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Let’s say that we are sitting in a meeting and someone has just prayed a great prayer full of praise to God. What should happen next?  In our experience, the best way is to make that person’s prayer our own vehicle of praise to God. As we do that, if a verse of Scripture or… Read More

When she comes together, the functioning body of Christ is like an orchestra, with the Holy Spirit acting as the conductor. The richness of a symphony occurs because all of the different instruments in the orchestra play the melody assigned to them. If we all play the same tune in church, we miss out on… Read More

God doesn't just speak to us as individuals.  He also speaks to us corporately. A team of four couples led one of the church that we started in the UK.  Every week that team would meet to hear what God was saying to us.  He spoke in many different ways–through Scripture, through prophecy and words… Read More

John White talks a lot about listening to God.  A few days ago I briefly interviewed him to hear some his thoughts (and, to be strictly honest, to experiment with the technology.)  But what he shared is so good, I thought I would add it so you all can benefit. John mentions Mark Virkler.  Many… Read More

The past few posts have described the different ways that God may speak to us as individuals and some of the criteria we have for evaluating what we have heard. Other ways in which God may guide include our circumstances.  How often God speaks through the situation we may find ourselves in.  The apostle Paul… Read More

God also uses the other spiritual gifts to communicate with us.  Gifts such as words of knowledge or words of wisdom come to mind.  These occur when God drops a piece of information or an idea into our minds that we would have no natural way of knowing. One example comes from Tony’s days as… Read More

  Prayer is when we speak to God; prophecy is when God speaks to us.  All of us are able to prophesy (1 Corinthians 14:31), and the Word tells us to desire to prophesy (1 Corinthians 14:39).  Prophecy occurs when a person speaks out words that they sense God is saying.  Prophetic words can be… Read More

   It is interesting to see how often the Lord used dreams and visions throughout the New Testament.  Joseph is guided by a dream to take Mary as his wife despite her “unplanned” pregnancy.  A dream leads him to flee to Egypt when Herod tries to kill Jesus, and another lets him know when it… Read More

      Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path  (Psalm 119)    God’s Word is the yardstick by which all other revelation from God is measured.  In Hebrews it talks about becoming skilled in the word because you use it (Hebrews 5:13-14)).  God’s word is living and active… Read More

John White wrote this very helpful comment on a post I wrote a few days ago.  It is worth repeating in the main blog.  It is another great example of what can happen when a group listens to God together.  There are many wonderful stories of what can happen when people listen to God on… Read More