How do I communicate with God?

Prayer is the way we communicate with God who created us and saved us through Christ because he desires to be in a relationship with us.
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How do I talk to God and hear his 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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How do I contact with God?

12 WAYS TO GET CLOSER TO GOD RIGHT NOW
  1. Get quiet. ...
  2. Read your bible. ...
  3. Write out your prayers in a dedicated notebook; these can be for others or yourself. ...
  4. Go for a walk and talk with God. ...
  5. Meditate on Scripture. ...
  6. Put on some worship music and immerse yourself in the melody and lyrics. ...
  7. Marvel at the world God has created.
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How can I hear from God directly?

6 Tips on How to Hear from God
  1. Position yourself close to God. Samuel set his bed up in the temple, “where the ark of God was” (v. ...
  2. Find a place of regular service to God. In v. ...
  3. Listen for God's voice. ...
  4. When God calls, respond eagerly. ...
  5. When God speaks, obey Him. ...
  6. Read and study the Word of God.
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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.
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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.
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Can God talk to you in your mind?

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.
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What is the easiest way to communicate with God?

Prayer is the way we communicate with God who created us and saved us through Christ because he desires to be in a relationship with us.
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How do I recognize the voice of God?

If we are to recognize God's voice, we must belong to Him. We hear His voice when we spend time in Bible study and quiet contemplation of His Word. The more time we spend intimately with God and His Word, the easier it is to recognize His voice and His leading in our lives.
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How do I find my calling from God?

TAKING PRAYERFUL ACTION STEPS TO DISCOVER YOUR CALLING
  1. As you look at the steps, determine your starting point in the journey of discovering and living your calling. ...
  2. Allow yourself to envision a God-sized calling. ...
  3. Learn how to make good decisions within God's will for your life and gifts. ...
  4. Take prayerful action!
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What are the 5 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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What are 3 ways to stay connected to God?

How do you stay connected to God? The short answer to how to stay connected to God is that we need to read his Word, spend regular time in prayer, and worship regularly with a community of Believers in Christ. These things are vital to maintaining our relationship with him.
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How do I have a deep relationship with God?

Five Ways to Deepen Your Relationship with God
  1. Give your heart to God. I know that seems like an obvious step. ...
  2. Allow Him to take charge. You must put God first. ...
  3. Spend time in the Word of God. Schedule time to read His Word on a daily basis. ...
  4. Take the time to memorize Scripture. ...
  5. Pray, pray, pray.
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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.
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Is it better to pray in silence?

Silence and solitude are essential aspects of contemplative prayer, a practice of prayer that waits on God and trusts in God's present love and grace. While silence can be especially helpful in becoming attentive to God while praying, it is hardly an excuse to remain aloof from the needs of our neighbors.
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Can God hear my prayers in mind?

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 should you not do when praying?

God can seem far away when I pray. It can feel like I'm beating my head against a wall.
...
Four Hindrances to Prayer
  1. Ignoring God's Word. If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. ( ...
  2. Loving Sin. ...
  3. Desiring Wrongly. ...
  4. Doubting God.
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Do you speak out loud when you pray?

There is power in praying aloud, so although silent prayers may be more comfortable for you, you should try to give voice to them when you can.
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What are the 7 signs of the Holy Spirit?

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, and much commented upon by patristic authors. They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
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How do you know if you have been touched by the Holy Spirit?

For some people, the Holy Ghost may cause them to feel overwhelmed with emotion and moved to tears. For others, tears rarely or never come. And that's okay. For them, the Holy Ghost may produce a subtle feeling of gratitude, peace, reverence, or love (see Galatians 5:22–23).
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Do you cry when you feel the Holy Spirit?

Certainly the Spirit of the Lord can bring strong emotional feelings, including tears, but that outward manifestation ought not to be confused with the presence of the Spirit itself” (in Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service [2004], 99).
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What to do when God seems silent?

pour out your heart before him;

Speak to him, be honest before him. Trust that he hears you, take refuge in his faithfulness, and know that behind every heavy silence is a mighty God who loves you.
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