All right, and welcome, welcome those of you that are online for the new series, How to
Hear the Voice of God.
I'm attempting to do a Facebook Live, at least for part of it as well.
So if you're having trouble joining, there was some tech challenges with any meeting,
so you can join here on Facebook Live as well.
I'm so excited to get into this content, but I want to start with prayer.
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I'll be praying as well, but let's just start with a prayer because I'm super excited to
get into the content today.
How to hear the voice of God.
If you have been hungry for more of God, if you've been hungry to really have a sense
of direction, especially in the middle of all of this, all of this craziness that's
going on right now, I'm excited to share this content.
It's something that has completely changed my life, and I believe it has the potential
to change yours as well.
So let's start with prayer.
Thanks for joining all of those that are jumping on Facebook Live right now.
Welcome, welcome.
So, Father, I just thank you.
I thank you for everybody that is listening, be it on Facebook or online or even to the
recording.
Thank you for bringing us together right now.
Thank you for the topic that's going to be discussed that's so dear to you and so dear
to me, the ability to hear your voice.
So Holy Spirit, I just invite you, I just invite you to just invade the environment,
invade the rooms of everybody listening to this.
Let your peace that passes all understanding guard their heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
Open our spiritual senses to really hear what the Spirit is saying for this season.
For now, we're hungry for fresh revelation.
Even beggars don't like old bread.
We don't want old bread, Lord.
We want fresh manna today.
So I ask that the words of my mouth, the meditation of my heart will be pleasing in your sight.
I ask that you will speak today in big ways.
I ask that you will bless every single person listening to this call, Lord God, with your
presence, with your peace, with your healing.
Lord, God, I just pray you'll break any spirit of anxiety or fear.
I pray you'll draw families together.
I pray ahead your protection around every person listening, around our nation, around
the world.
I ask that angels be released on assignment, Father God.
Thank you for your word.
Thank you for revealing your word today.
We pray for fresh rhema, fresh revelation.
And we ask it in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Again, welcome all of you that were joining during that prayer.
This is lesson number one.
I haven't done Bible-based spiritual equipping for a while, so I'm excited to be back here
and be with you and share a topic that I think is so important.
You know, I have to tell you that this subject is new to me in my faith walk.
When I say new, I mean the last 15 years.
I have been really following God and walking with God for, gosh, since I was 16 years old.
So I won't tell you how many years that is, that would give away my age.
But I can remember, I can remember the day that, I can remember the day that my sister-in-law,
she was going to become my sister-in-law.
It was the second day after I'd met her, and she came bouncing up on my front door.
Remember second day I met her, she comes bouncing up my door.
And as I opened the door, she rings the bell.
As I opened the door, she's like, oh, oh, oh, God woke me up in the middle of the night
and told me to give you this.
And she hands me this notebook piece of paper that's written all over.
And I'm thinking, the woman is nuts.
I can't imagine someone hearing from God and dictating it all and handing it to me.
That was the beginning of a new season for me.
You see, everything on that page came true.
And it was so detailed, and it was something that others could not have known.
And especially
they could not have known the depth of what it shared and what ended up
happening and that opened my eyes and I'll tell you what happened that day is
it created a holy hunger in me to want to hear from God like that and it woke
up something in me and I pressed in to God from that point on and a whole
series of miracles happened I filled up 12 journals with the miracles that
happened and so I'm going to share some of the truths I learned about that and
pray that the same thing happens for you that this is just a brand new experience
for you to be able to to hear the voice of God so if you are online I'm showing
the slides if you're watching on Facebook live that's too much for me to
juggle right now I'll try to figure this out as we go but I will give you
the verses so take notes go back over this the recording will be available and
we'll go from there so let me advance the slides so I'm going to begin with a
little bit of history biblical history lesson not boring kind of history but
let me see if I can move this message out of the way and not get sidetracked
I'm hoping I can yes okay it was blocking everything okay let's try it
there all right so a little history lesson because scripture when we study
scripture it says that we are to compare precept upon precept line upon line and
be able to compare here a little there a little we'll get the whole counsel of
God the danger is if we pull one verse out and try to make a case and so what I
love to do is give you the full picture of this so a little history lesson from
Genesis to Revelation scriptures filled with examples of into individuals who
heard from God now some people in this day and age think that everything
happened in the Bible and that's the end and I have always questioned that
why would God be less in this generation why would he speak to people less in
this generation than he would back then and I think you're going to begin to see
that's just not the case and so from Genesis to Revelation we see that God
spoke to individuals but we also see something very very interesting and that
is in the Garden of Eden we see that the two-way communication the pure
communication between God and people is broken and it's hindered and it's
hindered by fear we see that human emotions came in of guilt and shame and
fear and people began to hide and this is still the case it's this hiding and
so you can make the note if you're not seeing the scripture if you got your
Bible open it's Genesis chapter 3 verses 9 and 10 I am reading from the amplified
translation and it says the Lord God called to Adam and said to him where are
you see God is always seeking us out where are you and he said I heard the
sound of you walking in the garden and there it is and I was afraid because I
was naked and so I hid myself and so we see that communication is broken because
of fear and so now as we go a little bit further down in history we get to
Moses we get to the time of the Exodus and by the time of this time the fear
had led the people to say to individuals such as Moses hey you go hear from God
me I'm I'm backing up you go ahead and hear I I don't want to go here and so we
see this in Exodus 20 verses 18 through 21 and I find this interesting I find
that history repeats itself how many times do we rely on other people to hear
directly from God and I pray that if nothing else you're encouraged in this
study that you can hear from God directly and in fact this is what God
desires but here we see it all the way back in Exodus Exodus 20 verses 18 to 21
it says now all the people witnessed the thunder and the flood
flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the smoking mountains and God was showing up showing off in power and it says
the people were afraid and
They trembled and they moved
backward and they stood at a safe distance and
Then they said to Moses you go ahead
You go on in there. It says you speak to us and we'll listen
But don't let God speak to us or we'll die and
So you begin to get this?
You begin to get this
misconception and this fear of God that
Just all right. Here we are. And so he says
This misconception of God that he is this fearful and that we can't go and let someone else go
And someone else has to be holy to hear for us and we can't hear for ourselves and Moses tried to tell him he said
Don't be afraid
don't be afraid and
So it says that the people stood at a safe distance
But Moses approached the thick cloud where God was and of course if you dig into that scripture
God Moses was hungry. He was like show me your glory. Show me more
but the people
they were afraid and
So as you go through I'm doing the fast history
Lesson to bring us to here and now and today as you go forward you see this type of thing you see where the people
Ask God for Kings. They didn't want to be a theocracy. They didn't want God to rule them
they wanted Kings to be like the other nations and
They asked God to speak through others and so we began to have prophets and the Holy Spirit would come on certain
Individuals and speak his word and that's all the way through the Old Testament
So you've got all of the prophets the the lesser known as the lesser smaller books of prophets the bigger
You see in Amos 3 7 that the Lord God will do nothing
Without revealing his secret through the prophets
And so God has always chosen to speak to man and through man
And it's his desire for us to be knowing what he's doing to be in the middle of it to hear
Directly and not secondhand
so fast forward to the New Testament from the birth of Christ it introduced a whole new era and
It introduced what's known as the new covenant which is which is known as a bigger covenant and
In this covenant instead of the Holy Spirit falling on individuals
single individuals for a reason for a season for specific time
We see that all
Individuals have the potential it says that we became the very temple
But we become aware of this in the New Testament that we have the ability to be the
Container of the Holy Spirit. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit
And so you see Paul writing that in 1st Corinthians 6 19 that says do you not know?
that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit who is in you and
So when you begin to realize you are the very container of the Holy Spirit and that's got all kinds of
Implications we have the mind of Christ
We have the ability scripture says that those that are led by the Spirit are the sons and daughters of God
So we we have this ability from the inside to to hear to discern to learn to feel to be led
From the inside. We don't have to wait for a person to tell us we don't have to have
an
Intermediate person and of course, we see that
revealed very clearly in scripture
When Jesus was here, he modeled it for us and then we see at the time of Jesus death
We see very symbolic things happening where the curtain in the physical temple
there was a curtain that divided the the most holy place from the holy place from the outer courtyard and
Only the high priest at that time could go into the innermost place where the very presence of God was the Shekinah glory
Was and anyone else went in there they would die that curtain was ripped in two. It was a thick high
Tapestry separating it many layers thick and and very high and when Jesus died on that cross that was ripped
signifying a
Change had happened a new era would happen. And so from the time Jesus was here. He emphasized
relationship. And I want to talk about that for a minute. I want to give an
example and then I want to dive into being able to hear from God right here
right now. I believe that that if you have not, if this is new to you, I believe
that this can open a whole new season in your relationship with God. A whole new
ability to to hear from God. If it's not new to you, I pray that it stirs up a
hunger for you to go deeper and go into whole new levels in this season of
hearing directly from God. And so Jesus modeled that it's about relationship and
this is a key distinction if that's new for you. That it's not about religion,
it's about relationship. Relationship. You see sometimes we want to hear from God
and we want like just the facts. We want like information. Like tell me where to
go. Tell me what to do. Tell me what it is. We want information. But what you see is
that God deals in relationship first. In relationship. And so you see in John 10,
10 verses 10 through 14, that it's he uses the metaphor of a shepherd. And I
want you to consider for a minute, Jesus is the Good Shepherd. I want you to
consider the role of a shepherd because this will be very comforting for you as
you go through this season. And it will give you a depth of understanding when
you understand a shepherd and the role of a shepherd. You see David understood
shepherd because he was. And so Psalms 23 is one of the most loved Psalms. One of
the most loved passages in all of Scripture. And it's given great comfort to
people for for many many years. Thousands of years. Psalms 23. And as David
understood what it meant to be a shepherd, God would prepare him to rise
and know what it is to have so much peace on the outside that as a little
shepherd boy he would rise to be a king. And he would bring the golden age of
Israel. And he would have so much peace on the inside. He would be able to bring
peace and lead a golden age. The longest period of peace in Israel. Because he
understood what it meant to have a shepherd and to be a shepherd. And so I
pray that that becomes big for you. So back to John 10. 10 through 14. I know I
jumped through that, but the Holy Spirit led me to really share that. He says when
the shepherd has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them. And the
sheep follow him because they know his voice. And this is what I want to
encourage each one of you to begin to know the voice of God. This will be huge.
This will be a huge breakthrough. Know the voice of God. And it goes on and says,
they will never on any account follow a stranger, but will run away because they
don't know the voice of a stranger or recognize their call. You see, there's a
lot of voices vying for your attention right now. And they don't all have your
best interests. I'm sure many of you have figured that out. They don't have your
best interest in. And so to be able to discern the voice and the voices and to
be able to discern truth from manipulation and truth from error and to
be able to walk in peace and not be led into fear, we must be able to tap into
the Holy Spirit within us. John 10 10 says, the thief comes to steal and kill
and destroy. There's people that don't have your your best interest in hand. I
think you figured that out. Jesus says, I've come that you can have and you can
enjoy life and have it in abundance. Any of you think that God is a killjoy and
doesn't want you to have fun and and maybe you've been indoctrinated in
religion and all you know is all the do's and don'ts and don't do this and
don't do that. You've missed out on what this is really about. This is that about
enjoying. This is about having the abundant life. This is about prospering
in every area of your life, physically, financially, relationally. And so the
thief comes to steal and take that away from you. But God and Jesus has come that
we might enjoy life and have it abundant to the full, to the full, until it
overflows. God is the God of overflow. He's not the God of chintzy.
We'll see this as we get into other lessons, right?
And so the good shepherd lays down his sheep,
and here it is, I want you to hear this last verse.
Jesus said, I am the good shepherd,
and I know without any doubt those who are my own,
and my own know me,
and they have a deep, personal relationship with me.
This is about walking with God,
and I love what it says a little later in John,
where it says, I do not call you servants.
I don't call you slaves.
God is not looking for slaves.
I don't call you servants or slaves,
because a servant or slave doesn't know
what his master is doing,
but I've called you my friends.
I've called you my friends,
and it goes on to say, why?
Because I've made known to you everything
that I've heard from my father.
I've revealed to you.
That's revelation knowledge.
God doesn't want mechanical robots, okay?
Our educational system often, our government,
it's designed to make us, you know,
just, well, I hate to say it, dumbed down consumers.
I'm gonna step out on a line a little bit, right?
Designed to make us just workabies,
and follow along, and create fear,
and control.
That's not God, and that's not Jesus,
and he wanted you to know, that's not what I'm about.
I want to reveal, and he goes on to say,
this is John 15, 11 through 15, by the way,
and let me read it in the message.
This is really cool.
I've told you these things for a purpose,
that my joy may be your joy,
and your joy may wholly mature.
Did you know your joy can mature?
This is my command.
Love one another the way that I have loved you.
This is the very best way to love.
Put your life on the line for your friends,
and you are my friends,
when you do the things I command you.
I'm not calling you a servant,
because servants don't understand
what their master is thinking.
They don't understand what their master is thinking.
It says, and planning.
Says, no, I've named you friends,
because I've let you in
on everything I've heard from the Father.
So this is about learning the rhema word.
There's two types of word.
There's the logos word, the written word,
and yes, that's a foundation.
We love it.
It equips us, and it gives us an understanding,
and I'm reading to you from the logos word,
the written word,
but the rhema word is very specific.
The rhema word is for you, for now, for this moment.
I'm gonna be sharing many, many miracles
throughout all of this,
because I wanna raise up and stir up your faith.
I'm gonna be sharing so many God stories,
and I hope you will too.
I hope you'll share yours as well,
and leave them in the comments,
because I wanna stir up your faith.
I wanna stir up your understanding.
I wanna stir up that you walk in this peace
that passes all understanding,
that you are not scared by everything going on,
and you'll begin to see all of the wonderful things
that are possible.
So when Jesus died on the cross, I shared,
the veil was torn, and it signified a new thing,
and then I want you to see in John 16, seven,
as Jesus is getting ready to leave,
and I want you to see what he says.
It's so, here we are.
I want you to see what this says.
You see, they were heartbroken
that Jesus is talking about dying,
and that he's talking about leaving.
They thought he was the conquering king
that was gonna solve all their problems.
They thought that this was gonna usher in the era
that they had been praying and hoping for,
and so they're completely distraught
at the thought that Jesus is leaving,
but listen to what Jesus says.
It's so important, it's so powerful.
He says, however, I'm telling you nothing but the truth
when I say it's profitable, it's good, it's expedient,
it's advantageous, the Amplified Translation says,
for you that I go.
Why, why was it good that Jesus would go away?
Remember, Jesus was fully man here.
He came here, and so he could only be in one place
at one time, he says, because if I don't go away,
the comforter, and I love the way the Amplified
translates the words for the Holy Spirit.
because the language is so rich. The Comforter. How many of you need a Comforter right now?
The Comforter. The Counselor. How many of you need a Counselor right now? The Helper.
The Helper. The Advocate. The Intercessor. The Strengthener. The Standby. If I don't go,
the Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Comforter, Strengthener, Standby will not come to you
into close fellowship with you. But if I go away, I'm going to send them to you to be in
close fellowship with you. You see, God's heart is fellowship. It's communion. It's oneness.
And He wants to reveal everything to you. He wants you to have the peace that passes all
understanding. He wants you to have the understanding for the season, for the times.
And I love it goes on to say that, but the Helper, Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor,
Counselor, Strengthener, Standby, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,
in my place to represent me and act on my behalf. Look at this. He, that Comforter,
that Holy Spirit, He will teach you all things. You gotta love that. He'll teach you all things
and He'll help you remember. We've forgotten so many things. Help you remember everything I've
told you. That's John 14, 26. Look at John 16, 12 and 13. Jesus said, I have many things to say
to you, many, many things to say to you, but you can't bear to hear them now. I want you to
understand that Revelation, Rhema, revealed word, Revelation is ever expanding like our universe.
Revelation has no end. It's infinite. It's ever expanding. You can never know all God has for you.
That's the divine adventure. He wants to continue to reveal it. If you're stuck, if you're stuck on
old Sunday school teaching and that's as far as you got as little baby Jesus and you're not walking
in the glory of Revelation now, I got news for you. There's so much excitement God has for you.
There's so much He wants to share with you. And so it says here, I've got so much I want to share,
but you're not ready yet. But when He, the Spirit of truth comes, He'll guide you into all truth,
the full and complete truth. So this is part of why we want to hear from God. We're going to be
led and guided to ever expanding truth. You see, He'll not speak on His own initiative. He'll speak
whatever He hears from the Father and He will disclose it to you. He'll disclose to you, look at this,
what is to come in the future. Remember, I read that scripture earlier that God never does anything
without revealing it first to the prophets. And here we see that that's the role of the Holy Spirit.
He's going to show you. You're not meant to be in fear and in the dark in a corner, not knowing
what's going on. I can't tell you how many journals I filled up with the miracles that God has shown
me in advance what was going to happen. And it happened to the tea. I shared that opening story.
God had showed my sister-in-law, Laura, what was going to happen in my company, in my marriage. It
was all already being revealed to me before it ever happened. And this is the beauty of what God
wants to do with each one of us. And so my question to you, this is really an opening session. It's an
opening session to begin to create a hunger and a desire in you to want to know more. And we're
going to dig in every week. We're going to dig into the ways that God speaks. You're going to
understand dreams and visions and revelation and prophetic utterances. You're going to understand
the gifts of the Spirit. You're going to understand all the ways God speaks and have a better
understanding. And you're also going to understand the ways that you may have blocked hearing from
God. And I'm going to give you a little teaser of that in just a second. But this is just an
opening session. And the question I have for you as we wrap this up, and I want to continue
this conversation with you, is what is it worth
to you to hear the voice of God. How hungry are you to know what God is
saying for you, for your family, for our nation, for the world, for this this
season? You know, put in the comments. Are you hungry? Do you desire that? Do you
long to have this type of intimate relationship with Him? Because God is an
unrelenting lover and He's been pursuing you all your life. And I want to take off
the idea that it's only for the super spiritual, that you have to be all
perfect. History and Scripture doesn't teach that. Yes, He wants us to
walk with clean hands and a pure heart. And yes, the more time you're
spending with Him, the more chances are of you really hearing Him. And the more
word in you, the more word comes out of you. But I can tell you that God
wants to speak to you wherever you are, whatever you're going through, whatever
you're facing. God loves you and He wants to talk to you. He wants an intimate
relationship with you and He responds to your inner hunger. And it says that those
who hunger and thirst after righteousness will be completely
satisfied. Luke 11 9 and 10 says this, so it is with your prayers. Ask and you will
receive. Seek and you will discover. Knock on heaven's door and it will be open for
you. Every persistent person will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker
will discover what he needs. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day
find that open door. And I'm going to close this. We open with a prayer. I'm
going to give a couple more scriptures and I'm going to close with a prayer
that you'll hear from God even more than you've heard in the past. Because He
responds to this inner hunger. And so here's a really important verse. I
mean they're all important, but I find this really timely. 1st Corinthians 14 1.
1st Corinthians 14 1. It says, pursue this love. This is all about love by the
way. This whole conversation. The scriptures say God is love. This is all
about love. This is about hearing from love, speaking love, walking in love,
living love. So it says pursue this love with eagerness. This is 1st Corinthians
14. The chapter before it is 1st Corinthians 13. It's the famous love
chapter. If you haven't read that, go back. 1st Corinthians 13. It is the love
chapter. So this is now the first verse after the love chapter. Pursue this.
Make it your goal. And then it says, yet earnestly desire and cultivate the
spiritual gifts. We're going to be talking about these spiritual gifts.
We're going to be talking about what they are, how they work, how to get them.
I hope you'll leave me lots of questions. I hope you'll leave me comments. But
scripture is saying here, earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual gifts.
To be used by believers to benefit the church at large, the body of Christ, but
especially desire that you may prophesy. We're called to desire that. To
prophesy. To speak a message from God to the people. God wants us all. Yes, there's
people that have, scripture says, the office of prophet. They walk in the
prophetic anointing all the time. But for all of us, one of the gifts of the Spirit
is the ability to prophesy. The ability to hear God's voice and speak God's Word.
And it says here that we're supposed to eagerly desire. And notice this, cultivate
the spiritual gifts. How interesting. Cultivate. You see, it's not something
just, whoof, God gives you spiritual gifts and that's the end of it. We grow in this
gifting. And I'm going to share some, sometimes humorous, sometimes interesting,
as I've grown and learned in that. That's the way I've kind of fumbled and
stumbled through it all. But I can tell you that we cultivate them and they grow
and they grow and they grow. Hebrews 10, 7 and 8. Hebrews 10, 7 and 8 says, this is
why the Holy Spirit says, if only you would listen to his voice. The Holy
Spirit is saying that.
If only you'd listen to his voice today. Now that Hebrews 10, I think it says
today. I don't know how many times, five, six times throughout those couple
chapters. Today. Well, it's still called today. This is not yesterday. Don't live
in the past. The past is gone. This is not about tomorrow. Tomorrow's not here. What
we have is this moment and God has a word for you for this moment, for this
season. He's got peace for this moment, for this season. He's got love bubbling
up for this moment, for this season, for you, for your family, for your love, for
your relationships. So it says if only you would listen to his voice today.
Don't make him angry like the past, hardening your heart. That's one of the
ways we don't hear. We're afraid and we close down our heart. We try to protect
ourselves. We don't want people to hurt us. We don't want any more church wounds.
Many of us have these. We don't want any pain. We just don't want any
of it. So we shut down. We harden our heart. But the truth about hardening your
heart is you're locking yourself in. It's you. It's like unforgiveness. Unforgiveness
is a poison you drink, hoping to hurt someone else, right? So hardening our
heart, it doesn't protect you. That's an illusion. That's an illusion. It doesn't
keep you safe. That's an illusion. It keeps you from enjoying this intimacy
that's available. And so God, the Holy Spirit is saying, if only you'd open your
heart. If only you'd listen to his voice. If only. Keep locking this. All right.
Proverbs 4 or 5, the wisest king on earth says, get skillful and godly wisdom.
Acquire understanding. And look at this. Actively seek spiritual discernment. Now
more than ever, people, friends, we have got to seek discernment. Spiritual
discernment. We have to be discerning. There are agendas that are not in your
best interest. And there are people speaking that are not speaking truth. And
there's people that don't have your best interest at heart. It's so important that
we go directly to the source. When you want pure water, you go to the source.
When you want pure revelation, you go to the source, not secondhand. You go to the
source. And so it says, get this. Get mature comprehension and logical
interpretation. Romans 8, 14 and 15 says, for all who are led by the Spirit of God
are the sons and daughters of God. We're called to be led. I am a dancer. Many of
you know I'm a salsa dancer. And I have learned so much about this verse by
salsa dancing. Some of you probably know my personality. I'm a leader. I'm up in
front, okay? And so I am not always the best follower, right? I'm not always the
best follower. And so dancing was learning to completely surrender and
allow someone to lead me around the floor. And it was not an easy journey. And
I suppose for those of us spiritually, it's the same way. We keep taking back
the steering wheel. We keep taking back control. We keep thinking that somehow
what we know is better than, you know, what the Word is saying. And so then, you
know, I would resist. I try to anticipate. Don't we just want to know everything?
Don't we just want to, like, be ahead of it? And so I would anticipate the steps
that my leader in dancing would take. This is a really bad idea because you
can be wrong. You can anticipate and think it's going right and the leader
goes left. It makes you tense. It makes you on beat. You don't feel the rhythm.
You miss the joy. And so I've learned to surrender and relax into being a
follower. And it is the most amazing experience to learn to dance and be led
away. And this is what God is saying here. We're called to be led by the Spirit of
God. It's a divine dance. And it says, for the Spirit you have received is
not a spirit of slavery. We've talked about that. If you're still serving God
as a slave, you're missing this intimate friendship. It says it's not a spirit of
slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear. This is not about being afraid.
says but you've received the spirit of adoption, the spirit producing sonship, the bliss of which
we cry Abba, Papa, Father. Most intimate words that only a child can use with his father. A
stranger wouldn't walk up to this businessman and say Abba, but we can say to the king of the
universe, Abba, friend. This is what God is calling us to. So I pray it's stirred up a hunger. I'm
going to close us with prayer. I'm going to give you a little teaser. Next week I'm going to share
something. Every Tuesday morning, 7 30. Next week I'm going to share something. I'm going to teach
the ways we hear from God, but I'm also going to teach something from a science perspective. I love
bridging scripture and science. Hearing from God requires us having a right view of God and
how we see ourself is how we see God and how we hear and how we follow. I'm going to teach you
some interesting science about that. I'm going to show you what may be blocking you from truly
hearing from God. But for right now, I think we've covered a lot of territory and a lot of ground.
So for right now, I'm going to close us with prayer. If you want to leave any comments, if you
have any prayer requests, I'm going to be watching. I'm watching the chat on both places. So
those of you, yeah, you are muted, so you need to leave a chat. You can go on Facebook live and
leave a comment there. I'll keep looking this afterwards and be praying for you even after
today and agreeing with you. If you have questions that you would love to talk about, go ahead and
leave that and I'll pick up on that next week. But for right now, I'm just going to pray for you. I'm
just going to pray that this is a new season for you. I'm going to pray that you hear from God,
from Spirit directly, and that it opens a whole new season of joy for you. So let's pray.
Father God, I just thank you. I thank you for every single person that is gathered together
here online, on Facebook live, who are listening to the replay. And I thank you that you ordained
this. There are no accidents. You have called us here for this moment. You drew us here for this
moment because you have revelation knowledge that you want to pour into us. The most you want is an
intimate relationship with you, communion, that we have communion with you. Father God, I ask
that you open our spiritual senses to truly hear what the Spirit is saying in this season,
in this time, that we can not succumb to the fear and the panic and the chaos, but that we will rise
up and be voices of hope and light and love. I ask that we will be voices of wisdom and revelation
and that we will rise up and be part of the solution and not of the problem. I ask that
your peace that passes all understanding guard all of our hearts and mind in Christ Jesus.
I ask that your word, both Logos word and Rhema revelation word, become so dear and precious that
we hunger and thirst after it. And I ask for a mighty outpouring for everybody that can hear
the sound of my voice. I ask for a mighty outpouring of your word of revelation. I pray you will give
them dreams and visions and revelation knowledge and understanding. And for all of us, I ask that
you grow our love walk, that what we do with that increases love in this world. For you so love the
world that you gave your only son. May we walk in that love. Thank you for this time. Bless
every family represented here. I pray ahead your protection. I pray that you will infuse us with a
holy boldness and new courage to rise up. I believe in this season that there's huge opportunity to
serve to make a difference. I believe many people that are listening to the sound of my voice have
been called for a long time to do something. There is a divine purpose in
their life. There is a calling that perhaps they have put aside. They've been too busy. They've been
too distracted. They've been too overwhelmed. They've been too exhausted. And now we've been
given a moment, a break to take a breath. And I pray that they will use this time to deeply connect
with you and to deeply connect with themselves and deeply connect with each other. I pray you'll
raise up a community that encourages and lifts each other. And I pray that what you've called
them to do, that they will boldly start, that they will start that business, that they will
launch that idea, that they will begin that way of serving, that they will write that book,
they will create that music, they will create that video, they will create that course,
they will create that which you put inside them, Father God, for this season.
We love you and we bless you and we thank you in the name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you all for
joining me. I look forward to your comments. Leave comments below. Leave your questions. I
so look forward to hearing from you. Share this with anybody you want. We'll be here again next
Tuesday, every Tuesday, 7 30 in the morning. God bless you. We'll see you next week.