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Are you struggling to hear from God?\\xa0 In this episode, we talk about 4 ways that God is speaking to you and how to attune your ear to hear from God.


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Are you struggling to hear what God is saying to you? Maybe you\\u2019re battling with your identity or you have a decision that you need to make and you think to yourself, if God would just speak to me, send me a sign, something so that I know it\\u2019s him, then I would know what to do. One of the perks of having a personal relationship with someone is that you get to communicate with him directly. I mean, there\\u2019s a mutual give-and-take of ideas and honest expression, but what happens when you feel like the relationship is a little more one-sided when you\\u2019re doing all the talking and you feel like you\\u2019re getting nothing in return. Well, unfortunately, that\\u2019s how many people have described their relationship with God. They feel as though their prayers are just bouncing off the sky and they can\\u2019t hear his voice.

Today, I want to talk to you about the ways that God is speaking to you and how you can attune your ear to hear his wonderful voice. But before we dive in, I want to get the obvious out of the way. If you were trying to pray to God without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as your personal savior, you will not hear from God, repentance of sin and acceptance of his son opens the line of communication with God.

Jesus said, in John 14:6, \\u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.\\u201d

So if you\\u2019re not my friend, may I encourage you to make Jesus, your Lord, and Savior and let that amazing relationship begin. But for the sake of this video, and this podcast today, I\\u2019ll assume that you are a follower of Christ and as a Christ-follower, I have amazing news for you. He is speaking to you.

John 10:27 reminds us of Jesus\\u2019s words when he said \\u201cmy sheep, hear my voice and I know them and they follow me.\\u201d Now, you may be saying to be great Kris but I don\\u2019t hear him and I don\\u2019t know what to do.

So the question that we are going to answer in three parts is this, \\u201cIs God speaking to me?\\u201d


#1 \\u2013 He is. He\\u2019s just not saying what you want to hear.

Jeremiah 29:11 is a beloved passage of scripture and it reads \\u201cfor, I know the plans that I have for you, they are plans for good and not a disaster to give you a future and a hope.\\u201d And we love reading encouraging scriptures that make us feel good. But what do we do when the word we\\u2019re getting from God is not what we want to hear?

If we back up in Jeremiah 29 and read the passage, just before the promise, we find something quite different. And here\\u2019s what it says in verses 4 through 8, \\u201cthe Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, sends this message to all the captives he has exiled to Babylon from Jerusalem, Build homes and plan to stay. Plant gardens and eat the food you produce. Marry and have children then find spouses for them and have many grandchildren. Multiply, do not dwindle away, and work for peace and prosperity of Babylon. Pray to the Lord for that city where you are held captive for if Babylon has peace so will you.\\u201d

In verse 10 he tells them, \\u201cthe truth is that you will be in Babylon for 70 years.\\u201d Huh?\\xa0 There was a plan all right, a plan before the promise, but not the plan that they would have hoped for your city, which has been invaded by the enemy. You\\u2019ve been violently ripped from your home and carried off to a distant land. You\\u2019ve been made to live in captivity, the security that you\\u2019ve known for your entire life is now, instantly vanished. And