Insights
🗣️ “Hearing God’s voice is normal for the believer.”
🙉 The problem lies in closed ears and a preference for cheap counterfeits, rather than making the sacrifice to seek and hear the genuine voice of God.
🐑 “My sheep hear my voice and they follow me.” – Jesus’ clear statement that his followers can hear his voice.
🐑 We were created in the image of a speaking God, with the ability to communicate not just to speak to God but for God to speak with us.
🙏 The presence of God is essential for receiving what He has for us, and we should recognize our need for His presence in our lives.
🏥 “Which type of friend would you want? You’d want the second one, right?” – Michael Todd emphasizes the significance of God’s presence and consistent communication in our lives.
💬 “God communicates personally. God does not sit in heaven and push buttons. He speaks.”
🗣️ “The Bible starts and ends with God speaking to people and everywhere in the middle every book of the Bible. He’s speaking to people every book of the Bible.”
Summary
TLDR: The key idea of the video is that believers should prioritize listening to and recognizing God’s voice in order to fulfill their purpose and have a personal relationship with Him.
- 🗣️ God speaks personally to believers, so don’t confuse His voice with others; sacrifice to hear His authentic voice and stop listening to strangers who don’t know His purpose for your life.
1.1 God speaks personally to us and it is normal for believers to hear His voice, as stated in John 10:4-5.
1.2 Don’t confuse the voice of God with the voices of culture, finances, or motivational speakers; sacrifice to hear God’s authentic voice instead of settling for cheap counterfeits and stop listening to the voices of strangers who don’t know God’s purpose for your life.
1.3 Stop mindlessly accepting everything that comes into your life and start asking who it is before opening the door.
1.4 Put up a barrier and ask who is speaking, and if their voice is authentic, then you can trust them, just like how a child recognizes familiar voices and doesn’t respond to strangers.
- 👂 We need to listen to God’s voice and not be led astray because Jesus said his sheep know his voice and both Jews and Gentiles can hear and follow him.
2.1 God is speaking to us, but many of us are missing his voice because we have been deceived by the enemy, so we need to listen to God’s voice and not be led astray.
2.2 Jesus said in scripture that his sheep know his voice, and both Jews and Gentiles can hear his voice and follow him, so there are three things to know about hearing God’s voice.
- 🗣️ God created us with the ability to hear His voice, which can come through unexpected sources and mediums like media and technology, nature, and our conscience, enabling us to fulfill our responsibilities and spread His message.
3.1 We are born with the innate ability to hear the voice of God as it is hardwired into our system.
3.2 God created humans with the ability to communicate, not just with each other but also with Him, as we were made in the image of a speaking God, and the only requirement to hear His voice is to be His sheep.
3.3 God speaks to people through unexpected sources, such as those we may dislike or consider our enemies, and currently, God is using media and technology to communicate his message to all nations.
3.4 God speaks through creation, such as nature, and our conscience, and it is through these means that we can fulfill the Great Commission and take care of our responsibilities at home.
- 👂 Pay attention to the Holy Spirit’s interruptions and learn to recognize God’s voice by prioritizing silence, avoiding distractions, and being aware of the enemy’s interference.
4.1 Listen to the Holy Spirit when it interrupts your conscience, as it is trying to guide and speak to you.
4.2 Learn to recognize God’s voice by normalizing silence and meditation, avoiding distractions like social media notifications, and being aware of the enemy’s attempts to interrupt.
- 🙏 Sacrifice and prioritize God’s presence to receive His word, anchoring oneself spiritually for the best year ahead.
5.1 To be anchored and have the best year spiritually, make space for God to speak by sacrificing and getting in God’s presence to receive a word from Him.
5.2 Value God’s presence over material gifts and prioritize being in His presence for transformation and anchoring oneself in the coming year.
- 🙏 Pray and fast for 21 days to change your spiritual appetite and receive the organic word of God, recognizing the importance of His presence in your life, as God wants to have a relationship with us and communicate with us, not just to give us directions, but to be our friend.
6.1 Pray and fast for 21 days to change your spiritual appetite and receive the organic word of God, recognizing the importance of His presence in your life.
6.2 God wants to have a relationship with us and communicate with us, not just to give us directions, but to be our friend.
- 🙏 God wants to be a friend who spends time with you, talks to you, and listens to you, rather than just dropping off books for you to read.
7.1 God wants to be a friend who spends time with you, talks to you, and listens to you, rather than just dropping off books for you to read.
7.2 God’s word is infallible and should be read daily, but it is also important to understand that God speaks to us personally.
- 🙏 God wants to be our friend and communicate with us personally, as shown through examples like Abraham, and TBN’s mission is to spread the Gospel worldwide.
8.1 God is a personal God who wants to be friends with us and communicate with us, and he does not speak to us like robots but rather as individuals with emotions and in his image.
8.2 God communicates personally with us as individuals, rather than mechanically like machines, and there is a conversation in the scripture that exemplifies this.
8.3 Abraham, called a friend of God, had a relationship with Him and was told about the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah, prompting Abraham to question if the righteous would be destroyed along with the wicked.
8.4 Abraham draws near to God and pleads for the city of Sodom, asking if God would spare it if there were 50 righteous people, to which God agrees.
8.5 God agrees not to destroy a city if a certain number of righteous people are found, starting with 50 and decreasing to 10, and after speaking with Abraham, God walks away to join Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and possibly Michael and Gabriel.
8.6 God wants to be your friend and throughout the Bible, he speaks to people, from Adam and Eve to John on the island of Patmos, and TBN’s mission is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide.
