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206 Responding to God’s voice Part 2
How God speaks to us Talk 22 Responding to God’s Voice (Part 2) Receiving and using spiritual gifts 1 Corinthians 12:11 tells us that it’s the Holy Spirit himself who determines what gifts he should give us. But that does not mean that we cannot put ourselves in a position where we are most likely…
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205 Responding to God’s voice Part 1
How God speaks to us Talk 21 Responding to God’s Voice (Part 1) This series has been about how God speaks to us. In our last talk we were considering how to hear him. In this talk and the next – apologies for saying last time that this would be the last talk – we’ll…
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204 How to hear God’s voice
How God speaks to us Talk 20 How to hear his voice Throughout this series we’ve been looking at the many different ways in which God may speak to us. But now it’s important that we consider two final things: How to hear his voice How to respond (which we’ll talk about next time) Before…
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203 Other ways God guides us
How God speaks to us Talk 19 Other ways God guides us In recent talks we have identified five ways in which God may speak to us directly without involving other people: By his audible voice By angels By dreams and visions By supernatural signs By promptings, the inner voice of his Spirit Today we’re…
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202 The voice within – God speaks through promptings
Talk 18 Promptings – the voice within In recent talks we’ve been looking at ways in which God speaks to us directly rather than through other people. We’ve considered how he may speak with an audible voice, or through angels, or by dreams and visions, or by supernatural signs. We now turn our attention to…
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201 God speaks through supernatural signs
How God speaks to us Talk 17 Supernatural signs Another way God speaks to us is by supernatural signs. In Acts 2:22 Peter refers to Jesus as a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs. And in Hebrews 2:4 we read that God testifies to our…
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200 God speaks to us directly Part 2
Talk 16 God speaks to us directly Part 2 Dreams and visions I guess most Christians know that the Bible contains many references to God speaking to people through a dream or vision. The book of Genesis alone contains some 40 references to the word dream, and at least seven…
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199 God speaks to us directly Part 1
Talk 15 God speaks to us directly (Part 1) The Bible is full of examples of God speaking very directly, often without any human involvement. Some of the ways he speaks like this include: an audible voice angels dreams and visions supernatural signs promptings. We’ll look at each of these in turn, starting…
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198 God speaks through Prophets and prophecy Part 2
How God speaks to us Talk 14 Prophets and Prophecy (Part 2) The ministry of a prophet From what we’ve said so far, it should be clear that although all Christians are to ‘prophesy’ in the general sense of speaking on God’s behalf, not all will exercise the gift of prophecy. And not…
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197 God speaks through Prophets and prophecy Part 1
How God speaks to us Talk 13 Prophets and Prophecy (Part 1) We saw last time that God speaks to us through pastors and preachers, but, as we shall see today, he also speaks to us through prophets and the gift of prophecy. We’ll begin by explaining what prophecy is. In the English language the…