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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/5/2009 4:43:48 PM
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ServantPrincess
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Yes.
Twice.
First instance. Was in college. Early morning lecture, waiting for lecturer. Seated beside a young lady [unbeliever] whose friendship i was eager to make. Problem was, i knew i shouldn't but i persisted anyhow....sigh.
She had said something and I was getting ready to add my 'vital' $0.02 when i very clearly heard Him say, 'Shut up!'
I looked around to see who could've said such a thing to me. Nah. None had.
Second instance. Many years later, DH and i were shopping in a watch store when I heard the Lord say, 'Go and ask that man if you could pray for him'. I had overheard him complaining to his co-worker about his family woes. Pregnant SAH wife with kidney stones. Imagine this, I was to go ask the store manager if I could pray for him! Oi! At first, I decided I had imagined it.
A few mins later, watches picked. I heard the same words again. Only this time, a little more insistent.
Finally payment made, we're at the door. Same voice, except this time, He said, 'Now, you go over there and ask that man if you could pray for him!'
I sheepishly tell DH, 'I think the Lord wants us[?] to ask that man if we can pray for him. Ever ready for the good stuff, DH says, 'let's do it'. Glad there were two of us who would look crazy, i finally obeyed.
I believe if i had persisted in my disobedience, the Lord would've found Him another willing soul.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/5/2009 4:55:47 PM
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Our God is a God who speaks. Do a study on "the voice of the Lord" and you will find countless Scriptures. However, I have never heard an audible voice. I have heard the 'still small (inner) voice' often, God has spoken to me through visions, dreams, prophecy, and even angels, but I have never heard an audible voice. However, I do believe He does speak in an audible voice. He did in in the Bible, and I believe He can and still does do it today. If we aren't hearing His voice as His children, it is time to stop, be still, and 'know that He is Lord.' as Psalm 46:10 says. God is a God who speaks!
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/5/2009 7:45:01 PM
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WillingSpirit
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No, I never have.
Apparently God has never had the need to speak to me directly. While He clearly can, and does on occasion, we should not go around expecting to hear directly from God. God has given us all the principles and guidance that the vast majority of us need for our entire lives through the teaching we find in the Bible. That is generally enough.
I think God speaks directly to every Christian (including you), even if it's not audible.When you read the bible and the Holy Spirit makes certain verses come alive, that is God speaking directly to you as an individual.It doesn't have to be an audible voice to be direct communication.
So far I've never heard God's audible voice, but he definitely speaks to me directly and very personally.I think God speaks to each of us on a daily basis.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/5/2009 8:10:09 PM
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I have - I was sitting in church during the sermon and was trying to decide if I was late or not and I heard a male voice say "You're pregnant". PBee wasn't there, just my little boy and an empty pew behind me. I turned and looked and the nearest fellow and realized that he would never say that, and certainly not during the sermon.
I went back to counting days and adding up the stressors in my life (lost my job, had the flu, had a reaction to meds and had a neg preg blood test) and as I decided I couldn't be, I heard it again, "No, you're pregnant. She is going to be just fine."
DeeDee was born that September. She was in the NICU for 4 days, and in Childrens a month later for 3 days. Both times I never fretted and insisted they would not find any problem and we'd be home soon. After all, I was told she would be "Just fine."
But, even as I say I heard a real, audible voice - I'm sure that no one else did.
Boy, you should have seen the look on my sweetie's face when I came home insisting I didn't need to buy a test to know we were expecting, but we should anyhow, just to be able to say it was positive when I called the doctor.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/5/2009 8:21:14 PM
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Peregrin1972
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Last June I made a very bad decision. Two days later I "heard" a male voice say, in my soul, "WAKE UP!" I changed my decision and haven't been the same since. I went from apathy and doubt of God's very existence to worshiping Him, praising Him, and loving Him and His church in a way I have never done before.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/5/2009 8:27:39 PM
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WanderingLamb
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Great stories!
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/6/2009 10:23:59 AM
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armywifey
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Yes.
It was Christmas morning 1999.
I was in a terrible depression and had been contemplating suicide. My husband was in the kitchen with the children getting the Christmas dinner started while I was in the living room thinking about when and how and where to kill myself.
I heard Him say, in a resounding voice, that reached all the way into me and as loudly as I have ever heard anything, "Do you trust Me?"
I tried to answer flippantly, "Yes of course I do."
He asked again, "Do you trust Me??"
The second time I broke down bawling like a baby and answered truthfully, "Very little".
Gently, He asked, "Why?"
I answered, "Because I don't know what You are going to do".
He said, "Give Me what little faith you DO have and I will cause it to be an oak tree of faith that others will come to for shade".
That was the end of the descent into depression and suicide and since then I have seen God fulfill that word to me.
It still brings me to tears to remember that.
That's very powerful. When God gives me those profound sentences i never doubt it's him, b/c i am not smart enough to plant those thoughts there myself!!
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/6/2009 11:53:37 AM
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I was at a conference about 7 years ago. I had gone with a church group, and we had each decided which breakout sessions we would attend in order to "divide and conquer" the sessions we all felt would be beneficial to our group. There was one particular speaker that I always enjoyed hearing and would always make an effort to attend his sessions. This particular hour, however, had me in another breakout session. I was first in the room, reading through the program when I clearly heard a voice say, "Mr. ____ is in the gymnasium." I turned around to speak to the person, but there was no one there. Thinking I was imagining things, I turned back around and went back to reading the program. The voice came again, louder this time, with the same sentence. Again, no one had yet entered the room, but there were people coming in. "But, I need to be here. We already agreed that I should attend this session," I whispered, feeling very foolish. The third time was a shout, very loudly. That time, I got up and went to the gym. As it turned out, Mr. _____ 's session not only addressed a personal need, but a group one as well. His session extended into more than the program had described, and I was able to share more with the group than I could have imagined.
The second time, God softly reassured me that he loved me when I was going through a difficult time. He was asking me to give something up, and I was resisting. The reassurance was as if a voice was speaking to me saying "Because I love you, I'm telling you to do this." Not quite as audible as the first, but I definitely knew it was the Holy Spirit.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/6/2009 4:56:18 PM
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Narcil
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I think God speaks directly to every Christian (including you), even if it's not audible.When you read the bible and the Holy Spirit makes certain verses come alive, that is God speaking directly to you as an individual.It doesn't have to be an audible voice to be direct communication.
So far I've never heard God's audible voice, but he definitely speaks to me directly and very personally.I think God speaks to each of us on a daily basis.
I think you're mostly right about that. Clearly, when I said that God has not spoken to me directly and the Christians should not go around expecting to receive direct personal messages from God, I was not referring to the teaching and guidance that God has given all of us that is contained within the Bible.
I say "mostly right," because, while "the Holy Spirit makes certain verses come alive," is a turn-of-phrase that is used often in Christian circles, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that statement. I've heard that phrase used in ways that I believe to be Biblical, but I've also heard it used to excuse/support what I would consider to be abuses of the Biblical texts.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/6/2009 5:10:19 PM
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Narcil
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John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
godzgyrl05, I don't mean to pick on you, but you used a John 10:27 in your post in a way many (if not most) Christians use it. Unfortunately, using that verse to support the idea that God will speak directly and personally to most if not all Christians is taking it badly out of context.
In context, that passage (John 10:22-30) says:
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At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are i the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”
It is plain to see that when Jesus says "my sheep hear my voice" in the context of this passage, He is not talking about direct, personal communication with any or all of His followers; He is speaking about the call to salvation, which His sheep hear and respond to by placing their faith in Him.
While I believe that God begins to work on the heart of a person long before he turns to Christ, that call to salvation doesn't generally involve direct personal communication from God to the individual (although I do know of a few exceptions).
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/6/2009 9:43:12 PM
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WillingSpirit
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I think God speaks directly to every Christian (including you), even if it's not audible.When you read the bible and the Holy Spirit makes certain verses come alive, that is God speaking directly to you as an individual.It doesn't have to be an audible voice to be direct communication.
So far I've never heard God's audible voice, but he definitely speaks to me directly and very personally.I think God speaks to each of us on a daily basis.
I think you're mostly right about that. Clearly, when I said that God has not spoken to me directly and the Christians should not go around expecting to receive direct personal messages from God, I was not referring to the teaching and guidance that God has given all of us that is contained within the Bible.
I say "mostly right," because, while "the Holy Spirit makes certain verses come alive," is a turn-of-phrase that is used often in Christian circles, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that statement. I've heard that phrase used in ways that I believe to be Biblical, but I've also heard it used to excuse/support what I would consider to be abuses of the Biblical texts.
I'm not sure why you don't know what I mean, or how to better explain what I said.I thought I communicated very clearly.
When you say that the phrase "the Holy Spirit makes certain verses come alive" has been used to support certain abuses of biblical text, I'm not sure what your referring to exactly.I honestly didn't think my use of that phrase would become an issue or a stumbling block to being understood.
If anything can be understood from my bible comment, obviously I'm suggesting that the Holy Spirit speaks directly to people through the bible.I'm suggesting that the Holy Spirit speaks in a very personal way through the bible (not sure if you agree with that or not).Some of your earlier comments give the impression that you don't really believe in a personal relationship with God.The idea that God just speaks to us on rare occasions, perhaps going a whole lifetime without personally communicating to us.We don't need a personal relationship with God or for God to talk to us, only the Bible.The Bible vs. a personal relationship with God (as if these two things don't go together).
When I hear different Christians make the argument that God doesn't speak to us today and all we have is the bible (an argument not supported by the bible), it's a reflection of a very hardcore form of cessationist theology.The comment typically comes from the non-charismatic variety of Baptist or Protestant-Fundamentalist.(I'm using the term "Fundamentalist" in the traditional use of the word, of which I could be classified).What you seem to be saying is a slight twist on that argument, God almost never speaks and all we need is the bible.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/7/2009 4:12:52 PM
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Not audibly, but pretty close. It happened twice, and both times it "sounded" to my mind the same as an audible sound would, except that I knew my physical ears were not involved.
Yes, any audible voice that I have heard has always only been in my head instead.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/7/2009 5:28:57 PM
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Nope. And I have never met anyone who has claimed to hear Him audibly either.
He doesn't need to speak audibly to me to convey His thoughts or commands. The Holy Spirits leading and guidance speaks volumes without uttering a word.
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/8/2009 9:54:34 PM
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WillingSpirit
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Narcil,
I feel that my previous post to you was a bit on the harsh side and wish I would have worded things differently.It's to late to edit (I've tried).I didn't resort to name calling or anything like that, but could have responded in a better manner.
Some of what I said in that post was influenced by what you wrote to godzgyrl105 on John 10:27 (which I see from a different perspective).
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/9/2009 3:56:25 PM
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ServantPrincess
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Oh brethren! For once, let's all just rejoice in what God is doing.
If you've heard Him audibly, blessed be His holy name....no lookin' down charismatic noses at others.
If you haven't heard Him audibly, blessed be His holy name...no despising and downplaying the experiences of those who have.
Someday in eternity, none of this will matter but that we made it to the great celestial city!
Praise God for however He chooses to speak to His own. The important thing is to be led by His Spirit.
May you be led in His paths of righteousness this week....
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RE: Have you ever heard God speak in an audible voice? - 11/10/2009 8:55:11 AM
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armywifey
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ORIGINAL: ServantPrincess
Oh brethren! For once, let's all just rejoice in what God is doing.
If you've heard Him audibly, blessed be His holy name....no lookin' down charismatic noses at others.
If you haven't heard Him audibly, blessed be His holy name...no despising and downplaying the experiences of those who have.
Someday in eternity, none of this will matter but that we made it to the great celestial city!
Praise God for however He chooses to speak to His own. The important thing is to be led by His Spirit.
May you be led in His paths of righteousness this week....
Amen!
It's sad b/c when people are demon possesed they may speak in other voices, when a person is oppresed by an evil spirit they may share being able to visibly see or hear it. Christians usually don't question it, but by gosh, say you heard the voice of God and ppl have to interject how they think it's not possible.
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