God Speaks When We’re Ready

“Be still, and know that I am God.” —Psalm 46:10
“For as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As the Father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him…” —Psalm 103:12-13
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” —Psalm 139:23-24
1. Ask God to search your heart
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” —Proverbs 3:34
“The heart is the most deceitful thing there is, and desperately wicked.” —Jeremiah 17:9
“All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.” —Psalm 14:3
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” —Galatians 5:22
2. Ask God to reveal your anxious thoughts
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” —2 Timothy 1:7
“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” —1 John 4:4
3. Ask the Lord to uncover any hidden sin
“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.” —Proverbs 12:1
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” —Matthew 7:3
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” —James 5:16
4. Ask the Lord to lead you
David’s Prayer: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” —Psalm 139:23-24