To know the Lord’s voice, we must know Him. One of the crucial characteristics that He has is that He is “gentle and humble of heart” (see Matthew 11:29). If anyone ever had a right to be proud, it would be Him, but He is not. 

         Jesus is more than the King of all; He is the Creator of all as verified in John 1 and Colossians 1:15-20. We hardly qualify as specks of dust before Him, but He allows us to entreat Him. As we see in several biblical accounts, He has...

         As we are seeking to mature in Christ, and to know His voice so well that we can quickly and instantly distinguish it, we will consider the statements in Scripture that define maturity in Him, such as Ephesians 4:13, “until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” 

         Do you know anyone who has attained to “the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ”? I...

         As we seek to know the Lord’s voice so well that we can distinguish it from any others, we must understand that He rarely speaks in an audible voice. However, just as the Apostle Paul prayed that “the eyes of your hearts may be opened” (see Ephesians 1:18), indicating that these eyes are not our physical ones, but spiritual, so we also have ears of the heart, or spirit. 

         So, how do we learn to know when God is speaking to the ears of our heart and be able to distinguish it from other voices, even our...

         There are some people I am so close to that if I hear their voice, I know it is them even if I cannot see them. That is how well we should know the Lord’s voice. Even if we cannot now see Him with our eyes, we know His voice instantly because we have been with Him so much.

         I have read many books on knowing the Lord’s voice, and they can have wisdom and helpful insights. However, no book can teach us to know the Lord’s voice because this cannot...

         As my friend Francis Frangipane likes to say, “We are called to follow Emmanuel, not a manual.” We must understand this truth if we are to stay on the path of life following Jesus, and not just principles about Him. Our Truth is a Person who has called us into a personal relationship with Himself. 

         This is not to detract from our devotion to and reverence for God’s written Word, The Bible. If Jesus, who is the Word, would take His stand on “It is written” when challenged by the devil,...