How do you “hear” God?

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How do you know when God is speaking to you?  I frequently get asked this question in my line of work as a Women’s Christian Life Coach.  There are thousands of ways God can speak to us, but I will share just a few ways I hear best from God.

My favorite way to hear from God is through journaling.  I typically spend my morning reading scripture and then writing in my journal.  I write to God and He responds back to me through journaling.  Another way I hear from God is through prayer, but this kind of prayer for me is not easy.  The type of prayer I’m talking about is with my hands and knees on the floor with my face planted in the carpet.  This type of prayer comes with a lot of emotion and usually buckets of tears.  Then there’s another way I really love hearing from God, which is usually through a messenger.  It could be a friend, a speaker or even a song.  It’s something unexplainable, but you just know at that very moment God has spoken directly to you and there’s no denying He wants you to embrace and accept what He just spoke in your life.

I could write pages on all the ways we can hear God speaking to us, but I believe every individual hears from God differently.  There’s no magic formula to “hear the voice of God”.  It takes effort on our part to learn how to look for and listen to God’s voice in our life.  The bottom line is it starts with relationship.  The more time you spend seeking God the easier it will be to hear His voice.  How will you spend your time today listening for God’s voice?  What new ways can God speak to you?

Honored to serve as a Women’s Christian Life Coach at www.lindakuhar.com

 

7 thoughts on “How do you “hear” God?”

  1. Linda,

    Thank you for reminding me to “throw myself” on the floor every once in awhile.
    It’s been way too long for me.

    Blessings,
    Catherine

  2. Linda this is a beautiful post and I find myself in your shoes. Been on the floor bawling my eyes out recently for a daughter who is going thru infertility treatments and for my mom who has sepsis. That’s where I go to pray in those very difficult times. I am wanting to blog – haven’t thrown down that net yet. I bought a journal 18 years ago (really). The only thing I journaled was my Dad’s death the next day – also trying to lay down that net but maybe the blogging can be the journaling – not sure. I do have several workbooks I am writing thoughts, prayer pages for all the special people in my life and my study groups and so on. Thank you for your inspirational facebook posts and thank you for this blog to make me pause and reflect on some nets that may need to be thrown down. At once is what Jesus said and that’s what I want to be a woman who will go at once when called. Debbie W. (OBS Leader)

  4. A relationship takes time and effort and that includes our relationship with the Lord. The more effort I put into my relationship with God the easier it becomes to hear His “still small voice”. I can tell when I have slacked on my time alone with God. I don’t know why that should surprise me even friendships require my time and effort. I find that the biggest robbers of my time are “busyness” and laziness.

  5. Your posts are always so inspiring and I enjoy reading them! I haven’t had a ‘face plant’ session for a while and it is most definitely needed. 😉 . I love the ways you listed about hearing from God. So often we are so busy in our minds that it can be difficult to discern. Thank you so much for this!

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