Imagine being one of the multitude of people following Moses out of Egypt. Imagine what would be going through your mind as you realize that he has led you to the edge of the Red Sea! Imagine your thoughts and emotions when you realize that the Egyptian army is hot on your trail…and your [...]
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Hearing God: Last Post
As I read back through the posts on Willard’s “Hearing God”, some themes stuck out to me…here goes:
Our Motive: Too often, we want to hear from God to determine the correct course of action in a specific circumstance. In these cases, we can be overly concerned with helping ourselves rather than helping others or [...]
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Hearing God: Do You Know Who’s Talking?
I have two kids and a dog. I know it is only three names, but I still get them messed up. Adam, my oldest, doesn’t seem to care. The dog doesn’t know any better…at least I don’t think so. But it really seems to bother Isaac. When I accidently call him Adam or Oliver (yes, [...]
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Hearing God: The Washing of the Word (Part 2)
Kids might know that their clothes are dirty and need washed. They might actually see the mud caked on their shirt, but be unaware of what to do about it. They might even try some ingenious ways to clean the shirt…only to make it worse.
My last post discussed the role of the Word [...]
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Hearing God: The Washing of the Word
The seventh chapter of Dallas Willard’s “Hearing God” is packed and powerful…by far the best chapter I’ve read so far! It is so packed, I’m going to split it into two posts. This first one will deal with the role of God’s Word in hearing His voice. In one place, Willard uses Ephesians 5 to [...]
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Hearing God: The Still Small Voice
I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GOD! BUT PLEASE SPEAK LOUDLY SO I CAN HEAR YOU!
We’ve all said it or thought it, but I would agree with Dallas Willard (“Hearing God”) on this when He says that God isn’t much in the business of speaking in LOUD, DRAMATIC ways. Rather, He speaks most commonly [...]
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Hearing God: Is This Working?
Hey, I’m finished with four (out of nine) chapters of Willard’s “Hearing God” book, and want to pause for a minute to remind you of the goal of the book from the first post:
How do we hear God’s voice? How can we be sure that what we think we hear is not our own subconscious? [...]
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