God WANTS you to hear His voice even more than you DESIRE to hear it.
The most EXCITING way you can hear from God.
I Kings 19:12 And after the fire came a GENTLE WHISPER.
Sometimes God speaks LOUDLY, but often He speaks through a WHISPER.
The most exciting way to hear from God is through the PROMPTINGS of the
HOLY SPIRIT.
John 16:7 But in fact, it is BEST for you that I GO AWAY, because if I don’t, the
Advocate (Holy Spirit) won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.
The Holy Spirit is a WHO not and IT.
The Holy Spirit is PERSONAL.
If the Holy Spirit isn’t PERSONAL, you will miss his PROMPTINGS.
John 16:13 But when HE, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will GUIDE YOU into all
the truth.
Acts 8:29 The SPIRIT TOLD PHILIP, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
Acts 10:19-20 “While Peter was still thinking…THE SPIRIT SAID TO
HIM…get up and go downstairs.”
Acts 20:22 Paul was COMPELLED BY THE SPIRIT to go to Jerusalem.
A Prompting from the Holy Spirit will:
1. Never CONTRADICT God’s word.
2. Never be MOTIVATED by selfishness.
3. Often require a SACRIFICE.
4. Often require you to take a RISK.
1. Never CONTRADICT God’s word.
John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the
truth.
John 17:17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
2. Never be MOTIVATED by selfishness.
Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in
humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each
of you to the interests of others.
Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of
the flesh.
3. Often require a SACRIFICE. (time, money, convenience)
Acts 20:35 Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
4. Often require you to take a RISK.
1. Never CONTRADICT God’s word.
2. Never be MOTIVATED by selfishness.
3. Often require a SACRIFICE.
4. Often require you to take a RISK.
