{"id":2057,"date":"2014-02-02T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2014-02-02T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T17:38:36","slug":"recognizing-gods-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=2057","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing God’s Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"The<\/a>How can we recognize God\u2019s voice?\u00a0 <\/span>John 8:47 tells us that if we are of God we hear his voice.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>As God\u2019s sheep we should be able to recognize his voice (John 10:4-5).\u00a0 <\/span>We cannot recognize the voice of one we are not close to.\u00a0 <\/span>Therefore we need to build a relationship with God through prayer and bible study:\u00a0 <\/span>praying to align ourselves to God\u2019s will and studying to become more like Jesus. We want the very mind of Christ, his wisdom and understanding living in us.\u00a0 <\/span>If we have that, we will be able to recognize his voice.\u00a0 <\/span>We know God will only tell us to do things based on principles of loving him and our neighbor.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s voice will not tell us to do anything contrary to the biblical principles he has set in motion.\u00a0 <\/span>He expects us to be able to discern what those are.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Galileo said, \u201cI do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>So think before you say God tells you to\u2026 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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