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March 8, 2026
Does God still speak?
If prayer is how we speak to God, how does God speak to us?
HEARING FROM GOD
- God is a SPEAKING GOD.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Genesis 1:3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1
Jesus is GOD speaking.
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
Hebrews 1:1-2
Hearing God begins with KNOWING Jesus.
God speaks in many ways:
CREATION – Psalm 19:1
HOLY SPIRIT – John 16:13
OTHER PEOPLE – 1 Corinthians 12:7–8
CIRCUMSTANCES – Acts 16:6–10
DREAMS – Acts 10
- God speaks through HIS WORD.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
The primary manner of communication from God to humankind is the Word of God, or God’s speaking. The Bible itself is God’s speaking preserved in written form.
– Dallas Willard, Hearing God
How do you read the Bible to hear from God?
1. Read the Bible as GOD’S WORD.
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:20-21
2. Read the Bible with the HOLY SPIRIT.
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
John 16:13
3. Read the Bible in COMMUNITY.
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
Colossians 3:16
4. Read the Bible to APPLY.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22
If you want to hear the VOICE of God, open the WORD of God.
TWO PRACTICES:
Memorization is for PREPARATION.
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:17
Meditation is for TRANSFORMATION.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
