Insights
🐑 The speaker suggests that humans are like sheep and have a natural ability to hear God’s voice.
🗣️ “The greatest disservice we could ever do to someone is to tell that person that he can have a personal relationship with God and then tell the person that God doesn’t speak today.”
🐑 According to scripture, Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice and they follow me,” emphasizing the importance of recognizing and following God’s voice.
🧬 Our ability to hear God’s voice is innate and hardwired into our system, suggesting a natural connection to the divine.
🗣️ We were created in the image of a speaking God, separating us from animals in our ability to communicate.
📖 “I want you to read somewhere in scripture and then I want you to write down what you think God is saying to you through that scripture.” – Robert Morris’s advice on connecting with God through reading and interpreting scripture.
👂 “Prayer can guide important decisions, such as whether to have another child, and seeking God’s voice is crucial in these moments.”
🗣️ The woman received a word from God about her pregnancy one day before she had been praying, highlighting the timing and accuracy of God’s voice.
Summary
TLDR: The key idea of the video is that by developing a personal relationship with God and seeking His direction, individuals can learn to hear His voice and receive guidance in decision-making.
- 👂 Learn to hear God’s voice by recognizing the importance of a personal relationship with Him and seeking His direction in decision-making.
1.1 Learn to hear God’s voice by recognizing that mistakes can be made and that the human will is involved, but as a sheep, you have the ability to hear God.
1.2 The speaker discusses the beauty of being a sheep and emphasizes that the main difference between a believer and an unbeliever is having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
1.3 God speaks today and it is important to have a personal relationship with Him, including hearing His voice and seeking His direction in decision-making.
- 🔑 Jesus is the door and shepherd, Satan is the thief; God’s voice is heard through impressions and knowing His voice, and both Jews and Gentiles can hear and follow Him.
2.1 Jesus is the door and the shepherd of the sheep, while Satan is the thief who enters through other means.
2.2 God’s voice is heard through impressions and by knowing His voice, and both Jews and Gentiles can hear and follow Him, as stated in scripture.
- 🔍 God’s voice is innate and hardwired into our system, as humans were created in the image of a speaking God and have the ability to communicate with Him, but we also need to be taught how to hear His voice.
3.1 The first sign that it’s God’s voice is that it is innate and hardwired into our system.
3.2 God created humans with the ability to communicate and wants to communicate with us, as we were created in the image of a speaking God, unlike animals who can communicate to some degree but not like we can.
3.3 We were created with the ability to communicate with God, and it is both innate and learned, requiring us to be like sheep and to be taught how to hear God’s voice.
- 📚 The pastor advises a man to get alone with God, listen to worship music, pray, give his burdens to God, and read scripture to learn how to hear God’s voice, emphasizing the different meanings scripture can have.
4.1 A man asks the pastor for help in learning how to hear God’s voice, and the pastor advises him to get alone with God, listen to worship music, pray and give his burdens to God, and read scripture and write down what he believes God is saying to him.
4.2 Scripture has contextual, historical, and literal meanings, as well as a revelational meaning through the Holy Spirit.
- 🗒️ One sign that it’s God’s voice is when someone is constantly hearing messages from God, but it’s important to mature in our relationship with God and not rely on constant instruction or correction.
5.1 A person started writing down what they believed God was saying to them and found that what they wrote down was exactly what they needed for that day, which is a common experience of God speaking to us through scripture.
5.2 The ability to hear God is innate, learned, and matured, similar to how children learn to speak and mature in what they say, and there are immature ways that people talk about hearing God.
5.3 One sign that it’s God’s voice is when someone is constantly hearing messages from God, but it’s important to mature in our relationship with God and not rely on constant instruction or correction.
- 📚 Mistakes can be made when interpreting God’s voice, as human will and choice can influence our decisions.
6.1 There are three immature ways to hear God’s voice, including randomly selecting a Bible verse, believing that God has a life verse for every person based on their birth year, and following the “quesara syrah” philosophy.
6.2 Mistakes can be made when interpreting God’s voice, as human will and choice can influence our decisions.
- 🙏 A woman prayed for a word from God about having another child during a 21-day fast, and on the last day, the speaker received a message from God that she was pregnant, despite medical impossibilities.
7.1 You can pray and ask God for guidance on important decisions, such as whether to have another child.
7.2 During a 21-day fast, a woman prayed for a word from God about having another child, and on the last day of the fast, the speaker received a message from God that the woman, Bridget, was pregnant.
7.3 The speaker confidently declares that his wife is pregnant despite his son’s disbelief, as he claims that God told him so and his wife had prayed for a close person to give them a word during the 21-day fast.
7.4 Despite being told it was medically impossible for her to get pregnant due to low progesterone levels, the speaker’s mother became pregnant after taking progesterone medication, which they believe was a result of God’s intervention.
- 👂 We have the ability to hear God and should pray to thank Him for speaking to us, so that we can learn and mature in hearing Him.
