighty now there’s
many applications of these passages you
could apply this in
business that you shouldn’t enter into
business with people and I’m not talking
about just you know doing business with
somebody but being unequally yolked yed
is talking about like two animals that
are hits to each other and they are
inseparable they are attached to each
other you shouldn’t be in a
business where your business part
partner is completely opposite you in
all of their beliefs and all of their
attitudes you could apply this in
friendships the friends that you stay
with again this isn’t to say that we go
into a monastery and totally separate
oursel from people cuz then we’d have to
leave the world world no we are the salt
and the light and we got to if we’re
going to Salt the Earth we got to get
out of the salt shaker you need some
association with unbelievers you need to
influence them but you don’t need to be
yolked together unequally yolked
together with this person it applies
specifically to marriage and I know that
there’s people Christians that are
saying God should I marry this person
and yet are you following what the word
says are they
unbelievers you you talk about being
yolked together to some degree we have
to have interaction with people who
don’t share our faith and things like
this and I don’t think that God wants us
to totally withdraw but you shouldn’t be
in a in a relationship where you’re
bound together nothing applies to that
stronger than marriage marriage is the
strongest bond and yoke that you could
ever have and so if a person is saying
God should I marry this person well
first of all are they a Believer if
you’re a Believer and they aren’t a
Believer no you should not marry them
and you don’t have to have a special
word from God you just act on the
written word of God and even Beyond if
they are a Believer but do they share
your faith like if they’re a person who
believes that the baptism of the Holy
Spirit and speaking in tongues is of the
devil and yet you believe it’s of God
you’re going to be unequally yolked
together that should be a vital
important part of your life and you
shouldn’t just enter into a relationship
with the person that doesn’t share your
beliefs now again I’m not saying that
you have to be
100% I’m not sure that I agree with
myself 100% on everything but there
ought to be it it’s like a Target there
ought to be this Center the bullseye you
ought to have these basic things what
true salvation is the baptism of the
Holy Spirit foundational things they
ought to be shared for you to enter into
so the Bible says don’t do this and a
person is praying and saying oh God do
you want me to marry this person if the
word’s already spoken and given you
Direction don’t even pray for direction
outside of the
word but let’s say that you’ve got
multiple people here that they’re all
born again they all Spirit-filled they
all share your heart you’ve got a great
uh fellowship with two or three
different people which one do you marry
well then you need a more specific word
you need to be able to hear the voice of
God and that’s what I’ve been talking
about but I want to just underscore that
you first of all act on what the written
word says and then before you ever get a
specific word you act on the written
word if you’re trying to find out should
I buy this house or that house boy
there’s a lot of things I could bring to
bear on this but you know the scripture
says oh no man anything except to love
one another I personally don’t believe
you’re supposed to be in debt I’ve been
in debt and I can guarantee you that if
if I was looking at buying something and
if I had to go in debt to do it I
wouldn’t do it now some people believe
that like a mortgage on a house or
something like that that’s a different
kind of debt and anyway I’m not going to
get in and discuss that but you ought to
first of all go by what the word says
and if you are going to put yourself in
a bind and Under Pressure well then you
just act on the written word of God and
don’t take that without you don’t have
to have a voice from God you just
operate what the scripture says but then
you need if if all things were equal and
you had two different houses that you
were considering and there was no
difference between those two things and
you had to make a decision well then how
do you hear the the specific word of
God that personal word about what to do
which house to get which car to get and
let me say some things here that you
know in some ways I think
we we Advocate our freedom of choice God
has given us a freedom of choice and and
let’s say you know that you’re trying to
buy a car and you’ve got two cars and
they’re they’re equal in in value you
aren’t going to have to go in debt to
get either one and stuff and if you
aren’t violating the thing about oh no
man anything and stuff well then how do
you do this I’m not sure that God’s
going to tell you to get the white one
instead of the blue one now that can
happen because maybe one is is a lemon
and you didn’t realize it it’s not
apparent and if you will be open God May
specifically lead you to get one car
over another one because there’s
something hidden that you wouldn’t know
and the Lord will show you those kind of
things but if everything was equal and
if they were both good cars and
everything I believe some things God
just leaves it up to your choice he’s
not going to tell you whether you buy
this dress or that dress now again there
could be some there could be some
extenuating circumstances maybe one of
those dresses doesn’t cover you properly
maybe it’s ex it’s not modest well then
God would definitely lead you away from
that one but if you had all things
common it’s pretty much your choice
whether you get the red dress or the
black dress whether you get the blue car
or the white car so some things God
leaves up to you and you just make those
decisions but you ought to constantly be
acting on what the written word says
first of all and open to God giving you
a specific word you know to me one of
the classic examples of this is in Acts
the 16th
chapter let me turn over and read some
of this to you but this is where Paul
and Silas were just out evangelizing and
I won’t take time to read the whole
thing but if you read all of this they
started to go north and the Holy Spirit
forbid them to go that direction they
started to go east and the Holy Spirit
forbid them to go that direction they
started to go south and the Holy Ghost
forbid them now think about this were
they specifically being led to go
everywhere did they wait until God just
told them you go into this place no
because if if that was what they were
doing if they were acting on a specific
word God wouldn’t have spoken to them
about going north and then turn around
and say no don’t go that direction he
wouldn’t have spoken to them about going
east and then say no don’t do that and
then go south no don’t do that see they
weren’t waiting on a special word from
God they all already had the command
that Jesus gave where he said go into
all the world and preach the gospel and
if you follow one of these maps of
Paul’s Journey he was just
systematically traveling through areas
and he would go to the major cities in
those areas he wasn’t having a specific
word from God he already had the written
word to go into all of the world and
preach the gospel but he was also
sensitive to the voice of the Holy
Spirit and and so even though he had
plans to go north he was listening and
when the Holy Spirit said nope that’s
not it well then he he started going
another Direction he wasn’t waiting on
just a specific or he was just going in
every direction going into all the world
and finally the Lord appeared unto him
in the
night and told him it says in um acts
16:9 and a vision appeared to Paul in
the night there stood a man of Macedonia
and prayed him saying come over into
Macedonia and help us and after he had
seen the vision immediately we
endeavored to go into Macedonia
assuredly Gathering that the Lord had
called us to preach the gospel unto them
so see he was just going in every
direction because he had the written
word of God the spoken word about going
into all of the world but he was also
listening to God and was sensitive
enough that he know he didn’t have peace
about doing this and so he had stop and
withdraw and finally God appeared to him
in the night I believe one of the
reasons that God appeared to him in the
night and gave him this dream was
because in the morning he would have
been going in another
Direction Paul wasn’t waiting on some
special word he was just taking the
written word of God and he was going
everywhere preaching the gospel I’ve
actually met people before who wouldn’t
witness to a person because they said I
just don’t feel a leading in my heart to
witness to him man you got a you got a
command to preach the gospel to All
Creatures you don’t have to have a
special leading to witness to a person
now you ought to be sensitive enough to
the holy spirit that if he forbids you
and says no don’t minister to them
instead go over here you need to listen
to that and just not do things totally
on your own but you shouldn’t have to
have a special leading it could be that
this person that you were next in line
uh was just going to waste your time or
argue with you or something something
and the person behind them or the person
beside them would be receptive and so
God will tell you to you know don’t just
go down the line go over to this person
you need to be receptive to that special
word but you don’t need to wait on a
special word when the word of God has
already told you to go preach to
everybody and I see that in Paul this is
how Paul evangelized so we should be
constantly in communion with the Lord
and sensitive if he gives us special
instructions but until as he gives us
special instructions you shouldn’t wait
you should be taking the written word of
God a friend of mine used to say that
instead of believing that you’re sitting
at a red light and you’re waiting on God
to give you the green light to go do
something instead you ought to look that
you’ve got the green light to go into
all the world and preach the gospel and
you just ought to be looking in case he
puts a red light up and tells you to
stop that’s great advice and here’s
another thing I’ll just mention this in
passing but when they they he had this
Vision he knew that this was God’s
leading and he went over into Macedonia
and went to Philippi many people believe
that if you are doing what God told you
to do that there’ll just be no problems
everything will work out and This Is How
They discern the voice of God is that
they just try things and if it works
easily well then that must be God if
there’s resistance then that must not be
God that’s not a good way to discern
God’s will because when Paul and Silas
they definitely had seen this Vision
they knew assuredly that God had sent
them into Macedonia And yet when they
got there they got arrested they got
beaten they got thrown into prison and
put in the dungeon the darkest part of
the dungeon with their feet in the
stocks if you use circumstances to
determine what God’s will is well then
Paul and Silas missed God’s will matter
of fact Paul said in another place he
says a great and an effectual door is
open open unto me but there are many
adversaries I don’t believe that you
should use circumstances to dictate to
you what God’s will is but if you were
going to do that which is I don’t think
that’s the way we should do it we just
ought to be able to hear the voice of
God but if you were going to go by
circumstances it’s probably more
accurate to say that if there is
resistance to what you’re doing that’s
probably God instead of everything just
being easy no say Satan will fight
against you when you turn around and
start swimming Upstream there’s more
resistance than floating Downstream so
again I don’t think that we’re supposed
to evaluate God’s Will by just
circumstances but if you did it would
probably be more accurate more often
than not you could discern God’s Will by
the resistance that you experience
instead of just by everything working
out you need to be able to hear the
voice of God and the word of God is the
voice of God it is the general word of
God the voice of God for every one of us
in many many ways but we sometimes need
a specific word but God is not going to
give you that specific direction if you
aren’t already acting on the word that
he’s already given you in the word of
God if you aren’t already following what
the scriptures say there’s no reason for
God to speak to you a special word that
just makes you more accountable you
already are accountable for denying
and not following the word of God why
should he speak something else to you
and just make you more
accountable no you need to act on the
word of God and you need to do
everything that you’ve had revealed to
you through the word of God but you also
need to be listening for any specific
word if there’s any if there’s any fine
tuning of the things that he’s telling
you to do but the word of God is the
foundation of you hearing him and when
he speaks to you through the word you
obey I could say I I don’t know how to
put a figure on it but I would dare to
say that 90% close to 90% of all
Direction God has ever given me came
through the word of God the second most
important encounter with the Lord I ever
had was on January the 31st 2002 and it
came through Psalm
7841 and that scripture says in their
heart they turned back and they limited
the Holy One of Israel and God spoke to
me through that verse and just literally
changed my perspective the way I was
thinking the way I was acting talking
changed my Ministry and I tell you our
whole life and Ministry has been totally
transformed and it was through scripture
that God spoke that to me God speaks
things to me through the examples of
David and Saul and Moses and Elijah and
people like this and he speaks to me and
shows me principles shows me how he
deals with people this is the dominant
way that God speaks to me is through
scripture but then there is also that
specific voice of
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today I’d like to give all of the
ministers watching this a special
invitation to our Global ministers
conference this will be our 41st
conference and it’s always the first
week of October this year it’s September
the 30th through the 4th of October
we’re going to have Todd White with us
Mike and carry picket myself Bob yandan
Dwayne Sheriff Greg Moore Wendell Parr
Billy epart and it’s just a special time
of the year so make plans to be with us
September the 30th through October the
4th sometimes the most important thing
we can do is rest yavon had been
listening to Andrew’s teachings for
years she knew that God wanted her well
she knew her Authority in Christ and she
knew that by his Stripes she was healed
and yet when given just 3 years to live
God’s instructions were for her to sit
back with him I’d spend hours just
weeping before the Lord not because I
felt sorrow but because he’s so good and
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yavon was now abiding in the finished
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her symptoms gradually
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