How to Hear God's Voice Together: A Scripture-Based Prayer Exercise for Small Groups | 69

Is it presumptuous to ask God to speak? Can prophecy actually be practiced? For anyone from a more reformed background, these questions can feel loaded. This episode makes a brief biblical case for eagerly pursuing God's voice, and walks through a simple exercise for hearing Him together in community.

Hearing God's voice was never meant to be a solo endeavor. Listening together and weighing what we hear against Scripture builds a kind of collective discernment that God designed us to need.

In this episode:

• Why New Testament prophecy leaves room to grow (and be wrong) humbly
• How spiritual gifts develop through practice
• A five-step small group exercise, adapted from Ed Khouri's Beyond Becoming, rooted in the truth that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are interceding for us right now
• How to share what you sense with humility, and why this practice builds faith and offers biblical encouragement even when you're unsure you heard anything

Scripture referenced: Romans 8:26, 8:34; Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 2:1, 5:14; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Joel 2

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