Episode 84: Children hearing God

Jul 20, 2025 | 0 comments

Episode Description:

Children have an incredible openness and ability to hear God. As parents, we can either help or hinder them in hearing God. Join us as we share principles and stories from when our children were growing up, emphasising that encouraging intimacy and a relationship with Father God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus are vital in helping our children hear God.

Episode Notes:

In Season 1, episode 10, we did an episode on helping kids hear from God. Back then, we talked about:

  • There is no junior Holy Spirit. Matthew 18:3 And Jesus said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.“
  • Biblical principle of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3 hearing God’s voice.
  • Actively build their faith. During conversation talk about hearing God. Protect your child’s innocence by carefully selecting what they are exposed to, such as TV programs or movies. We also covered dreams and nightmares.
  • Make it fun to hear God. Games, creative expressions like LEGO, cooking, decorating cakes, painting, dancing, and singing etc.

First Principle: Children can hear God, perhaps more than we realise.

  • Visions – babies can see angels.
  • Discernment – often they have incredible discernment regarding safe and unsafe people. As parents, we may want our children to kiss and hug family members or friends when they don’t want to. Never force them.
  • Trust what your child tells you.
  • Dreams
  • Nightmares – it’s important how we respond. Never say ‘there’s nothing there’.
  • We can shut down their imagination, but our imagination is important in hearing God. Not that we make things up, but God speaks and shows us things.
  • As we grow older, we have more junk, so we tend to question – “was that God or was that myself?” We tend to analyse hearing God.

Second Principle: Protect your child’s ability to hear God

  • What they watch on TV, movies, etc. Don’t let movie producers influence their image of the supernatural. Let God show them what He is doing.
  • Always bring it back to Father God, Holy Spirit and Jesus. Where are they in relation to your child, and what are they doing?
  • Don’t open the door to fear with them. Important to get our junk healed so we don’t instil fear in them. Also, deal with generational iniquity.

Third Principle: Help your child see themselves as God sees them

  • Begins with their name
  • Identity – based in being a child of God, not in what they do.
  • How we treat them, what we say, our frustrations, ‘labels’, etc
  • Get stuck into reading the Bible with them, praying, worshipping God, etc
  • Practice hearing God in everyday life. What do we do about Christmas Day? How much money to give to this project? What does God want to say to Nanny? Let’s ask God if Daddy was an animal, which one would he be and why?
  • Spirit-filled church – a spiritually rich place. As parents, you are responsible spiritually for your children – the church complements what you do and can help significantly in teaching them.

Summary:

  1. Children can hear God, perhaps more than we realise.
  2. Protect your child’s ability to hear God.
  3. Help your child see themselves as God sees them.

Prophetic activation:

Turn your heart and thoughts to Father God and ask Him:

  • “God, what children’s game would You love to play with me?”
  • “What is it about that game that is so special?”

Time Stamps:

[0:39] – Gary & Jane share how they have heard God this week.

[3:02] – Introduction to children hearing God.

[5:35] – First principle: Children can hear God, perhaps more than we realise.

[14:45] – Second Principle: Protect your child’s ability to hear God.

[16:10] – Third Principle: Help your child see themselves as God sees them.

[21:06] – Summary

[21:35] – Prophetic activation.

[22:36] – Gary & Jane both share a prophetic word for a listener.

[23:48] – Gary prays for you.

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Bible Verses Mentioned:

  • Matthew 18:3
  • 1 Samuel 3

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