How can I discern the voice of God?

Looking at Scripture
As Christians, we want to be rooted in God's word. This will play an important role when discerning God's voice. If what you heard lines up with the Bible, it is from God. If it goes against Scripture we know it is not from God.
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How do you discern God's voice from your own?

How to Know If We're Hearing God's Voice
  1. God's voice doesn't obsess over our problems. ...
  2. God's voice doesn't gossip. ...
  3. God's voice will usually speak with you about your own heart, not others' hearts. ...
  4. God's voice focuses more on the heart of the issue, than on direct answers. ...
  5. God's voice will never contradict Scripture.
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How do I find God's voice?

How to practice listening prayer
  1. Come to God with your request for guidance. ...
  2. Wait in silence for God to speak for 10-12 minutes. ...
  3. Jot down any Scripture, songs, impressions, or pictures God gives you. ...
  4. Share how God spoke to you with your prayer partners and follow God's will.
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What does God's voice sound like?

The Bible more often portrays God's voice as sounding ordinary and meek than as booming and thunderous. The critics who are deriding Scott's decision as heretical, blasphemous, or somehow unfaithful to Scripture seem to be overlooking Scripture's actual descriptions of God's voice.
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How do we discern the spirit of God?

Judgment of discernment can be made in two ways. The first is by a charism or spiritual gift, held as divinely granted to certain individuals for the discerning of spirits by intuition (1 Corinthians 12:10). The second way to discern spirits is by reflection and theological study.
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How do you practice discernment?

5 Helpful Tips for Making A Good Discernment
  1. Give yourself time to make a good discernment. Think of your discernment as a journey in which you will grow personally and closer to God. ...
  2. Use the resources you have to learn more. ...
  3. Pay attention to what's going on in your heart.
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What is the voice of God called?

Originally, however, such Divine communication was also in the Hebrew called kol (voice) as is shown by the Biblical phrase "There fell a voice from heaven" (Daniel 4:28 [A. V. 31]); and occasionally in the Talmud it is briefly given as kol (voice).
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Does God actually talk to you?

Yes. Our God is a relational God, and one of His chief desires is to grow His relationship with humanity through regular communication. Throughout human history, God has initiated communication with humanity by speaking audibly to humans. He also speaks to us through the glory of His creation.
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How do I know if God is listening to me?

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. In our hearts we will feel the confirmation that He does hear us, a feeling of peace and calm.
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What does it mean to discern God's will?

It says: "through all spiritual wisdom and understanding." Knowing God's will is a matter of gaining spiritual wisdom and understanding from God himself -- the only source. So, the study of God's Word should be the life work of every believer.
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How do I hear from God Scriptures?

40 Uplifting Bible Scriptures on Hearing God's Voice
  1. Romans 10:17. So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
  2. John 10:27. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
  3. John 8:47. “Whoever is of God hears the words of God. ...
  4. Isaiah 30:21. ...
  5. John 6:63. ...
  6. 1 John 5:14. ...
  7. 2 Timothy 3:16. ...
  8. Acts 13:2.
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What does it mean to hear God's voice?

Sometimes it's a sense of peace or joy that covers your body in a moment of chaos. Sometimes it's wisdom in a situation. And sometimes God speaks to you for your, for what you're going through, sometimes He speaks to you for someone else, sometimes He just shares things that He wants you to pray about.
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What are three ways God speaks to us?

Five Ways God Speaks to Us
  • FIVE WAYS GOD SPEAKS TO US.
  • Through His still, small voice inside our hearts.
  • Through the rhema word of God.
  • Through a sense of peace.
  • Through open and closed doors.
  • Through other people.
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Does God speak through anxiety?

He speaks in terms of peace, not anxiety.
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What does the Bible say about hearing voices?

From the cloud a voice is heard: “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” (Mark 9:7), “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!” (Matthew 17:5), and “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!” (Luke 9:35) After the voice has spoken, the disciples find themselves alone with Jesus.
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What is the difference between God's voice and God's Word?

Emotions, human reason and even other people talking with enthusiasm can be false representations of God's voice. God's word is “living and active” (Hebrews 4:12), “breathed of God” (2 Timothy 3:16), and it was “made flesh” (John 1:14) in the person of Jesus Christ.
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What are the seven steps of discernment?

Seven steps to vocational discernment
  • Prayer. What shall I do, Lord? (Acts 22:10). ...
  • Understanding. But then it becomes like fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it. ...
  • Information. ...
  • Reflection. ...
  • Decision. ...
  • Action. ...
  • Spiritual direction.
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What is the gift of discernment?

It means “to understand or know something through the power of the Spirit. … It includes perceiving the true character of people and the source and meaning of spiritual manifestations” (Guide to the Scriptures, “Discernment, Gift of,” scriptures.lds.org).
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What are characteristics of discernment?

Seven Attitudes or Qualities Required for an Authentic...
  • Openness: We must approach the decision in question with an open mind and an open heart. ...
  • Generosity: ...
  • Courage: ...
  • Interior Freedom: ...
  • A Habit of Prayerful Reflection on One's Experience: ...
  • Having One's Priotities Straight: ...
  • Not Confusing Ends with Means:
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What are the 7 signs of the Holy Spirit?

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. While some Christans accept these as a definitive list of specific attributes, others understand them merely as examples of the Holy Spirit's work through the faithful.
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What are the three signs of the Holy Spirit?

The symbols of the Holy Spirit are: Dove, Fire, Oil, Wind and Water. The Dove: This can be seen in the description of the baptism of Christ (Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:30-34). A dove symbolises peace (Psalms 55:6; Song of Songs 2:12); purity (Song of Songs 5:2; 6:9); innocence (Matt.
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