Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song.

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1 Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. Jesus Loves Me Chris Tomlin Love Ran Red God is Great Travis Cottrell Jesus Saves (Live) Blessed Be Your Name Travis Cottrell Jesus Saves (Live) Amazed Ross Parsley I Am Free Speak to Me Tommy Walker Praise God (In His Time)

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3 Leading through His Spirit How God Leads (part 3) Acts 2:14-21; 1 Kings 19:8-18

4 Review Nature of God s will There is a universal moral will revealed in God s commands There are times when God has a specific will for us as individuals There are other times when God leaves the decision up to us.

5 Review Nature of God s will There is a universal moral will revealed in God s commands There are times when God has a specific will for us as individuals There are other times when God leaves the decision up to us. Your greatest joy is only found in the will of God

6 Review If you want to sense God s leading, you need to spend daily time in His Word

7 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2:14-20

8 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2: Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It s only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

9 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2: In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

10 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2: I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

11 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2:14-20 We live in the age of Jesus radical promise of His indwelling Spirit for all believers!

12 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2:14-20 All believers can now hear from God! 17 Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

13 Does God want to speak to us today? Acts 2:14-20 Is God still speaking today? 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

14 How does God speak? Various Ways God Spoke to People in the Bible Audible Voice Jesus Himself Angels Visions & Trances Prophetic Words through People Other Means

15 How does God speak? Through Reading Scripture

16 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:9-18)

17 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 8 [Elijah] traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him: What are you doing here, Elijah?

18 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 10 He replied, I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.

19 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 11 The LORD said, Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by. Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

20 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

21 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 14 He replied, I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.

22 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 15 The LORD said to him, Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.

23 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.

24 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) God s presence was not in the spectacular

25 How does God speak? Through His Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:8-18) God s presence was not in the spectacular God spoke through a gentle whisper

26 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Spend daily time with God

27 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Learn the Language of God s Word

28 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Walk in the Spirit

29 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Lower the ambient noise in your life Psalm 46:10 10 He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

30 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Take periodic extended times of silence and solitude Matthew 14: Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

31 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Read good books from people who hear God The Power of a Whisper- Bill Hybels Surprised by the Voice of God- Jack Deere Hearing God- Dallas Willard

32 How can we develop a listening ear to hear God s voice? Expect God to speak to you

33 Conclusion God s Spirit wants to speak to you