Pastor Mike (2-23-2025)
(3) Secrets to Hearing the Voice of God
#1 CONFIDENCE: Greek Translation: Boldness, Frankness and Assurance (A Promise).
1 John 5:14-15 NKJV Now this is the confidence (that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
- 1 John 5:14-15 NKJV Now this is the promise that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
- Psalm 89:33 KJV Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- 11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
- #2 LIFE IS A JOURNEY NOT A COMPETITION
- Hebrews 10:35 NKJV Therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
- Proverbs 14:30 AMPC A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones.
- James 3:16 AMPC For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.
- Psalm 37:4 AMPC Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
- Psalm 37:4 AMPC Pleasure yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
- #3 UNLOCK YOUR CONFIDENCE
The Spirit of Fear is sent on assignment (to kill, steal, and destroy) your hopes, dreams & desires.
- (Numbers 14) The children of Israel THOUGHT that God was out to get them… “Why did He bring us out here to die in the wilderness?”
- The SPIRIT OF FEAR had overtaken their minds, will & emotions.
- Remember persecution happens when we are “believing” God’s Word. When we “Believe” His Word, we have deep roots. Birds don’t bother w/mature plants. They don’t try to pluck them up. (note: the difference of “believing” God’s Word or “Believe” God’s word)
- Speak to your problem, don’t speak to Jesus about your problem. Speak to that problem in the name of Jesus, like Jesus spoke to the fig tree! He spoke w/authority… Be imitators of God and speak w/authority!
