Episode 3: What does God’s Voice sound like?

Episode 3: What does God’s Voice sound like?

Jun 4, 2023 | 0 comments

 

Episode Description: 

Learning to recognise God’s voice is crucial and comes through intimacy with Father God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus. This episode of Hearing God unpacks the four different voices we may hear – God’s, Satan’s, other peoples, and our own voice. We look at what each voice sounds like and give practical examples from our own lives. We unpack the ‘first thought principle’ of hearing God’s voice, conditional on if you are in a great place with God. We emphasize that we need to look at what ‘fruit’ the voice will bring. Listeners are encouraged to ask God questions.

 

Episode Notes:

  1. God’s voice
  • Learn to recognise it through intimacy with God.
  • God’s voice brings hope and speaks life. It’s always loving and honouring.
  • May convict but never condemns. Always agrees with Scripture.
  • Sounds like the fruit of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22-23
  • Affirms us in our identity, relationships, and purpose.
  • Brings revelations and perspective and understanding you wouldn’t have come up with yourself.
  • Jeremiah 29:11 – God’s thoughts, plans and desires for us.
  • Still, small voice eg Elijah fleeing from Jezebel in 1 Kings 19:11-12.
  1. Satan’s voice
  • Steals, kills, and destroys. It brings shame and condemnation.
  • It can sound accusatory and brings negative thoughts. It contradicts.
  • Uses “you” language and not “I” language.
  • Unsettling, manipulative, pushy, angry, controlling, brings fear and humiliation.
  • Discouraging and brings hopelessness. Driven and invasive. Unrest.
  • Focus off God and distorts Scripture.
  • John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.”
  1. Other’s voices
  • May be positive or negative.
  • Usually the words a significant person in our life has said.
  1. Our own voice
  • Reasons/rationalises and uses logic to assess and process information and draw conclusions.
  • Easily swayed through our emotions and how feeling.
  • Double minded or striving.
  • Feels too familiar and can trace the thought pattern.
  • Eg “I’m not sure I’m hearing correctly.”
  1. Important points:
  • First thought principle as long as in a healthy place with God.
  • Look at the fruit of the thought.

Activation:

Ask God, “Jesus, if you could meet me anywhere in the Universe, where would it be and why?”

Explore it further with Jesus by asking more questions, for example:

  • What do you most like about that place?
  • Why did you choose that place?

Time Stamps:

[0.33] – Jane shares on the importance of intimacy with God.

[1.05] – Gary shares how God’s voice will always agree with Scripture.

[1.44] – Jeremiah 29:11

[2.17] – 1 Kings 19:11-12

[3.06] – Learning to recognise God’s voice.

[3.11] – Jane shares several examples of hearing the audible voice of God.

[5.45] – Guidelines we operate under when releasing prophetic words.

[7.22] – Gary shares what Satan’s voice sounds like.

[8.59] – John 10:10

[9.28] – Jane shares an example of feeling peace.

[11.24] – Voices of other people.

[12.16] – Gary shares on recognising when it’s our own internal voice.

[13.25] – Gary shares on the first thought principle.

[16.37] – The fruit of the thought is important.

[17.00] – Prophetic activation.

[18.00] – Gary prays for you.

Resources / Links Mentioned:

  • Prayer Ministry / Inner Healing through various places. Contact your local church or various ministries like Bethel Sozo, Elijah House, Ellel Ministries, Heart Revive (Portico Church – online), Restore (Stairway SASH) or Restoring the Foundations.
  • If you would like to become a Christian, please contact a local church, or find an Alpha course near you.
  • Visit Jane’s website https://unlockingthegold.com and subscribe to get your free 84- page pdf copy of ‘40 Days of gratitude’.

 

Bible Verses Mentioned:

  • Galatians 5:22-23
  • Jeremiah 29:11
  • 1 Kings 19:11-12
  • 1 Corinthians 13:9
  • John 10:10

 

Connect with Gary & Jane:

Support the show:

  • If God is leading your heart to donate or support the show in any way, please visit https://buymeacoffee/garyandjanM Thank you so much.
  • Subscribe and leave a rating + review on your favourite podcast listening app.
  • Share this podcast with someone who would value hearing from God.

Episode 2: The Importance of Hearing God for Myself.

Episode 2: The Importance of Hearing God for Myself.

May 25, 2023 | 0 comments

Episode Description:

It is so important to learn to hear God for ourselves. Sometimes we may feel we can’t hear God, but God uses a variety of ways to get our attention. We are individuals and God, as our creator, knows us intimately. He will speak to us in ways that make sense to us. God is not limited to communicating with us in only one way. Spending time and becoming intimate with God is vital.

Episode Notes:

1. We need to ‘know the real deal’ and be able to spot the fake.

2. Get to know God’s voice.

    • John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.”
    • John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

3. Different ways God can speak to us.

    • Gary’s call to church planting through reading Jeremiah 1.
    • Deep sense of peace when praying.
    • Sensing / feeling
    • Knowing / perceiving
    • Seeing pictures or symbols / dreams /visions
    • Still small voice / auditory voice
    • Etc.

Activation:

“Jesus, what do you love most about me and why?”

Time Stamps:

[0.25] – Jane shares about learning to spot the real before focusing on the fake.

[1.24] – The importance of getting to know God’s voice.

[2.02] – Jane shares how the Bible came alive watching sheep in Israel.

[3.59] – Jane shares recent experiences of hearing God.

[6.49] – Gary shares his call to church planting through reading the Bible.

[8.12] – One way God speaks to us is through the Bible.

[8.19] – God communicates to us in a variety of ways.

[9.54] – Psalm 91:1-5

[10.56] – Jane shares how hearing God for herself changed the way she prays.

[11.53] – The prophetic often confirms what God has already been sharing with us.

[13.20] – The importance of hearing God for myself.

[13.43] – Gary shares about prophesying about future husbands and wives.

[16.48] – Activation – ask Jesus what He loves most about you and why.

[17.31] – Gary prays for you.

Bible Verses Mentioned:

    • Jeremiah 1
    • Psalm 91:1-5

Connect with Gary & Jane:

Support the show:

    • If God is leading your heart to donate or support the show in any way, please visit https://buymeacoffee/garyandjanM for more information. Thank you so much!
    • Subscribe and leave a rating + review.
    • Share this podcast with someone who would value hearing from God.

 

 

Episode 1: God wants to Communicate with Us

Episode 1: God wants to Communicate with Us

May 24, 2023 | 0 comments

Episode Description:

God’s desire is for communication with us. He wants to have a relationship with us and share thoughts, insights, solutions, strategies, and secrets with us. God also wants to hear our thoughts, struggles, dreams, and desires. If you want God to speak to you, He will always answer you. He is a loving God who wants to communicate with us. We can hear God for ourselves. This episode contains keys to help you hear from God.

Gary and Jane share their first memorable experiences of the father heart of God. They share how our identity is often based on what our earthly father’s relationship with us was like, and how we often view God through the lens of our relationship with our earthly father.

Episode Notes:

1. God created us for relationship.

    • God desires intimacy with us.
    • Psalm 139:13-18. God created us and knows our innermost thoughts and desires.
    • Jeremiah 33:3. God wants us to call to Him and He will always answer us.
    • Often, we are not listening or unaware of how God is speaking to us.
    • If you want God to speak to you, He will always answer you.

2. An expectation that God still speaks today.

    • Do you believe that God still wants to communicate with you today?
    • We need to position ourselves to hear God.
    • Habakkuk 2:1 – eagerly anticipate and expect God to speak to us.

3. Father heart of God.

    • Often, we determine what Father God is like by our experience with our earthly father. 
    • How we view God is often through the lens of our relationship with our earthly father.
    • Our identity is often based in what our relationship was like with our father.

Activation:

Ask Father God, “How do you see me dressed?”

Explore it further with God by asking more questions, for example:

    • Why am I wearing those clothes?
    • What do the colours mean?
    • What would you like to say to me through this?

Time Stamps:

[0.23] – Jane shares how God created us for relationship.

[1.18] – Gary shares about his experience ministering at the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival.

[2.50] – Jane shares on the need for an expectation that God still speaks today.

[3.41] – Gary shares on the Father heart of God.

[4.34] – Our identity is often based in what our relationship was like with our father.

[5.05] – Gary shares when he first encountered the father heart of God.

[6.42] – Jane’s experience seeing a man experience the father heart of God.

[9.44] – An opportunity to ask God where He is for you.

[11.44] – Jane shares her first memorable experience with the father heart of God.

[14.54] – Encouragement to ask God questions.

[16.12] – Activation – ask Father God, “How do you see me dressed?”

[16.51] – Gary prays for you.

Resources / Links Mentioned:

    • Ellel Ministries
    • Ken Symington – book “Loved like never before: Discovering the Father Heart of God”. His course is available through Ellel Ministries.
    • A.J. Jones – “Finding Father” available through Amazon or  https://alynandaj.com/store/finding-father-book/
    • Prayer Ministry / Inner Healing through various places. Contact your local church or various ministries like Bethel Sozo, Elijah House, Ellel Ministries, Heart Revive (Portico Church – online), Restore (Stairway SASH) or Restoring the Foundations.
    • If you would like to become a Christian, please contact a local church, or find an Alpha course near you.

Bible Verses Mentioned:

    • Psalm 139:13-18
    • Jeremiah 33:3
    • Habakkuk 2:1

Connect with Gary & Jane:

Support the show:

    • If God is leading your heart to donate or support the show in any way, please visit https://buymeacoffee/garyandjanM  Thank you so much. 
    • Subscribe and leave a rating + review on your favourite podcast listening app.
    • Share this podcast with someone who would value hearing from God.

 

Episode 000: Trailer

Episode 000: Trailer

May 24, 2023 | 0 comments

Episode Description:

In this introductory episode, we introduce ourselves and the aims for this podcast – that of helping you hear God and live a naturally supernatural life. Most People struggle with hearing God for themselves, so we share how this podcast will equip you with tools and practical examples so you can confidently hear God. In being able to hear from God for yourself, it will draw you closer to God, help you solve problems, positively impact your relationships, and transform your sphere of influence. Above all, it is our desire for you to grow in your relationship with Father God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus.

Episode Notes:

  1. Introduction to the podcast.
  2. Introduction to Gary and Jane Berry.
  3. A memorable first encounter Gary had with the prophetic.
  4. One of Jane’s first times hearing God.
  5. Hearing God is more than hearing a voice. It includes all the senses – seeing, knowing, feeling, sensing etc.
  6. An activation to help you hear God.

Activation:

Ask Father God, “Can you please show, tell, or give me something to encourage me today?”

Time Stamps:

[0.20] – Jane shares how hearing God for yourself will help you.

[0.42] – Gary shares the aim of the Hearing God Podcast.

[0.57] – An introduction to Gary and Jane.

[1.54] – Gary shares a memorable encounter with the prophetic.

[3.09] – Jane shares about herself.

[3.35] – Jane’s experience of hearing an audible voice.

[4.58] – God is interested in every part of our life.

[5.16] – This episode’s practical activation.

Resources / Links Mentioned:

Connect with Gary & Jane:

Support the show:

  • If God is leading your heart to donate or support the show in any way, please visit https://buymeacoffee/garyandjanM Thank you so much.
  • Subscribe and leave a rating + review on your favourite podcast listening app.
  • Share this podcast with someone who would value hearing from God.