Sentences with phrase «voice of god when»

i need to understand how to hear the voice of God when he speaks back to me.

How are we to know the voice of God when we hear it?

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Through memory, Augustine explains at various points in Book X of the Confessions, we are able to review our past actions and discern a variety of important themes: we can see when we were moving towards God and (conversely) when we were moving away from Him; when we discerned the good rightly and sought it properly and (conversely) when we misidentified the good and sought experiences or possessions that were bad for us; when God was calling us towards Himself, whether we heard His voice or not; and so on.

Of course, we need to understand ourselves, too, but when I look inside and hear a voice, I really don't know if it is me talking or God talking.

When men, who have agency and voice, are silent against the sexual predation of women, they not only contribute to the shame that victims feel, they empower the predators who use wealth and power to continue their assault on our sisters created in the image of God.

Years ago, Pearson believed he heard the voice of God reveal to him that there was no eternal hell where unbelievers would go when they die.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

When we know God's voice and answer his call, we sing, and as our soul «magnifies the Lord» we ourselves are magnified, becoming greater than the sum of our parts.

When we listen to the voice of God along life's journey, are we always to expect an easy, smooth road?

I love the sacraments, I love Scripture, and I know that my faith, my understanding of God, is cerebral and it's strong; in my spirit and it's awake; in my heart and it's love, but here in my body it's all earthy and sensual, it's the catch in my throat when I sing the words I've sung a hundred times, in the creak of my knees when I hit the floor, unable to stand any longer, in the tremor of my hands when I tremble, in the strength of my voice singing out ahead of my own life.

It is a particularly troubling matter when God goes silent on us, when we can't hear his voice at all, whether it's a tender whisper of encouragement, raucous laughter, or a thundering rebuke, it is then that we are most keenly aware of God.

But again it's hard to see that Christianity is taking a non-political route to their ideals for this country when we have people claiming to be the voice of god and wanting to be elected for it.

- Writer C. Terry Cline Jr. says when God speaks to him, it is in the scolding voice of Pee - Wee Herman - «What did I tell you?»

'' Today, the (overwhelming majority of Americans)-- including the * overwhelming majority of American Christians * — now believe that when God has something to say He speaks in less dramatic ways, including the still small voices in our hearts and the slightly louder voices of the preachers in our pulpits.»

That explanation would have made sense to me last year, when it felt like I actually heard God's voice or instruction or guidance well up from - as you said - inside of me.

«Today, the overwhelming majority of Americans — including the overwhelming majority of American Christians — now believe that when God has something to say He speaks in less dramatic ways, including the still small voices in our hearts»

He was in a cave, praying, when he hears the angelic voice of Gabriel speaking to him, bearing him a revelation from God.

«When he tells you to say, «I do,»» the groom recalled, «it almost sounds like the voice of God telling you that and you take it very seriously.»

Though revelation stands at the center and the proper study for the Jew is not simply man, but man confronted by God, we encounter the image of God when we encounter the Arnoldian best that has been thought and said, and we understand ourselves and others better when we confront the voice of the other.

Sin enters the world when Adam and Eve stop listening to God and instead listen to the voice of the serpent.

When understanding vocation, it's important to realise that there are a number of competing voices calling to us; discernment is trying to establish which ones come from God.

In my selfishness, I thought it was just between me and God.It took the situation with Alicia to wake me up to the fact that when we're not closely listening for the voice of God, we don't just miss out on the peace and joy we experience from a deeper relationship with the Lord; we don't just miss an opportunity to give honor and glory to the One who most deserves it; we don't just miss out on answered prayers God may have had in store for us — sometimes we miss the opportunity to answer someone else's prayer.»

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel (of the great tribulation), when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets (Rev. 10:7), and if you go to Revelation 11:15 - 18 the rapture of the bride as the seventh and last trumpet of the great tribulation begins (Paul's twinkling of an eye 1 Cor.15: 50 - 52) to sound.

These fears are not so different from the fear I see in the eyes of protestors carrying signs that depict President Obama as Hitler, the fear I see in the red faces of angry preachers urging their parishioners to «take America back for God,» the fear I detect in some of the books against emerging church, the fear I detect in some of the books in support of the emerging church, the fear I hear in the voices of both gays and the conservative evangelical activists who lobby against them when both sides consider for just a second the possibility that maybe they have it wrong.

When I hear a voice in my head, I don't know if it is God, or some layer of ego, consciousness or conscience... I need to pass it by the Bible.

When opposing voices claiming to speak for God are recruited to partisan purpose, it reinforces the suspicion that none of them speaks for God, which is a sound suspicion to reinforce.

I am repeating some of what others have already said in this blog but also including scripture which I think is always important when we voice an opinion based on God's word.

But the times in my life when i was impacted, I was venturing out for myself and I found the voice of God..

For instance, when these characteristics are perceived as exhibited in an individual enduringly and in a sense in which these are understood to affect the world around in a favorable fashion — either in an objective sense of effecting something concrete outside such a person [like effecting healing, foretelling, acting as medium in a non-rational manner or simply doing good or saying good to help the people selflessly], exhibiting personal traits, conditions and states which are known to be «abnormal» [like going into trances, hearing voices, seeing visions, or just the simple unconventional behavior, which proceed from such an individual's horizon to affect, influence, impact others» horizons]-- or is subjectively perceived to be extra-ordinary — such an individual is said to be godly, god - bearing, pious or saintly.

Looks like it's going to be a good read I'm excited to be able to read this book I just recently read your book atonement of God and loved it I've also listen to your teachings on Genesis love that very much especially episode 43 when you talk about the voice of God in the garden that was so wonderful.

I can remember the days when I am sure I did hear God's voice (I still believe that was so) although working on my intuition may have produced the same kind of results.

Not every way of communication honors the truth: sometimes the manner in which something gets conveyed subverts reality, as when a preacher says all the right words about God's love but in a tone of voice and with a concluding string of «oughts» (therefore we ought to do this and we ought to do that) that makes you feel guiltier than ever.

Be astonished beyond all measure when the dancing begins, the banquet table is set and the voice of God says, «Here.

The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will come to life» (v. 25).

So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

Furthermore, Adam's first reaction when he hears the voice of God (in the following verse) is fear.

They have done already a deal and their favorite book is The Book of Revelation:» [9] And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: [10] And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

The elder Bonhoeffers were listening to the radio from London on July 27 when an English voice spoke: «We are gathered here in the presence of God to make thankful remembrance of the life and work of His servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who gave his life in faith and obedience to His holy word... «22

You never know when God's Word will unfold before you and God's voice will speak clearly to you through study of the Bible.

When Muslims affirm that Muhammad is God's Prophet, this is the same as saying that his revelations really are from God — his message is the authentic voice of God.

It is precisely because they knew how to silence themselves before God that women like Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and Catherine of Siena were able to have so much influence over the Church in times when women had little voice.

CNN: My Take: If you hear God speak audibly, you (usually) aren't crazy Tanya Marie («T.M.») Luhrmann, psychological anthropologist and the author of «When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God,» explains that hearing the voice of God isn't as unusual as many would believe.

Just as some Jews had learned to hear God's voice and follow Him, and so they recognized the voice of Jesus when He came, so also, some Gentiles had been seeking a place in God's family by faith, and so naturally believed in Jesus when they heard that God had accepted them by His grace.

Such a concept is opaque, for it does not cohere with any exercise of «freedom» as we know it on earth, nor with that inner sense of joy in obedience to God as «loved Person» which we sense when we obey the voice of conscience.

You said, «Man needs to hear the voice of God (real or imagined) every so often when the Greek ways rise up again or Baal moves into a culture.»

«When we can hear the voice of God crying out against us in the voices of those we ignore, marginalize, victimize, exclude, ostracize, harm, and kill, we know that God has been set free.

When we affirm a particular denominational confession of the faith, whether the Westminster Confession of Faith or the Sixteen Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God or any other set of propositions about God, we often make artificial barriers between believers and lose the blessing of diverse voices.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

Man needs to hear the voice of God (real or imagined) every so often when the Greek ways rise up again or Baal moves into a culture.

Though before, they followed God and listened to God's voice, when they heard Jesus, they recognized the voice of God in Jesus, and they knew Him, and they followed Him (John 10:14, 27).