"The Voice"

The Voice - How to Know You're Hearing God's Voice 

Here are the Sermon notes from today's message: "The Voice"

Key Thought - God is always speaking, the question is, "Are You  Listening To His Voice?"

Luke 8:4-8

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown." When he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

• Some People Just Don't Listen (vs 5)
• Some People Listen by. forget (vs 6)
• Some People Listen but its not Important to them (vs 7)
• Some People Listen and Hear the Right Voice (vs 8)

7 ways to know that You're Listening To The Voice of God

We can know that God is leading us to test whether or not our division, feelings or even someone's opinion is from; ourselves (Proverbs 14:12), God (Job 33:14), or Satan (2 Cor 11:14)

1 John 4:1

"Don't always believe everything you hear just because someone says it is a message from God; test it first to see if it really is!"

1. God's Voice is based on God's Word (Luke 21:33, Galatians 1:8) -- Some are waiting to hear God's voice when God is wanting to give you a Verse. God's word is a number of different stories that we need to understand before we apply it to our lives
2. God's Voice tells you to become more like Jesus (Philippians 2:5) -- God is not only interested into our temporary happiness. God is interested in developing you into the image of His Son Jesus
3. God's Voice will be confirmed by Godly Friends  (Ephesians 3:10) -- We need to have the right people in our lives that will tell us the truth
4. God's Voice tells you to do what He has wired You to do (Ephesians 2:10; Romans 12:6) -- God has placed His gifts on the inside of you and created you to do something special for his kingdom. 
5. God's Voice is concerned about HIS Will for your life, not everyone else's  (Romans 14:10-13) -- He created you to be YOU. Be more concerned about what The Lord is speaking to you about you own life not just what you need to tell others
6. God's Voice is convicting NOT Condemning  (1 John 1:9, Revelation 12:10) -- God Convicts us NOT Condemns us to bring us back to Him. 
7. God's Voice will give you Peace (1 Corinthians 14:33, Colossians 3:15) -- God's spoken word over your life will always confirm what The Lord is already speaking to you

This week stop looking only for the times where God Speaks supernaturally and focus on these 7 ways to hear God's Voice.