I want God to speak, but I am not hearing a word from Him? why?
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Your desire to hear God is the strongest thing you have going for you in your quest to hear him. Yes, an attitude of prayer will help open you to him. And he hears you prayers, but it may not be his desire to answer so that you are aware of him. Instead he may answer within you to that part of you that is in communication with him, your soul. His answer will then manifest itself in you as if it actually was you who determined it. God may not be ready to speak with his still voice within you since you may not be ready to hear him. Often, I think, one has to be prepared first, and God will do this in his way. Have patience, and it will come.\n\nWe have an intermediary with God who is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who carries our prayers to God, and the Holy Spirit brings our answers to us. Then it is the Holy Spirit within us that we can hear in supernatural ways when God desires us to hear him.
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You may be in the wrong church, mine still preachs about his evil ways. He is as real now as ever. Speak to your pastor about how you feel, we don't sugar coat anything.
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It is okay if you think I am nuts but here goes.I talk to God by prayer, sometimes silently and sometimes outloud. God talks to me occassionaly at His time frame, In other words I don't have to be in a prayerful or spiritual mood for Him to speak. I cannot explain it but when He speaks to me, it is not silent in my head and it is not audible so that others can hear it but it is clearly audible to me.So yes, I have a relationship with Him. I also can feel His prescense in my life.Look to John 8:47,& 10:26-30 Jesus stated my sheep hear my voice and they know me(Jesus) and follow me. God may not communicate with everyone the same as He does with me but if you do not hear His voice in some manner then you don't know Him. My relationship with Him indeed started out as faith but you are correct in the change that takes place. I cannot prove this relationship to anyone but to me it is fact. You can not achieve fact without first having faith.
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Interesting notion, but no, it is because God wants us to come to Him by faith. THEN He will reveal Himself. Sin is what blinds us and makes us deaf to His voice. Remove the sin issue through the blood of Jesus, and communication is restored. The result of which is a natural desire to do His Word and what is right.\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/o44bt
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Pray that God will use you and speak through you to him.  God is the only one who knows what will get your friends attention so let Him guide you.  Trust me, I've made the mistake of saying what I think instead of what God wanted me to say too many times to count.  But I've also had true wisdom come from my mouth when I asked God to talk for me.
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My Dads sermon last night was about how prayer changes things.The fact that you have asked for prayer shows that you believe that God is able to answer those prayers.Hold on to that faith,God is very concerned about you.Keep looking past the problem and to the solution.God is the solution.My heart goes out to you.Jesus is the answer.
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I haven't heard anything from him yet
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He does come to us. He does talk to us. You are missing it. For you sake, I hope one day you will wonder why. Asking questions is a good start. The one you have ask is going in the wrong direction.  You must ask yourself: 'but , what if the Bible is true'? Now try to answer that. \nYou are just as special to God as Abraham was. The Bible says that Abraham "believed God", and that alone made him righteous. Abraham was no saint. That means that God has time for you. Do you, for him?
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You can pray in any form speak, groan, tears, sighs any way you want.  God can hear you even if you think it, you don't have to say a word, he knows your thoughts and hopes.  Your desperation's and your fears, he knows and sees all.  If you have enough faith anything can be accomplished.
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I believe. It's been a long irritating silence. To be honest, God makes for a crappy pen-pal. I suppose he has more important things to worry about. On the otherhand, just because he isn't paying attention to me, doesn't mean he isn't there. I'm not sure I'd want that much attention anyway. We leave eachother alone, and things seem to work out anyway. What do you mean leave him? Renounce him, or actually leave? Got yourself a space ship? I'm sorry man, a crisis of faith can be unsettling.
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I talk to God, he's always there and he listens.
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Wait for God to tell you. I am a Christian, but would say to search around for something that speaks to you.
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I've gone through something similar and it really just comes down to focusing on God. Even if it means fasting and praying for a day or two, just try and tune everyone out but Him. You could even try explaining to those around you that you appreciate their input, but that is important and you need to spend some time in prayer and ask that they kind of..cool it for awhile if they are shoving in your face or anything like that. Just focus and listen to what he has to say. I will be praying for you! God bless!!!
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Sometimes God speaks directly to us through His Word (the Bible) and a verse or verses from Scripture will not only go into our minds but straight to our hearts also and when that happens your heart may quicken a few beats.  Sometimes when God speaks to us from His Word, you may be led to read and re-read certain scriptures over and over again and they may not make sense at the time but God will show you what they mean at a time which is more appropriate for you and a situation you may face. \n\nSometimes God speaks a word of prophesy to you about something that will come to passthrough another Christian and if it definately comes to pass you then know it was from God.  \n\nSometimes, God speaks through a set of circumstances and too many things happen by chance for it to be coincidence. \n\nI would however add that if you don't expect God to speak to you then that is what you will get, i.e. disappointment!  Expect God to speak to you if you are walking in obedience to Him and He most certainly will.\n\nI hope this is of help to you as these are some of the ways God has spoken directly to me and I know God uses these methods in other Christians lives.\n\nFinally, we will know if we are doing God's will because we will have God's peace which passes all understanding to guide us.  If you step in the wrong direction, He will let you know when He withdraws His peace for a time until you get back in fellowship with Him.\n\nWe need to be in tune with God by spending time in His Word (the Bible), prayer and obedience.  \n\nI hope this helps you.
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If preacher's right, God plays favorites.  But Jesus said his father is not like that, that he makes the sun shine and the rain fall on good and bad alike (Matt 5:45, roughly).  Richard Bach (who wrote Illusions, Bridge Across Forever, and others) said prayers are always answered, but when the door of opportunity opens most people won't go through.  C.S. Lewis put an interesting phrase into the Narnia stories fairly often: Aslan is not a TAME lion.  \n\nPerhaps the life you love and the beauty of the world around you is your answer.  In the Gospel of Thomas Jesus says "the kingdom of heaven is already spread out on the earth, but men do not see it."\n\nIn my early 20's I sought an answer to the question, "Is there an important difference between the Buddhist Dharma and the Christian Gospel?"  God "said" no.  But don't think of it as spoken words.  "Still small voice" is closer.  Not words but knowing.  Knowing in the heat of an argument that "right now" I'm supposed to forgive her.  \n\nIf you really want to deal with God's silence, let me recommend The Silence of God by James Carse.  I consider his Finite and Infinite Games more my bible than the Bible.\n\n"Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and all else will be added to you."  Seems to me you've been doing a great job of it.  \n\nPeace
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Sometimes the Holy Spirit quickens me to just shut up and listen to someone, wait on Him, abide in Him. Then maybe a word or two will come to mind, but not by the mere activity of my reason. I did not calculate that this person "needs" to hear these words. I was just sitting there listening and this simple thing echoes with insistence, landing upon my thoughts like a feather, and then ... well, sometimes I say it, even though I didn't think of it to begin with. I am instructed even by my own words because they are not my own words. They are what God has placed in my mouth to say, beyond my organic autocratic thought. Then I see, how sublime it is to simply be still and wait and abide, and obey whenever He calls.\n\nI contrast this to coming up with a campaign against some doctrinal ignorance and organizing and delivering our solution to the world, motivated by our 'concern' for their 'need.' We figure that they 'need' to know what God has shown us, and we tell them whether or not they are ready to hear it. Often we cram doctrine down people's throats in the most un-gracious of ways. This is how NOT to build the Kingdom ... it is NOT to be our work according to our efforts and conceived our imaginations.\n\nFor it is "not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord." \n\nJohn 21:4-7b\n4Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.\n5He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any fish?"\n"No," they answered.\n6He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.\n7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" \n\nI don't want to say that Jesus is my Lord and then live like I'm on my own. I don't want to fish all day and not catch a single fish. I just want to be restful and available, and just hear from Him. Just a single word will be fine, when it is from the Lord Jesus. And that little word from Him will be all that I need, to catch more then I can haul to the shore.\n\nThat is what I like about volunteering to answer questions. I can just wait. I don't have to worry if I don't get a single question to answer. That is none of my business anyway. Then again, someone might have a question that the Lord Jesus, by the Spirit, has made me suitable to answer. I'll be happy to be put to use by the Lord for His glory. \n\nMay my answer then be by the Holy Spirit, and not from my own mind, nor my own thoughts. Perhaps when I hear what the Lord would have me say, then I'll learn from it as well ... it will impact my mind just as it impacts the person who asked the question. And we will both want to shout (like in the passage above) ... "It is the Lord Jesus!"
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There are so many ways for you to talk to God, He understands your way of thinking, He created you and even before the foundations of the earth were laid, He knew you, how awesome right? So just ease up and speak to Him as though you were speaking to your very Best Friend. I talk to him all the time, sometimes I even think He might say o.k. Bettylu, enough already, but no He doesn't He loves for us to spend time with Him either in silence or in prayer or just jiving along and telling Him what a great mountain He formed over there beyond that gorgeous Ocean, and How in the world did He come up with the idea to create so many gorgeous colors and designs in flowers, there are so many things to talk to Him about but most importantly, just be you, He knows you so well.