3 Simple Ways to Discern God’s Voice In Your Life
2. The Fruit of the Spirit
When the Holy Spirit is in a place, a moment in time, or voice, the fruits of His Spirit will be there:
Love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).
When God speaks, He will often confirm the word or vision by coating it with the Fruits of the Spirit.
As you hear an answer or an impression in your thought life, does it bring a deeper awareness of Peace with it? Do you feel His love or His presence as He speaks?
The way you feel inside when you hear a voice in your mind can be one of the best indicators of whether it really is God or not. It is His peace that passes all understanding and which guards our heart and mind while leading us at the same time.
3. Practice Stepping Out
One of the best ways to discern the voice of God is by learning to recognize when He speaks.
How do you do that?
By taking a step of faith and taking action on what you know is the Lord’s voice.
There are certain things that God will speak to you that you will not need confirmation for.
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For example: Let’s say you are in a store and you hear a voice tell you to pray for the man buying coffee beans (probably me). You can be pretty confident in knowing that it’s probably the Holy Spirit.
The first time you might not be completely sure, but as you begin to step out and take action on what He’s asking you to do, you will begin to recognize His voice more often.
It’s kind of like when you meet your best friend. The first time they called, you probably didn’t know who it was. As you spent time talking to them and listening to them, you eventually began to recognize their voice in a room full of people.
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Category: Fall 2019, Living the Faith
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