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Hearing God's Voice QUOTES

Hearing God's Voice QUOTES

1 " When God speaks, he does not give new revelation about himself that contradicts what he has already revealed in Scripture. Rather, God speaks to give application of his Word to the specific circumstances in your life. When God speaks to you, he is not writing a new book of Scripture; rather, he is applying to your life what he has already said in his Word. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

2 " We look to the Bible but not to get ideas from what people did for God. We look to see what God did in peoples' lives. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

3 " A word from Jesus changed everything. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

4 " Some people can be so disoriented to God that when he begins to work around them, they actually become annoyed at the interruption! "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

5 " The willingness to obey every word from God is critical to hearing God speak. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

6 " If you want to determine whether God loves you, don't look at your current situation; look to the cross. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

7 " This father always relates to his children in perfect love. This father is never absent. He is never disinterested. He is never preoccupied. He is never unable to respond to a need. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

8 " Unless we see God's activity in the midst of them, we will be unaware of their spiritual significance. They will simply be events in a long succession of confusing occurrences. A miracle could take place, and we would miss it. But if we are sensitive to God's voice, these same events can hold enormous significance for us. Hudson "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

9 " I have learned to trust that when my Lord closes a door in my life it is because he loves me too much to give me less than his best. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

10 " while theology should inform a Christian's relationship with God, it should never take its place. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

11 " There is a wide difference between preaching doctrine and preaching Christ. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

12 " Doctrines that make people uncomfortable can be ignored or reinterpreted. The Person of Christ must be obeyed. The Pharisees were diligent theologians who spent untold hours reading the Scriptures and debating minute aspects of theology. Jesus condemned them in spite of their theological acumen: “You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me. And you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life” (John 5:39–40 HCSB). "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

13 " When Jesus raised Lazarus to life, the miracle was so spectacular many people believed in Jesus. However, some witnessed the same miracle and were motivated instead to betray Jesus (John 11:47–48). How could people witness such an event yet miss God's message? It was a matter of spiritual perception. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

14 " God can use the words of a teenager, the prayer of a senior citizen, or the candid remark of a child to convict you of the need to make changes in your life. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

15 " Some of the most miserable people we have known were those who received God's call to full-time Christian service but spent a lifetime rejecting it. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

16 " God's written Word is the plumb line for our lives as we walk daily with him (Amos 7:7; Rev. 22:18–19; Deut. 4:2). "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

17 " Unbelief can render a person stone deaf to God's voice. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

18 " We ought always to assume that God loves us and is in control of our world. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

19 " We sometimes hear people boast about their hurtful behavior: “I know I am outspoken and step on toes, but that's just the way I am!” Such people have never seriously considered the source of their offensive and divisive comments. If they did, they might be shocked to discover they were actually Satan's mouthpieces. "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice

20 " When we do this we are allowing our circumstances to inform us about God. That is backwards. We ought always to allow God to inform us about our circumstances. When "

― Henry T. Blackaby , Hearing God's Voice