How to Hear God’s Voice: Week 1, Day 1

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.

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>> WELCOME TO GOSPEL TRUTH

WITH ANDREW WOMMACK,

A TEACHING MINISTRY

THAT FOCUSES ON

GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

>> AND GRACE.

> I LOVE THE STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS

AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT…

> THAT HE USES TO TEACH.

> HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE

> FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.

> IF IT HADN’T BEEN

FOR THIS MINISTRY,

> I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE.

>> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW.

WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY’S

BROADCAST OF THE GOSPEL TRUTH.

TODAY I’M GOING TO START

A BRAND-NEW SERIES

AND I’M GOING TO BE TALKING

ABOUT HOW TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE.

I’LL TELL YOU

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY THAT,

YOU KNOW, MY WHOLE LIFE

AND EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS DONE

IN ME AND THROUGH ME

IT’S BECAUSE GOD HAS SPOKEN

TO ME,

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT

THIS ISN’T JUST

FOR A FEW PEOPLE.

THIS IS FOR EVERY JOE BLOW

AND JANE DOE CHRISTIAN.

THIS IS THE NORMAL

CHRISTIAN LIFE.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE

TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE

AND I…I CAN JUST GIVE YOU

A PERSONAL TESTIMONY

THAT I GOT BORN AGAIN

WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE

GOD CONVICTED ME

AND SO THAT WAS GOD SPEAKING

TO ME AND I MEAN

I WAS TRANSFORMED

AND THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL

MY FRIENDS ASKED

WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME.

IT WAS A GENUINE EXPERIENCE,

BUT AS A WHOLE I DIDN’T REALLY

DISCERN GOD’S VOICE.

I DIDN’T HEAR GOD SPEAK TO ME

UNTIL 10 YEARS LATER

WHEN I WAS 18

AND THAT’S WHEN I HAD

THIS MIRACULOUS ENCOUNTER

WITH THE LORD

AND GOD JUST REVEALED HIS LOVE

TO ME AND I MEAN SET ME ON FIRE.

AND SINCE THAT TIME,

IT HAS BEEN A PROGRESSION

OF HEARING GOD SPEAK TO ME

AND LEAD ME

AND GOD HAS LED ME TO DO THINGS

THAT IN THE NATURAL,

THERE WAS NO REASON TO DO IT.

MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS AGAINST

ALL REASON.

THERE WAS MANY REASONS

NOT TO DO THESE THINGS,

BUT I REALLY FELT LIKE

THIS IS WHAT GOD WAS TELLING ME

TO DO.

AND BY OBEYING THAT VOICE

IT LITERALLY SET MY LIFE

ON A COURSE THAT I WOULD HAVE

HAD TO HAVE REBELLED AT GOD

TO KEEP FROM BEING WHERE I AM.

I MEAN GOD HAS SUPERNATURALLY

DIRECTED ME.

JUST YESTERDAY I WAS HAVING

A BOARD MEETING

WITH ANOTHER MINISTRY.

AND ANYWAY, WE WERE GIVING THEM

SOME ADVICE

AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS

AND THEY WERE ASKING

HOW THINGS IN OUR MINISTRY

HAPPENED AND HONESTLY,

I…I’M JUST NOT SMART ENOUGH

TO DO WHAT I’VE DONE.

IT’S BECAUSE I HAVE

A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

HE SPEAKS TO ME

AND GOD WILL MAKE YOU

LOOK GOOD.

I MEAN IF YOU CAN HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD…

GOD’S WISDOM IS INFINITE.

HE CAN SEE OVER THE HILL.

WE CAN’T SEE OVER.

HE CAN SEE WHAT’S COMING.

HE CAN PREPARE US.

THERE’S JUST SO MANY ADVANTAGES

TO HEARING GOD’S VOICE,

BUT THE SAD FACT IS

THAT A LOT OF CHRISTIANS TODAY

HONESTLY DON’T KNOW

HOW TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE

AND…AND I’M GOING TO BE

TEACHING THROUGH THIS SERIES

IN JOHN, CHAPTER 10,

JESUS SAID, HIS SHEEP

DO HEAR HIS VOICE AND THAT

THE VOICE OF A STRANGER,

THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW.

THIS IS NOT ABNORMAL.

THIS SHOULD BE THE NORMAL

CHRISTIAN LIFE

IS TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE

AND TO HAVE GOD SPEAK TO YOU.

IT SAYS, IN JOHN, CHAPTER 16,

VERSE 13, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT

WILL SHOW YOU THINGS TO COME.

JUST THINK ABOUT HOW

THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOU

IF YOU KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.

AND YET THIS IS A MINISTRY

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS

THAT I’M TALKING ABOUT

ARE DEPENDENT ON YOU

BEING ABLE TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE.

I TELL YOU

THIS IS JUST ESSENTIAL.

AGAIN, MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY

THAT I…MY LIFE

I DON’T HAVE ANY CLUE

WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE

IF I WAS JUST LEANING ON

TO MY OWN UNDERSTANDING

AND FIGURING THINGS OUT

ON MY OWN.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT

GOD SPEAKS TO ME

ON A DAILY BASIS.

HE CONSTANTLY IS GIVING ME

DIRECTION AND IT HAS WORKED OUT

TO MY BENEFIT.

YOU KNOW, I…

THIS IS KIND OF A VISUAL

WORD PICTURE.

BUT IF YOU COULD IMAGINE

A PERSON THAT WAS BLIND

THAT WAS TRYING TO GET,

YOU KNOW,

THROUGH THEIR APARTMENT

OR THROUGH SOMEBODY’S HOUSE

OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS

AND IF A…

IF IT’S A BLIND PERSON

WELL, THEY…THEY’RE JUST

GOING TO RUN INTO WALLS.

THEY’RE GOING TO FALL

OVER FURNITURE.

THEY’RE GOING TO TRIP

OVER THINGS,

AND THEN WHEN THEY HIT…

HIT A WALL,

THEY’LL KNOW THAT’S NOT THE WAY

TO GO AND SO THEY’LL TURN

AND MOVE IN A DI…

DIFFERENT DIRECTION,

BUT IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

UNTIL THEY HIT SOMETHING ELSE

AND TRIP AND FALL,

HURT THEMSELF.

YOU COULD FALL OFF A CLIFF

IF YOU WERE BLIND

AND COULDN’T TELL

WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, THAT’S REALLY

PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE

OF THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW

THAT YOU ARE BORN AGAIN,

AND YOU LOVE GOD.

IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN

AND IF YOU WERE TO DIE,

YOU HAVE AN ASSURANCE

YOU WOULD GO TO HEAVEN,

BUT THE TRUTH IS YOU DON’T HEAR

GOD GIVE YOU DIRECTION.

YOU…IT’S HARD FOR YOU

TO HEAR HIS VOICE

AND YOU’RE VERY SIMILAR

TO THAT BLIND PERSON

I WAS DESCRIBING

THAT YOU JUST GO

IN THIS DIRECTION

UNTIL YOU HIT A WALL,

UNTIL SOME TRAGEDY HAPPENS.

AND THEN YOU SAY

WELL, I CAN’T GO THAT WAY

AND YOU MOVE

IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

AND YOU JUST…

YOU KNOW IT’S KIND OF

LIKE A PINBALL.

YOU LAUNCH THAT THING

AND IT JUST HITS THESE THINGS

AND BOUNCES AROUND

AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT HAPPENS.

BUT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

SHOULDN’T BE LIKE THAT.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE SHOULDN’T BE

YOU JUST BOUNCING OFF THINGS

AND MAKING A MISTAKE HERE

AND YOU LEARNING BY ALL

OF YOUR HARD KNOCKS

AND YOU TRYING TO FIGURE

EVERYTHING OUT.

GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU.

GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU.

YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT,

BUT GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY

THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE

THAT YOU TUNED INTO IT.

AND THE LORD IS TRYING

TO REACH YOU.

GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU,

AND HE CAN SPEAK THROUGH PEOPLE

LIKE ME AND GET YOUR ATTENTION

AND…AND SHARE TRUTHS.

LIKE I’VE GOT A SERIES

ON THIS IT…

WE’RE GOING TO BE ADVERTISING

HOW TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE

AND YOU CAN USE THINGS

LIKE THIS,

GOD CAN GET YOUR ATTENTION.

BUT ULTIMATELY GOD WANTS

TO GET YOU

TO WHERE YOU ARE HEARING

DIRECTLY FROM HIM

AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH

SOMEBODY ELSE.

NOW THAT’S NOT TO SAY

THAT YOU EVER GET SO PROUD

THAT I DON’T NEED ANYBODY ELSE.

WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER,

AND WE NEED TO BE LISTENING

TO OTHER PEOPLE

AND BE OPEN TO CORRECTION

AND RECEIVING INSTRUCTION.

BUT ULTIMATELY,

WE ARE HIS SHEEP,

JOHN, CHAPTER 10,

AND WE SHOULD BE

HEARING HIS VOICE.

AND NOT ONLY VOICE

ABOUT DIRECTION IN WHAT TO DO,

BUT YOU NEED TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE

OF HIM TELLING YOU

THAT HE LOVES YOU

AND THAT WHEN OTHER PEOPLE

REJECT YOU,

YOU NEED TO BE ABLE

TO HAVE HIM MINISTER TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, I JUST RECENTLY

HAD SOME THINGS HAPPEN.

I HAD A BIG WRITE-UP

IN THE PAPER AND PEOPLE TRASH ME

AND LIED ABOUT ME

AND SAID ALL KINDS OF THINGS

AND I HAD SOME PEOPLE ASK ME,

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS?

WELL, THE NUMBER ONE WAY

THAT I DEAL WITH IT

IS I GO TO THE LORD

AND BECAUSE OF MY RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE LORD,

GOD SPEAKS TO ME

AND GOD TELLS ME THINGS

AND WHAT I HEAR GOD SAY TO ME

IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT

THAN WHAT I HEAR PEOPLE SAY

ABOUT ME.

IF YOU CAN’T HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD

AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE

AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

TO WHERE HE SPEAKS TO YOU

AND ENCOURAGES YOU

WHEN YOU’RE DISCOURAGED,

AND WHEN PEOPLE CRITICIZE YOU

HE WILL COME ALONG

AND COMPLIMENT YOU

AND DO THINGS.

AND IF YOU DON’T HEAR

THAT VOICE OF GOD,

IF YOU CAN’T RECEIVE THAT,

I GUARANTEE YOU

IT JUST IT…IT WOULD MAKE LIFE

MISERABLE FOR ME.

BUT I CONSTANTLY AM HAVING

THE LORD SPEAK TO ME

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM I’M SURE

THAT THINK, YOU KNOW

THIS ISN’T RIGHT.

YOU…YOU JUST CAN’T HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE

THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

MAYBE IT’LL HAPPEN

FOR SOME PEOPLE.

MAYBE S…SOME PEOPLE HAVE

A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD,

AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE

TO HEAR GOD.

BUT THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN,

IF YOU WERE TO

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER

ASK THEM A SURVEY,

YOU KNOW ABOUT,

HOW OFTEN DOES GOD SPEAK TO YOU?

HOW OFTEN DO YOU HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD?

I’M AFRAID THAT

FOR MOST CHRISTIANS

IT WOULD BE SELDOM OR NEVER.

AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY

THAT GOD INTENDED IT TO BE.

LET ME JUST USE THIS VERSE

AND START WITH THIS

OUT OF ISAIAH, CHAPTER 30,

AND I HAVEN’T GOT TIME

TO GIVE THE CONTEXT,

BUT HE WAS PROPHESYING THAT

BECAUSE OF THEIR REBELLION

AGAINST GOD,

GOD WAS GOING TO REJECT THEM.

THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE CONQUERED

BY A FOREIGN NATION

THAT WE NOW KNOW TO BE BABYLON,

THAT THEY WOULD BE LED

INTO CAPTIVITY

BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST

OF PRONOUNCING JUDGMENT

UPON THE ISRAELITES

BECAUSE THEY HAD FORSAKEN GOD,

HE TALKED ABOUT HOW

THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK.

HE WASN’T GOING TO TOTALLY

FORSAKE THEM.

IT WOULD ONLY BE

A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME

AND THEN HE WOULD BRING

THE NATION BACK,

THAT HE WOULD RE-ESTABLISH

THE NATION,

AND HE WAS PROPHESYING

THESE THINGS THAT NOW HAVE

THEIR FULFILLMENT IN US,

THE BODY OF CHRIST.

THAT WE ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD

AND THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO US

AND…AND DOING THESE THINGS

AND ANYWAY, RIGHT IN THE MIDST

OF ALL OF THIS

HE SAYS, IN ISAIAH, CHAPTER 30,

AND IN VERSE 21, HE SAYS,

AND THINE EARS SHALL HEAR

A WORD BEHIND THEE, SAYING,

THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YE IN IT,

WHEN YE TURN TO THE RIGHT HAND,

AND WHEN YE TURN TO THE LEFT.

NOW AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A PART

OF A PROPHECY

THAT HE WAS A GIVE…GIVING

BUT IT WAS…IT’S NOW

A NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENT

THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO US.

AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY MOMENT

OF EVERY DAY, EVERY TIME

THAT YOU HAVE A DECISION

TO MAKE GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU.

GOD WILL SHOW YOU

THINGS TO COME,

AND WE GET INTO

TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS

BECAUSE WE DON’T LISTEN

TO THIS VOICE

AND WE DO THINGS OUR OWN WAY.

WE WAIT UNTIL WE FALL

OFF THE CLIFF, RUN INTO A WALL,

TRIP OVER SOMETHING,

AND WE’RE FLAT OF OUR FACE

BEFORE WE SAY, OH GOD,

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

BUT WE COULD LISTEN TO HIM

AND GOD COULD SPEAK TO YOU

AND YOU COULD HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO GIVE

MORE DETAILS AS I GO

THROUGH THIS SERIES,

BUT I HAVE LITERALLY HAD

THE LORD TELL ME

NOT TO GO ON A TRIP

THAT I ALREADY HAD BOOKED.

I ALREADY HAD BOUGHT

THE PLANE FARE,

AND WHEN I DECIDED TO CANCEL

AND THERE WAS NO REASON

TO COUNT…CANCEL,

DID YOU KNOW THAT PLANE CRASHED

AND KILLED THE PEOPLE ON BOARD?

GOD SAVED ME BY SPEAKING TO ME

THROUGH THAT.

GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ME

HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED

IF IT’S NOT THOUSANDS OF TIMES

THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN TO ME

THAT IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE.

IT HAS KEPT ME

FROM MAKING MISTAKES.

HE HAS SPOKEN TO ME

ABOUT PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE 650 EMPLOYEES

AND…AND THERE’S OTHER PEOPLE

INVOLVED IN MY VISION

IN ACCOMPLISHING

WHAT GOD HAS TOLD ME TO DO,

AND GOD SPEAKS TO ME

AND GIVES ME WISDOM ABOUT

WHO TO PUT INTO POSITIONS

OF AUTHORITY

AND…AND I DEPEND ON

GOD SPEAKING TO ME

AND TELLING ME THINGS.

AGAIN, I JUST CAN’T OVERSTATE

HOW IMPORTANT IT IS

FOR YOU TO HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD,

AND I WISHED I COULD TALK TO YOU

PERSONALLY RIGHT NOW,

BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU

THERE’S PEOPLE WATCHING

THIS PROGRAM

THAT YOUR LIFE IS IN A MESS

AND YOU’RE HAVING PROBLEMS.

I’M NOT SAYING

THAT YOU’RE A BAD PERSON.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT

YOU DON’T LOVE GOD,

BUT I’M SAYING THAT

YOU’VE GOT PROBLEMS.

YOUR…THERE’S ALL KINDS OF

THINGS HAPPENING

BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE IT

YOUR WAY.

PROVERBS, CHAPTER 3,

I BELIEVE IT’S VERSE 5, SAYS,

TRUST IN THE LORD

WITH ALL THINE HEART;

AND LEAN NOT

UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING.

IN ALL OF THY WAYS

ACKNOWLEDGE HIM,

AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS.

THAT’S AN ADMONITION

THAT YOU KNOW,

WE CAN’T JUST LEAN ON

OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

GOD DIDN’T JUST CREATE US

AND THEN KIND OF WIND US UP

LIKE ONE OF THESE ROBOTS

OR A TOY AND JUST POINT US

IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

AND LET US DO THINGS ON OUR OWN.

WE NEED TO BE LISTENING

BECAUSE THERE’S…

IT’S LIKE A VOICE THAT IS SAYING

TURN TO THE RIGHT,

TURN TO THE LEFT,

DO THIS, DO THAT.

THE LORD WANTS TO BE

THAT INVOLVED.

THE LORD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU

THAT CLEARLY,

AND I KNOW THAT

THERE’S SOME OF YOU

THAT JUST THINK

WELL YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS

THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE.

WE’RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH

A LOT OF SCRIPTURES

BUT ONE OF THEM

IN ACTS, CHAPTER 9,

WAS WHERE SAUL HAD SEEN THE LORD

ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

AND HAD THIS ENCOUNTER

AND THEN HE WENT TO DAMASCUS

AND THE LORD CAME AND SPOKE

TO A…A CHRISTIAN NAMED ANANIAS

AND HE SAID ANANIAS

AND ANANIAS JUST SAID

BEHOLD, I AM HERE, LORD.

AND THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM

AND HE WENT

AND LAID HANDS ON SAUL.

SAUL RECEIVED HIS SIGHT,

RECEIVED THE BAPTISM

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

RECEIVED A PROPHECY ABOUT HIM

BEING THE APOSTLE

TO THE GENTILES

AND HE WROTE

HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

AND YOU AND I ARE STILL

BEING AFFECTED TODAY

AND ONE MAN JUST SIMPLY

HEARD GOD TELL HIM

AND HE SAID GO TO A STREET

CALLED STRAIGHT,

AND ENQUIRE IN THE HOUSE…

AND HE GAVE HIM THE STREET,

THE PERSON’S HOUSE

THAT HE WAS SAYING IN.

DID YOU KNOW

YOU CAN HEAR GOD THAT…

THAT CLEARLY?

I KNOW THAT THERE’S A LOT

OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS

THAT YOU JUST SAY YOU CAN’T…

THAT’S NOT FOR US.

THAT DOESN’T WORK

THIS WAY TODAY.

WELL, IT MAY NOT BE IN…

MAY NOT BE MANY PEOPLE

THAT ARE HEARING GOD

THAT WAY TODAY

BUT THAT’S THE WAY

THAT IT WANTS TO BE.

GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU

THAT CLEARLY.

GOD IS A PERSON.

HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU,

BUT YOU HAVE TO LEARN

HOW TO HEAR HIS VOICE.

YOU KNOW, IF GOD SPEAKS TO YOU

IN AN AUDIBLE VOICE,

IF THERE IS A BLINDING

FLASH OF LIGHTNING,

IF THERE IS SOME PHYSICAL,

TANGIBLE MANIFESTATION,

IF IT COMES

THROUGH YOUR PHYSICAL EYES

OR THROUGH YOUR PHYSICAL EARS,

IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH PERCEPTION.

BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT

THAT IS NOT THE DOMINANT WAY

THAT GOD SPEAKS TO YOU.

AND I BELIEVE

THAT THE REASON FOR IT

IS HEBREWS 11:6, SAYS,

WITHOUT FAITH IT’S IMPOSSIBLE

TO PLEASE GOD.

YOU KNOW GOD COULD SPEAK TO YOU

IN WAYS THAT TOOK

NO FAITH WHATSOEVER.

I MEAN IF YOU HAVE

AN ANGEL SHOW UP

AND YOU PHYSICALLY SEE HIM

AND HE TOUCHES YOU

AND YOU PHYSICALLY FEEL IT

AND ALL OF THESE KIND OF THINGS,

IT DOESN’T TAKE A LOT

OF PERCEPTION

TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

BUT THE WAY

THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US PRIMARILY

IS JUST IN A STILL SMALL VOICE.

I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS

MORE FROM 1 KINGS, CHAPTER 19,

WHERE ELIJAH HAD THESE

DRAMATIC THINGS

WHERE A…A WIND BROKE THE ROCKS

IN PIECES IT WAS SO STRONG.

THEN THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE

THAT SPLIT THE ROCKS.

THEN THERE WAS A FIRE

THAT MELTED THE ROCKS.

I MEAN IT…

THESE DRAMATIC SPECTACULAR

MANIFESTATIONS,

BUT IT SAYS GOD WASN’T IN

ANY OF THOSE.

BUT THEN THERE WAS JUST

THIS STILL SMALL VOICE.

AND WHEN ELIJAH HEARD THAT

HE WRAPPED HIS FACE

IN HIS MANTLE,

HE WENT OUT AND FELL BEFORE GOD.

GOD, I DON’T KNOW…

IT’S JUST HIS NATURE.

HE LOVES TO MINISTER IN WAYS

THAT ARE SO DIFFERENT THAN

THE WAY THAT WE WOULD DO THINGS.

IT TAKES FAITH TO PERCEIVE IT.

WHEN JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH

HE COULD HAVE ARRIVED ON,

YOU KNOW, THE SPACE SHUTTLE

OR HE COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING,

COME IN A CHARIOT OF FIRE

AND ALL OF THESE

GREAT MANIFESTATIONS.

HE COULD HAVE ANNOUNCED

THE BIRTH OF JESUS TO THE KINGS,

BUT INSTEAD HE CAME IN A MANGER,

BORN TO PARENTS, YOU KNOW,

THAT WEREN’T ANYTHING SPECIAL

IN THE NATURAL.

THEY… THEY WERE OUT

IN A STABLE.

THEY DIDN’T ANNOUNCE

THE BIRTH TO THE KING.

THEY ANNOUNCED IT

TO THE SHEPHERDS.

GOD JUST DELIGHT IN DOING THINGS

IN AN UNDERSTATED WAY

BECAUSE HE WANTS FAITH.

FAITH IS WHAT PLEASES HIM.

HE COULD HAVE A DOG WALK UP

TO ME AND BARK OUT

WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO DO,

AND HE COULD SPEAK TO ME

THAT WAY.

HE SPOKE THROUGH A DONKEY

TO BALAAM.

HE COULD HAVE A BIRD COME LAND

ON MY SHOULDER

AND TELL ME A THING,

WHISPER THINGS IN MY EAR

AND TELL ME TO DO

ALL OF THESE THINGS.

HE COULD HAVE CLOUDS.

YOU KNOW, HE COULD WRITE

MESSAGES TO ME IN CLOUDS

THAT ONLY I COULD SEE.

GOD CAN DO ANYTHING,

BUT THOSE THINGS,

THOSE SUPERNATURAL

SPECIAL MANIFESTATIONS

ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

THAT IS NOT THE NORMAL WAY

THAT GOD SPEAKS TO PEOPLE

BECAUSE HE WANTS FAITH.

HE SPEAKS IN A STILL SMALL VOICE

AND I’M GOING TO BE SHARING

SOME THINGS WITH YOU

THAT I’VE LEARNED

THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD

THAT HAVE HELPED ME

TO UNDERSTAND GOD’S WORD

AND HOW TO HEAR HIS VOICE,

AND IF YOU CAN RECEIVE THIS,

YOU CAN HAVE GOD SPEAK TO YOU

ON A DAILY BASIS.

YOU CAN HAVE GOD COMMUNICATE

WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.

THAT IS NOT JUST

FOR A FEW CHRISTIANS.

THAT IS FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN.

GOD WANTS YOU TO HEAR HIS VOICE,

BUT YOU NEED TO LEARN.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS

THAT WE NEED TO LEARN.

OVER HERE IN PSALMS, CHAPTER 32,

AND IN VERSE 8, IT SAYS,

I WILL INSTRUCT THEE

AND TEACH THEE IN THE WAY

WHICH THOU SHALT GO:

I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE.

NOW AGAIN, THERE’S MANY WAYS

THAT GOD DOES THIS

BUT I’M TALKING SPECIFICALLY

ABOUT HAVING GOD SPEAK TO YOU

AND SHOW YOU THINGS TO COME

AND TELL YOU THINGS

THAT YOU JUST CAN’T KNOW

WITH YOUR NATURAL MIND.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY

WHAT IT’S TALKING ABOUT

THAT HE’S GOING TO INSTRUCT US

AND HE WILL GUIDE US,

BUT THEN IT SAYS, IN VERSE 9,

BE YE NOT AS THE HORSE,

OR AS THE MULE,

WHICH HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING:

WHOSE MOUTH MUST BE HELD

IN WITH BIT AND BRIDLE,

LEST HE COME NEAR UNTO THEE.

MAN, THIS IS A GREAT

WORD PICTURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAYS

I’M AN INSTRUCT YOU

AND I’M GOING TO LEAD YOU

BUT DON’T BE LIKE A HORSE

OR A MULE THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT

A BIT IN THEIR MOUTH.

YOU KNOW THE REASON

THAT YOU CAN DIRECT A HORSE

WITH A BIT IN THEIR MOUTH

IS BECAUSE THAT BIT HURTS.

IF YOU TURN IT A CERTAIN WAY,

IT’LL…IT’LL CAUSE PAIN

ON THAT SIDE.

IF YOU PULL BACK

ON BOTH OF THOSE REINS,

IT CAUSES PAIN.

IT MAKES THEM STOP.

IN OTHER WORDS,

DON’T BE LIKE A PERSON,

LIKE I WAS DESCRIBING

THIS BLIND PERSON

THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO RUN

INTO A WALL.

YOU HAVE TO FALL OFF A CLIFF,

TRIP OVER SOMETHING

AND HAVE TRAGEDY IN YOUR LIFE

BEFORE YOU LEARN THAT

THAT’S NOT THE WAY

THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GO.

DON’T BE LIKE A DUMB ANIMAL.

WE ARE BORN AGAIN.

WE ARE GOD’S SHEEP.

JOHN, CHAPTER 10,

WE HEAR HIS VOICE.

GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU,

BUT YOU HAVE TO TUNE

YOUR HEARING.

IT SAYS THIS IN MANY PLACES,

ESPECIALLY IN THE BOOK

OF PROVERBS.

PROVERBS, CHAPTER 4, SAYS,

ATTEND UNTO MY WORDS…

AND IF YOU LOOK THAT WORD

ATTEND UP IN THE HEBREW,

IT’S TALKING ABOUT A HORSE

THAT PRICKS UP ITS EARS.

IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER

HAD HORSES OR MULES,

ANIMALS LIKE THAT,

OR YOU CAN SEE THIS IN DEER TOO

THAT THEIR EARS MOVE

NEARLY 360 DEGREES

AND YOU CAN BE RIDING A HORSE

AND THEIR EARS COULD BE

POINTED FORWARD

AND IF YOU SAY SOMETHING,

BOY, ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE EARS

WILL JUST TURN BACK

SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR AND LISTEN

TO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.

AND YOU CAN TUNE YOUR HEARING.

YOU CAN PRICK UP YOUR EARS.

YOU CAN FOCUS ON

THE VOICE OF GOD

TO WHERE YOU HEAR GOD’S VOICE.

AND I TELL YOU

GOD HAS AN ANSWER

FOR ANY SITUATION

THAT YOU’RE IN.

SOME OF YOU ARE HAVING

FINANCIAL PROBLEMS TODAY.

GOD KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO

TO GET YOU THROUGH

THAT FINANCIAL PROBLEM.

SOME OF YOU ARE HAVING

MARRIAGE PROBLEMS.

GOD KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO DO

AND HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

MANY OF YOU ARE HAVING

PHYSICAL PROBLEMS AND SICKNESS

AND DISEASE

AND GOD KNOWS EXACTLY

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

YOU JUST NEED TO BE ABLE

TO HEAR HIS VOICE.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO

THROUGH LIFE JUST WONDERING

AND HOPING THAT WHAT WE’RE DOING

IS WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.

WE DON’T HAVE TO DO

OUR OWN THING

AND THEN ASK GOD TO BLESS IT.

WE CAN HEAR GOD’S VOICE.

WE CAN HAVE GOD TELL US

WHAT TO DO

AND IF YOU ARE HEARING GOD

AND IF YOU ARE DOING

WHAT HE INSTRUCTED YOU TO DO,

YOU DON’T EVER HAVE TO ASK

FOR HIS BLESSING ON IT.

WHEN GOD COMMANDS YOU

TO DO SOMETHING

THERE’S ENOUGH ANOINTING

AND POWER IN WHAT HE TOLD YOU

TO BRING IT TO PASS,

BUT THE PROBLEM COMES DOWN

THAT SO MANY OF US

ARE JUST DOING OUR OWN THING

AND HOPING THAT IT PLEASES GOD.

BUT WE DON’T KNOW FOR SURE.

I’M TELLING YOU

YOU SHOULDN’T BE LIVING

YOUR LIFE THAT WAY.

I CAN SAY BY THE GRACE OF GOD

THROUGH THE THINGS

THAT HE’S TAUGHT ME

THAT I AM EXACTLY

WHERE GOD WANTS ME TO DO.

I’M DOING EXACTLY

WHAT GOD HAS TOLD ME TO DO.

THERE IS ALL KINDS

OF PHYSICAL PROOF

THAT I COULD POINT TO

AND SHOW YOU THAT THINGS

THAT HAVE HAPPENED

THAT ARE BEYOND MY ABILITY,

BEYOND MY CONTROL,

IT IS GOD THAT HAS MADE

THINGS HAPPEN

AND IT’S BECAUSE I HEAR

THE VOICE OF GOD.

AND THIS IS NOT FOR ME ALONE.

THIS IS FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I DON’T CARE WHAT COUNTRY

YOU LIVE IN.

IT DOESN’T MATTER

WHAT YOUR SITUATION IS.

GOD HAS A WAY TO BRING YOU

INTO A PLACE OF BLESSING,

PROSPERITY, JOY, PEACE,

HEALING, WHOLENESS,

THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED.

GOD’S PLANS FOR YOU ARE GOOD.

THEY AREN’T EVIL.

THEY’RE TO GIVE YOU

AN EXPECTED END.

A HOPE AND A FUTURE,

IN JEREMIAH, CHAPTER 29,

VERSE 11.

GOD HAS NOTHING

BUT GOOD PLANS FOR YOU

AND YET THERE’S PEOPLE

WATCHING THIS PROGRAM

THAT YOU CAN’T SAY

THAT YOUR LIFE IS GOOD.

YOU CAN’T SAY THAT

EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE

IS GOING THE WAY

THAT GOD WANTS IT TO.

AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE

GOD DOESN’T WILL TO DO

THE RIGHT THING IN YOUR LIFE.

IT’S NOT BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE

A GREAT PLAN.

I WOULD SAY IN THE MAJORITY

OF CASES

IT’S BECAUSE SOMEWHERE

WE HAVE MOVED TO THE RIGHT

OR TO THE LEFT.

WE HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOWING GOD.

WE HAVEN’T HEARD HIS VOICE.

OR IF YOU’VE HEARD IT,

YOU HAVEN’T OBEYED IT.

AND I’M TELLING YOU,

YOU CAN FI…

YOU CAN FIX THIS.

BUT IT REALLY STARTS WITH

YOU’VE GOT TO KNOW

WHAT GOD’S WILL

FOR YOUR LIFE IS.

YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE

TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE,

AND THE GOOD NEWS

IS GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU

MORE THAN YOU WANT HIM

TO SPEAK TO YOU.

MATTER OF FACT,

THAT’S THE BIG PROBLEM

RIGHT THERE IS IT

WE JUST AREN’T…

WE AREN’T PURSUING GOD

THE WAY WE SHOULD.

WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT HIM.

AS LONG AS YOU CAN LIVE

WITHOUT HEARING

THE VOICE OF GOD

AND HAVING HIS GUIDANCE

AND LEADERSHIP IN YOUR LIFE,

YOU WILL.

BUT WHEN YOU REACH A PLACE

TO WHERE YOU JUST SAID,

I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.

I AM NOT MOVING FROM THIS PLACE.

THAT’S WHAT MOSES TOLD GOD

IN THE…I THINK IT WAS

A 34TH CHAPTER, OF THE BOOK

OF EXODUS, THE LORD SAID

I WILL GO WITH YOU

AND I WILL GUIDE YOU

IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO.

AND MOSES, HE SAYS

I WAS DEPENDING ON THAT.

HE SAYS IF YOU DON’T GO WITH ME,

I’M NOT MOVING

FROM THIS SP…PLACE.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE COULDN’T LIVE

WITHOUT GOD DIRECTING HIM.

HE WOULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT.

THE SAD FACT IS MOST OF US

HAVE AND CAN LIVE

WITHOUT HEARING GOD’S VOICE

AND THEREFORE WE DO.

BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST

TUNE YOUR HEART

AND GET TO A PLACE TO WHERE

I WANT TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE,

GOD WANTS TO SPEAK TO YOU.

YOU JUST NEED TO LEARN

HOW TO RECEIVE

AND THAT’S WHAT

THIS WHOLE TEACHING

THAT I’M GOING TO BE DOING IS

AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE

A BLESSING TO YOU.

LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU

TO GET THIS TEACHING.

I’VE GOT CDs AND DVDs

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OUR TELEVISION PROGRAM HERE.

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A POWERFUL SERIES.

IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE

IN YOUR LIFE,

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AS HE GIVES YOU INFORMATION

ABOUT HOW YOU CAN

GET THIS TEACHING

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AND THEN JOIN ME AGAIN TOMORROW

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ON HOW TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE.

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>> WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT

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SPEAKING SCHEDULE.

MARK YOUR CALENDERS

TO COME MEET ANDREW

AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS

AND LET THE WORD OF GOD

TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE.

IN THE MONTH OF MARCH,

ANDREW WILL BE SPEAKING

IN OKLAHOMA CITY

AND EL RENO, OKLAHOMA.

THEN, COME JOIN ANDREW

IN WOODLAND PARK

FOR OUR ANNUAL

CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE

MEN’S ADVANCE.

GUEST SPEAKERS AT THIS EVENT

INCLUDE HALL OF FAME

AND SUPER BOWL WINNING COACH,

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ALONG WITH JAMES BROWN,

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ON THE CBS AND NFL NETWORKS,

AND THE CEO

OF ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES

AND CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE,

BILLY EPPERHART.

IN APRIL, ANDREW WILL BE

HOSTING A SPECIAL EASTER SEASON

PRODUCTION TITLED

GOD WITH US

IN WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO.

GOD WITH US

IS THE ORIGINAL LOVE STORY

OF A PASSIONATE GOD

ON A RELENTLESS QUEST

TO RESCUE HIS PEOPLE.

ALSO, IN APRIL, ANDREW WILL BE

IN WOODLAND PARK TO HOST

THE ANNUAL CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE

CAMPUS DAYS.

AND IN MAY,

COME TO CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE

FOR THE KINGDOM FOUNDATIONS

CONFERENCE

WITH SPEAKERS RANDY CLARK

AND PASTOR BILL JOHNSON

OF BETHEL.

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>> BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN FORMED

IN YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB,

GOD ALREADY HAD DETERMINED

A PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE,

>> A GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE.

> GOD HAS A PURPOSE

TO TRAIN YOU

IN WHAT YOU’RE CALLED TO DO,

AND I TELL YOU,

CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE

> IS THE PLACE FOR THAT.

>> MAN, IF YOU WANT

A LIFE-CHANGE,

>> COME TO CHARIS.

> COME ON TO CHARIS!

>> YOU NEED TO TAKE A STEP

OF FAITH

AND START BELIEVING GOD

FOR SOMETHING BIG.

GOD MADE EVERY ONE OF YOU

>> FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL.

> THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS

COULD BE THE MOST POWERFUL TIME

> OF YOUR LIFE.

>> IF YOU SIT UNDER THE WORD

FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY,

FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK

FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS,

I GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE GOD

SPEAK TO YOU

AND START REVEALING PURPOSE

>> TO YOU.

> WE ALL HAVE A PURPOSE

AND A DESTINY,

AND YOU WILL FIND THAT OUT

WHEN YOU ATTEND

> CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE.

>> EVERY ONE OF YOU WERE CREATED

FOR A PURPOSE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT

>> THAT PURPOSE IS?

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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU

TO PRAY ABOUT

BECOMING A PARTNER WITH US.

YOU KNOW OUR MINISTRY IS BASED

IN THE UNITED STATES,

BUT WE HAVE 16 OFFICES

AROUND THE WORLD.

WE’VE GOT ALL TOGETHER

AROUND 70 BIBLE SCHOOLS

SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD.

SO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING

FOR A GOOD RETURN

ON YOUR INVESTMENT,

I BELIEVE THAT THIS

IS A GOOD MINISTRY.

IT’LL TOUCH YOU

RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

AND I ENCOURAGE YOU

TO BECOME A PARTNER

WITH US TODAY

AND HELP US PUT THE GOSPEL OUT

ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

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