How do I hear God speak to me?

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 you know when God speaks to you?

God will NEVER ask you to do anything that's not in line with his Word. Make sure Scripture supports where God is leading you. God will often speak through the words in the Bible, so keep reading and notice if you receive confirmations through the Scriptures you're reading.
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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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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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Who has heard God's voice?

Samuel heard the voice of God, but did not recognize it until he was instructed by Eli (1 Samuel 3:1–10).
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What do you do when God is silent?

pour out your heart before him;

God is a refuge for us. Whatever you are facing, bring it to the Lord. 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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How does the Holy Spirit speak to us?

Nephi explained it this way: “Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Nephi 32:3).
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Do you cry when you feel the Holy Spirit?

Crying is not the only—or even the most common—manifestation of feeling the Spirit. President Howard W. Hunter (1907–95) said: “I get concerned when it appears that strong emotion or free-flowing tears are equated with the presence of the Spirit.
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What does it feel like when you feel the Holy Spirit?

For them, the Holy Ghost may produce a subtle feeling of gratitude, peace, reverence, or love (see Galatians 5:22–23). The scriptures also describe the Holy Ghost as a “burning” in the bosom (see Doctrine and Covenants 9:8–9). But the intensity or degree of that “burning” can be different for everyone.
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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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Why prayers are not answered?

- As long as your prayers are for selfish motives, driven by pride hidden in your heart, God will not answer them. - Other versions start this verse with “don't be anxious” in place of “Be careful…” - Once you know God has said yes, you know you will receive it.
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What does it mean when God shows you Shows Off?

When GOD SHOWS UP, He comes with His Omnipotence, Sovereignty and Benevolence to deal decisively and ruthlessly with the affliction of the afflicted, the poverty of the poor and the sickness of the sick.
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Why is God asking us to wait?

God wants us to press into his presence and wait patiently before his throne. He's calling us to come before him with thanksgiving even if we're still waiting on a promise. The world has so many things they want to offer us on an instantaneous silver platter. But good God-sent blessings take time.
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Does God answer your prayers?

Jesus taught, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find” (Matthew 7:7). When you are sincerely striving to obey God's commandments, He will give you answers to your prayers, and you will be ready to receive them. God “heareth the prayer of the righteous” (Proverbs 15:29).
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What does waiting on the Lord look like?

In the scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end. To wait upon the Lord means planting the seed of faith and nourishing it (see Alma 32:41).
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How can I be patient when God makes you wait?

Go to God in prayer first and let prayer be your rock and your guide.
  1. Pray for patience and fortitude through the waiting season.
  2. Pray for God to reveal the next step or the next season.
  3. Pray for your heart to be open to the work God's doing through this current season.
  4. Pray for transformation and renewal.
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How do I see God's glory?

6 Ways You Can Put God's Glory on Display
  1. Confess sin. When we confess sin, we are putting on display His glory by declaring His righteousness. ...
  2. Forgive others. Our God is a forgiving God (Ps 130:3-4; Mic 7:18-19). ...
  3. Trust God. ...
  4. Produce fruit. ...
  5. Give thanks. ...
  6. Pray.
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What is an encounter with God?

What does it mean to “encounter” God? The word “encounter” means, “to meet face to face.” Therefore, we desire that our students would not just grow in the intellectual knowledge of God, but would have radical encounters and experiences with God.
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What happens when the glory of God shows up?

When the glory of the Lord shows up, Creation is restored, people are healed, life can return to a state as it was in the beginning. Just like Yahweh, Jesus has the ability and inclination to heal.
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Can God hear me cry?

God absolutely responds to the tears of everyone! The trials and tribulations of this world can certainly bring us to tears. In times like these, we can find strength, solace, and comfort by crying out to God in prayer. He is there to ease our sorrows and help us to deal with pain and suffering.
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How can I get immediate answer from God?

What Can I Do to Receive Answers from God?
  1. Evaluate Your Questions. Sometimes I assume that God will simply give me revelation because it's obvious that I need His help and guidance in my life. ...
  2. Practice Serious Reflection. ...
  3. Write It Down. ...
  4. Ask: Is There More? ...
  5. Invite Revelation. ...
  6. Move Forward in Faith.
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How do you know if you have a gift from the Holy Spirit?

6 Signs You Have A Spiritual Gift
  1. You read into your dreams on the regular.
  2. You have visions—and they often come true.
  3. You have a 4 a.m. bathroom habit.
  4. Nightmares keep you tossing and turning.
  5. You're extremely empathetic.
  6. You have a strong intuition.
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What are the 3 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).
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How do I receive the Holy Spirit?

The path to receiving the Holy Ghost is to exercise faith in Christ unto repentance. We can become clean through qualifying for the effects of the Savior's Atonement. The covenants offered in baptism by authorized servants of God bring that cleansing.
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