the importance of hearing from God

Key Quotes from 'Hearing God's Voice' by Henry & Richard Blackaby

QUOTES THE IMPORTANCE OF HEARING FROM GOD:

• 'Effective spiritual leaders must know when God is speaking to them.' (P.x)
• 'So why does God speak to us? He takes the revelation found in his Word and applies it to our lives. When he does, we not only KNOW ABOUT him from his revelation in Scripture, but we also KNOW HIM by experience.' (P.xi)
• 'With remarkable consistency, those God has used in mighty ways have been people who heard from God and obediently responded to what he said.

COMMENTS

Unless we know the voice of God we will not be able to distinguish between our hopes, the world's wisdom and the purposes and ways of God. Learning to hear God's voice, for most this will not be an audible voice, is critical to KNOWING God versus KNOWING ABOUT God.