| Points | 9/10 |
| Due | January 17, 2023 |
Assignments to be completed
- 4 Keys to Hearing God’s Voice
- Introduction
- Chapter One
- Dialogue with God
- Introduction
- Chapter One
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Watch Session 1 of the teaching, following along and taking notes in your LEARN notebook.
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Answer the exercise questions for Lesson 1 found in the Quiz section of the Kairos portal.
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Memorize Habakkuk 2:1,2.
- Each day this week, read the corresponding devotional for that day from Talking with Jesus. Meditate on the words of Jesus, both Logos, and rhema. Take the time to see if there is anything else He wants to say to you specifically from the passages.
Subjects to be explored
- Introduction to the Four Keys to Hearing God’s Voice
Related objectives
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You will quote Habakkuk 2:1, 2.
I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am reproved. Then the Lord answered me and said, “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run.”
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You will briefly state the four keys to hearing God’s voice.
Stillness, Vision, Spontaneity, Journaling
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You will state the definitions of logos and rhema.
- logos
- the content of the message
- rhema
- how the message was received
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5 Safeguards in Dialogue with God
- The Scriptures
- The Body of Christ
- Humility
- Testing
- The Desire of God's Heart
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Memorize Hearing God's voice is as simple as quieting yourself down, fixing your eyes on Jesus, tuning to spontaneity, and writing!
Chapter 1: How I Discovered the Four Keys
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Not just doctrine
- John 5:39-40: You search the Scriptures…and unwilling to come to Me.
- Where do we "hear" these words that Jesus "spoke" today?
- “Intellectual exercise does not profit our spirit at all”
- Ex 15:26: He speaks directory to us.
- “So listening to God’s voice came before the Law was given”
- Faith is more important than the Law
- Does the "Law" here means the bible?
- “Hear him speak is more important than follwing the law, the Torah, the Scriptures”
- John 5:39-40: You search the Scriptures…and unwilling to come to Me.
- Charles Finney: Three Classes of Christians
- Saved class: Love the Scriptures
- Laying too much stress in teaching and believing the facts and doctrines of the Gospel
- Stopping short of trusting the personal Christ
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“Hearing god’s voice cannot be anything more difficult than an 8-year-old can do!”
- 4 Keys to hearing God’s voice:
- Stillness: Quiet yourself so you can hear God’s voice
- Vision: Look for vision as you pray.
- Spontaneity: Recognize God’s voice as spontaneous thoughts that light upon your mind.
- Journaling: Write down that flow of thoughts and pictures.
- “Worked in every culture and every circumstance and every age group”
I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am reproved. Then the LORD answered me and said, “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.”
- 4 Keys: Habakkuk 2:1-3
- I will stand on my guard post (be still)
- I will keep watch to see (fix your eyes on Jesus)
- He will speak to me (tune to spontaneity)
- Then the Lord answered me and said, “Record the vision.” (Write the flow of thoughts and pictures that light upon your heart and mind)
- Reflections on Learning to Hear God’s Voice
- Christ often speaks back to us using Scripture (rhema and Logos)
- Look to experiences as experiments, grow in confidence and saw positive results
- React to God’s ideas through analytical thoughts and questions. Distinction between Christ’s spontaneous thoughts and my analytical thoughts
- His voice lines up with inner thoughts (you already have) don’t doubt that it is His voice
- God doesn’t want anything more than you have given
- When prayers are not answered, ask Him why