Does God speak to us in our thoughts?

Additionally, He speaks to us through His Holy Spirit and through dreams, visions and our thoughts. Further, God will use events and circumstances to speak with us. More often than not, God uses the people He has placed in our lives to speak to us.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on rgj.com


Does God know our thoughts?

Fifteen hundred years after Noah's great flood, King Solomon was receiving some advice from his father, King David, who said this, ” … for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts” 1 Chronicles 28:9. In other words, “Be aware of what's in your head, son. God sees it.”
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on examiner-enterprise.com


What does it feel like when God speaks to you?

So the way that God speaks is different for everyone, but a lot of the times it's a still small whisper, it's a gut feeling, you just know in your knower. For some people it's a thought that just rushes in and it's nowhere close to what you had been thinking about. Sometimes it's a dream.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thebrandsunday.com


Does God give us a sound mind?

In 2 Timothy 1:7, the founding fathers of the church were living in perilous times. Paul wrote a letter to encourage Timothy that he needed to stay strong. He said, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (NKJV).
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on powelltribune.com


Does God want you to chase your dreams?

Just like the saints, God wants you to follow the dreams He has placed in your heart!
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on beholdvancouver.org


Are You Taking the Word of God Seriously? | Paul Washer



What happens when we see God in dreams?

WHEN we dream of god or goddesses, we are acknowledging to ourselves that there is a higher power that has taken charge of our lives. Interpreting such dreams requires a lot of tact. Such dreams can have varied subjective interpretations.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on m.tribuneindia.com


What God does to your brain?

About How God Changes Your Brain

Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process. Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on penguinrandomhouse.com


Can God hear my prayers in my head?

Through the scriptures, we are taught that God will always hear our prayers and will answer them if we address Him with faith and real intent.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on churchofjesuschrist.org


How do you hear when God speaks to you?

Finally, and simply, to hear God's voice, ask God to speak. Say, “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.” Contrary to what most people think, God wants to speak to us and God is speaking to us all the time. We are simply deaf to what God is saying or not paying attention.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on stpaulbellville.org


How do you know if your blessing is near?

Here are a few signs that a spiritual breakthrough is nearer than you imagine.
  • Harmful things and people leave your life.
  • Challenges come one after the other.
  • Your commitment to praying has increased.
  • You feel like being pushed to the edge.
  • Your prayers are not being heard.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on walkingfruitfully.com


How does the Holy Spirit speak to us?

The voice of the Spirit is described in the scriptures as being neither loud nor harsh, not a voice of thunder, neither a voice of great tumultuous noise, but rather as still and small, of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it can pierce even the very soul and cause the heart to burn.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on churchofjesuschrist.org


How do you know that God is with you?

God speaks to us through His Word. And one of the best ways to sense His presence is to get into His Word and ask His Holy Spirit to guide you into a better understanding of it. When you get into God's Word, and even speak it audibly, you will sense its power and His presence.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on crosswalk.com


What does the Bible say about our thoughts?

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on web.mit.edu


Does God care about what you think?

The good news is that God doesn't care what people think. In fact, He cares more about what's going on inside us than what's going on with the outside of us. He cares about our goals, what we secretly desire and what our minds meditate on.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on bradenton.com


What can stop God from hearing our prayers?

Four Hindrances to Prayer
  • Ignoring God's Word. If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. ( ...
  • Loving Sin. ...
  • Desiring Wrongly. ...
  • Doubting God.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on openthebible.org


What happens to your brain when you pray?

First, engaging in 12 minutes of personal reflection and prayer each day makes a profound impact on our brain. It strengthens a unique neural circuit that specifically enhances our social awareness and empathy and helps us love our neighbor by developing a heightened sense of compassion and subduing negative emotions.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on westmont.edu


Can God control what you do?

The Bible teaches that God's sovereignty is an essential aspect of who he is, that he has supreme authority and absolute power over all things. And yes he is very much active, despite our perplexity. Scripture says, God works “all things according to the counsel of his will” (Ephesians 1:11).
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on gcu.edu


Where is the God spot in the brain?

In 2012, a neurotheology-based study concluded that "spiritual experiences are likely associated with different parts of the brain." New research (2021) suggests that the brain's "God Spot" may be rooted in neural circuits tied to the periaqueductal gray area of the brainstem.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on psychologytoday.com


What part of the brain believes in God?

Belief, whether religious or nonreligious, is associated with greater signal in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vMPFC), a brain region important for self-representation, emotional associations, reward, and goal-driven behavior.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov


How do you know if a dream is a vision?

Dreams are drifts of the imagination, as if one imaginary clouds in the sky. Visions are scripted efforts to effect change. They occur personally and organizationally.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on corp.smartbrief.com


What does it mean when God sees you?

God Sees Your Situation

Your situation has not taken Him by surprise, although it may have taken you by surprise. Being omniscient (all knowing), He sees exactly what is happening to you every second of the day—good and bad. Your situation—your very life—is always before his eyes.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on openthebible.org


Who did God speak to in a dream?

God spoke to Joseph in a very special way, through his dreams. Now it's important to remember, throughout the Bible there is progress in the way that God communicates with His people. Hebrews says this clearly, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets” (Hebrews 1:1).
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on openthebible.org