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Understanding God's Voice in Warfare
Sep 18, 2024
Lecture Notes: Hearing God's Voice and Spiritual Warfare
Introduction
Voices Series:
Aimed at empowering individuals by understanding and responding to God's voice.
Empowerment:
Emphasis on becoming sons and daughters who hear, know, and obey God's voice.
Key Outcomes:
Potential for revival, breaking of chains, and nullifying enemy attacks.
Spiritual Warfare
Hearing God's Voice:
Considered the 'cheat code' to spiritual warfare.
Importance of receiving clear orders from God.
Without hearing God, reliance is solely on personal voices and thoughts.
Cultural Colloquialisms:
Critique of advice like "follow your heart," which is seen as flawed.
Comfort Zones:
The danger of only going where we're comfortable.
Influence of Friends and Teaching
Bad Teaching and Companions:
Can negatively affect spiritual hearing.
Proverbs 13: Those who walk with wise become wise.
Impact on Future Seasons:
Regular exposure to certain teachings and companions shapes our future.
Biblical Examples of Hearing God
David's Inquiry:
David sought God’s counsel before making decisions (2 Samuel 5:19).
Israelites' Mistake:
Israelites took actions without God's counsel (Joshua 9:14).
Confirmation in Decisions
David’s Approach:
Seeking God's confirmation before engaging in battles.
Importance of Assurance:
Confidence in confirmed actions and decisions.
God’s Confirmation:
Not always aligns with personal desires; requires knowing one's own lane.
Assurance vs. Assumptions
Assurance:
Comes with confirmation from God and is already paid for through Jesus.
Assumptions:
Flesh-based and can lead to costly mistakes.
Hearing God Beyond Chaos
Identifying God’s Voice:
Ability to discern God's voice amidst many other voices and distractions.
Role of Silence:
Silent moments are opportunities for God to speak.
Cultural Noise:
Many voices and cultural inputs can drown out God's voice.
Training and Wisdom
God’s Timing:
Not delay; it's a training day for your spiritual ear.
Value of Wisdom:
Can provide insights in a day that took others years to acquire.
Deception and Distraction
Enemy Tactics:
To flood life with voices to prevent hearing God.
Practical Guidance on Confirmation
Confirmation as Authorization:
Checking if one has God’s authority for actions.
Familiarity with God’s Voice:
Necessary for recognizing His guidance.
Repetitive Nature of Confirmation:
God often repeats His instructions until obeyed.
Unsettling Inner Feelings:
Often signals something is not aligned with God’s will.
Conclusion
Objective of Series:
To become trained in recognizing and understanding God’s voice.
Prayer and Confession:
Commitment to seeking God’s will and confirmation in all decisions.
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