Prayer - Listening to God - Part 3 - September 24th, 2023

• Talking to God - Pre-Made, memorized prayers
• Talking With God - Gratitude, Lament, and Petition/Intercession
• Listening to God- Today
• Being with God - Next Week

John 10:2-5
2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.

Luke 10:39
39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

Deuteronomy 6:4-6
4 Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.

Six Ways We Hear God’s Voice
1. Jesus
2. Scripture
3. Circumstances
4. Desire
5. The Prophetic
6. Listening Prayer

1 - Jesus

Hebrews 1:1-3
1 Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. 2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son, he created the universe. 3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

2 - Scripture
3 - Circumstances
4 - Desires

Jeremiah 17:9
The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked

Psalm 37:4
Take delight in the LORD,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.

5 - Prophecy, Dreams, and Visions
6 - Listening Prayer