(By Kevin Senapatiratne) I have spoken elsewhere about the amazing prayer of Hannah that brought Samuel into the world. But even with a godly heritage we still need to journey for ourselves into our relationship with God. J.I. Packer in his great book, Knowing God, warns about the danger of only learning things second hand about God. Even though I have Christians in my family tree going back at least into the 1800s I still need to personally build my friendship with Jesus. I love the story of when Samuel begins to hear the voice of God. It can be a great encouragement for you and me as we learn to hear from God. Here are three things to get you started.
There is an invitation of God for us to listen. – God thinks it is very important for us to have the opportunity to listen to him. God could have made it very hard to hear from Him. But His heart is to be close to us. Actually, the Gospel of John says, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (1:14a). God went to great lengths to invite us into conversation. Samuel heard that invitation from God. READ MORE
THE ONLY WAY TO LEARN TO HEAR FROM GOD IS KNOW HIS WORD FIRST . WHEN GOD SPEAKS YOU LISTEN .IT NOT A LEARNED THING .IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE BIBLE YOU CANNOT DISCERN GOD VOICE FROM SATAN VOICE