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Why Did God Stop Talking to People? · Arise Women of God

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  Have you ever read the stories of the Old Testament, like the parting of the Red Sea, or of Moses and the burning bush, and then looked at your own quiet modern life and wondered, why did God stop talking
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  to people?
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  It's easy to feel like the age of miracles is over and that the heavens have been closed for centuries.
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  But don't give up hope.
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  By the end of today's episode, you will understand that God hasn't stopped broadcasting.
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  We simply might have lost our antenna in the noise of a digital world.
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  We're going to help you solve the pain of spiritual isolation by showing you how to tune out technology and tune in the spirit, even in the messiest moments of your day.
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  We're moving from theology to testimony as we rediscover that the heavens are wide open.
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  The Arise Women of God Podcast hello and welcome to another episode of the Arise Women of God Podcast.
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  I'm your host, Tamara K.
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  Anderson, and joining me today is Wendy Christensen, my co founder of Women warriors of Light and a licensed social worker.
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  And today we are exploring why it feels like the signal from heaven has gone faint.
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  First, we're going to examine a Bible verse in Hebrews that teaches us a powerful principle.
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  Second, Wendy is going to talk about the epidemic of loneliness and why our phones are acting like signal jammers for our souls.
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  Third, we're going to explore nature as an unlimited broadcasting station and how a single breath can shift your frequency.
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  And finally, we'll talk about the messy connection, because let's be honest, that's where most of us live, why God can meet us in the shower, in the car, and how the Holy Ghost is a real tangible tool for
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  the modern woman.
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  But first, let's kick it off with a powerful Bible verse in Hebrews, chapter one, verses one and two.
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  It says in the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times in various ways.
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  But in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son.
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  And so I love that we're kind of learning the principle that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that he spoke to us anciently in the Old Testament, in the New Testament, and He can speak to
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  us today.
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  If he is the same today as he was anciently, then the problem isn't the transmitter, it's the receiver.
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  And Wendy's going to talk about how she's noticed this in our modern world, especially in her role as a counselor, that we are literally dealing with an epidemic that is blocking our ability to hear well, you think about.
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  We have an.
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  We have a epidemic going across the world today.
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  And even the general health surgeon of the United States has declared it an epidemic.
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  And now the World Health Organization has declared it an epidemic.
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  And it's loneliness.
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  And why is that?
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  Well, a lot of it's because of phones, right?
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  Um, technology.
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  We are, it's like God is still broadcasting out there, but we've just lost the antennas to the noise of technology.
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  We have so much buzzing and going on and happening out in the world today that it just makes it more difficult, I think, to see it.
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  We have to be able to, as the Bible says, have eyes to hear, eyes to see and ears to hear.
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  And sometimes we don't have that because we're so distract.
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  We're distracted, we're busy.
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  There's so many other things that are buying for our time and attention that we don't have the time maybe to stop unless we're being intentional and notice how God is talking to us still and how he is seeing
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  us still.
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  Oh my goodness, you guys, we are so distracted, aren't we?
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  But the antidote isn't necessarily a week long silent retreat.
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  It can be as simple as looking out the window and taking an intentional breath.
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  In fact, there's a quote clear back was an American scientist and inventor, George Washington Carver, different than the George Washington, but he said a quote.
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  I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every hour.
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  And I think what he's saying there is even just getting out in nature, right?
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  Getting some quiet time, some downtime places where we can tune in our antenna a little bit better to God, I think, allows us to see that he is still talking to us and that he can continue talking to
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  us if we can just tune into it a little bit more.
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  So what does that mean?
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  It means sometimes putting your phone down.
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  It means getting out into nature a little bit more.
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  It means having some more quiet time and downtime.
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  Maybe sitting and meditating for a minute or two of just quiet.
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  I know our brains are so busy they don't want to shut down because there's like the to do list as soon as you think quiet time.
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  But it's not hard to just take a breath.
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  Like if you just take a good deep breath in through your nose and then exhale it out.
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  Even with one breath, I already feel a shift.
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  And we just don't do that enough.
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  And I think if we can just pause for a minute every single day, whether that's through prayer.
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  Prayer can be a pause.
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  Reading a scripture can be a pause.
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  Having a wonderful conversation with a loved one can be a pause that we will hear God speaking a lot more than we think.
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  He's around us all the time, speaking.
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  So, my friends, God can speak to us amidst the silence of trees, but he can also speak to us amidst the chaos of our commutes.
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  Wendy had a moment just this morning that proves that God has not stopped talking to people even when they're busy chasing a school bus.
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  Yeah, it's going to be messy sometimes.
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  You know, I prayed with my two teenage boys on the way to school today.
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  We're chasing the bus, and I'm like, okay, prayer.
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  Let's hurry and pray.
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  It's messy.
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  It's not always convenient, and it's not always the best.
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  But I wanted them to remember who they were before they left my hands and went out into the world.
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  I'm like you are.
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  You are men of God, and he loves you.
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  And we are praying for protection for you, because I'm sending you out.
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  And it's in the.
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  I don't care if it's in the car.
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  Turn the radio down, take your hats off, and let's pray it got done.
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  Because I want them to go out knowing and understanding who they are as I send them out into that crazy, crazy world.
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  Because.
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  Because until they can come back into my arms at night and I can wrap them around them and help them to feel loved, I need them to feel God's love during the day that he's with them.
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  Oh.
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  It does not have to be perfect to be powerful.
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  And that connection is made possible by a very real gift that Jesus promised would never leave us.
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  That the gift of the Holy Ghost is a real, tangible thing.
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  It is not a myth.
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  It is the voice of heaven available to every man and woman on earth today to help us, to know when God is speaking to us and to hear it.
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  Yeah.
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  So it's a good quote.
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  We can pray for God's spirit, that Holy Ghost, to be with and abide with us, just as Jesus promised he would send the comforter.
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  He can and he will, and he does.
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  So, my friends, God has not stopped talking to his children.
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  He is just waiting for us to turn down the volume so we can hear the whisper of his spirit.
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  Whether it's in a quiet moment in nature or a frantic prayer in the car, God is ready to connect with you.
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  And if you're ready to reclaim that connection and learn the language of the spirit in your own life, we have tools that can help you figure this out.
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  You can download our Roadmap to Revelation, six Steps to Hearing God in your Life.
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  It's a PDF along with our Receiving Light and Revelation Meditation.
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  It's a free audio MP3 and you can get the bundle of those two powerful resources free at the link below.
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  So, my friend, I invite you to turn off the noise today for five minutes and just listen.
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  Perhaps go stand in the grass or take a moment to breathe and until next time, may you arise.
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  Do it God's way, God strong.