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Listening at the Throne Series: How to Hear God’s Voice More Clearly Through Prayer and Stillness Devotional · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five pod
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  - podcast. Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five.
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  - Today, we're starting a new podcast series entitled
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  - listening at the throne,
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  - learning to hear God more clearly.
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  - Today's episode, we open up the series with
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  - how to hear God's voice more clearly
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  - through prayer and stillness.
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  - Scripture text comes from John ten twenty seven
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  - and reads, my sheep listen to my voice.
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  - I know them, and they follow me.
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  - One of the greatest desires many believers have
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  - is to
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  - hear God more clearly.
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  - But often we expect God's voice to compete
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  - with the noise around
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  - us instead of creating space to listen.
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  - But throughout scripture, God consistently
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  - spoke
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  - when people
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  - slowed down
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  - enough to pay attention.
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  - Now hearing God's voice begins with
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  - a relationship,
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  - not performance.
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  - It's not
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  - what we do,
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  - but how we do it.
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  - Jesus said, my sheep
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  - listen to my voice, meaning hearing him grows
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  - naturally through closeness and consistency.
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  - The more time we spend in prayer,
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  - reading God's word through scripture,
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  - and being intentionally
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  - still,
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  - the more familiar
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  - his voice becomes.
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  - Now
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  - this can come off a lot of different
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  - ways.
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  - Sometimes hearing God's voice looks practical,
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  - like pausing before responding emotionally,
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  - which in and of itself is not an
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  - easy feat.
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  - Sitting quietly after a prayer instead of rushing
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  - away,
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  - This is basking in the moment.
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  - Opening
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  - the scripture before seeking everyone else's opinion.
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  - Now that
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  - requires some discipline
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  - or creating moments throughout the day to reconnect
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  - with him.
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  - And there
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  - is where we fight against the distractions.
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  - But what's important to remember
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  - is that God is not silent.
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  - He is speaking
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  - through his word,
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  - through peace
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  - when we
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  - allow him
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  - to rest in our hearts.
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  - Sometimes it's through conviction
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  - and even through quiet moments
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  - that invite us closer.
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  - A good example of this is when
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  - God spoke to Elijah, not in the fire
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  - or the storm,
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  - but in the still
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  - soft
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  - quiet
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  - voice.
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  - Impossible?
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  - No.
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  - Challenging?
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  - Yes.
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  - But definitely worth
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  - the challenge.
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  - Let's pray.
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  - Father,
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  - quiet the distractions
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  - around me
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  - so I can hear you clearly.
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  - Help me slow down
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  - and recognize your voice in everyday life.
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  - Teach me to listen with trust
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  - and expectation.
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  - Draw me deeper into intimacy with you.
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  - In Jesus' name, amen.
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  - If this episode encouraged you,
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  - hit follow so the next devotional in this
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  - series is waiting for you when it drops.