Hearing God (Part 1)

Missio Church - Bismarck

Verses Used:

• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• 1 Samuel 3:1-10
• Job 33:14
• Jeremiah 33:3
• Romans 8:35-39
• John 14:26; 16:13; 10:27-28

Takeaways:

Listening Backward

• Simply put, listening backward is reading scripture to hear what God has to say. What has God already said in the past?
• If we desire to hear God speak, we have to start with his written word to us.
• 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.
• When we take time to listen backward through reading the Bible, God speaks.

Listening Forward

• The Holy Spirit works in us: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.”
• “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth…”

It Takes Practice

• Hearing God isn’t a skill that is developed in a day - it is built over time.
• Most of the time though, God speaks to us in less dramatic ways.
• God may speak to you through your circumstances.
• God may speak to you through other brothers and sisters in the faith.

Discussion Questions:

• What might change in your day-to-day life if you learned to better hear God?
• Why do you think both listening backward and forward are helpful?
• What kinds of obstacles keep us from hearing God more regularly?
• What is one change you could make in your life this week to make listening for God’s voice more intentional?

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