The Lie: I Don't Hear From God | Ep 4

The Everfree Podcast

Welcome to episode number 4. In today’s episode we will be talking about the number one lie we believe. The number one lie we believe is that we don’t (or can’t) hear the voice of God. We’ve been praying for people for about 10 years, and the main lie that people hear is: I don’t hear the voice of God. Often, people experience instant insecurity and fear that the prayer won’t work. A conservative christian couple came for prayer at a training event in Dallas. As we talked, they shared that they had been having very direct warfare coming against them. The wife was terrified and exhausted and not sleeping because of tormenting thoughts she was having. The enemy is a liar and was trying to convince her of lies about herself. As you may be reading this or listening to the podcast, you might be hearing lies. We proclaim truth and submit to authority of the trinity, scripture, and we stand on the identity of christ as the priesthood of all believers we can pray on your behalf. As we are sending out this message we are praying that in Jesus name we forbid any work of the enemy or use of lies over any listeners. Keith was coaching a young man who was one of our previous college students who did not believe that he heard the voice of God (we will call him Steve). Keith asked Steve if they could do a little prayer experiment. As Keith prayed, he asked the Lord to bless Steve and anoint him as they talked on the phone. Then Keith asked, "Holy Spirit is there anything you want to show steve?” After waiting a moment, Keith asked Steve what he was sensing or hearing. Steve said, “Yes, I have a situation at work that just came to mind as you asked that.” Keith prayed, “Jesus, would you meet steve in his office.” After a moment, Steve said, "wow that’s cool. I see Jesus walking up to me and my coworker and blessing our relationship/friendship. Then Jesus showed me some brokenness in our relationship, and show me that I can trust him to heal the relationship.” Keith said to Steve, “hey, can I offer an observation? About 90 seconds ago you said that you don’t hear God’s voice very often. Just now as we prayed, what do you think was going on?” Steve stammered a bit and then realized that the short time of prayer was a direct communication from God about a real situation in his life. Steve realized that he was believing the lie that he couldn’t hear from God. God was loving and gently getting Steve’s attention and revealing Himself to Steve in a tangible way. When the enemy lies to us about not being able to hear from God, and we buy in to that lie, the enemy is getting in the way of our freedom. The enemy knows that if he can get us to question our ability to hear God’s voice, then it will keep us from seeking God in that intimate way. We also want to clarify what we mean when we talk about hearing God’s voice. To hear the voice of God doesn’t have to mean that it’s a tangible audible voice. Some people are picture oriented, some are word oriented, some connect with God on nature walks, some connect through songs, throughout the scriptures, and some through writing. When we pray with people, we actually ask the question: What are you sensing as we pray? Often the enemy will try and block your senses so you can’t experience the power of God. When we sense this is happening during a time of prayer, we will ask the Lord to remove any blockages and open up all the senses to receive fully what God has for the person we are praying with. John 10:14-17 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. God is a good God and we know his voice because we are His children. When we first started hearing the voice of God, it was unnerving in a tangible way. Ask the Lord to show you how you “hear” from Him. Another person we prayed with was a strong leader in the church. She received revelation and had a greater understanding of God’s voice. The was a great encouragement to her and the Holy Spirit led her to pictures and ideas about her theology. She realized that she was believing that she had to “do" certain things to receive grace. Grace can’t be obtained or earned, it can only be received. There is nothing you can do to receive grace, it is a gift of God. She realized that her theology was performance based. We share an image with people as a way of helping understand what’s going on inside our heads. Imagine that you are walking around with a helmet on your head. On this helmet are and are 3 antennas. The main antenna in the middle of your helmet is the YOU antenna. It is your thoughts, your theology, your history, personality type, etc. That’s the antenna that allows us to think and interact and create thoughts. The second antenna is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are all trying to tune our antenna in to this second antenna. This refers tp Romans 12:2 To be transformed by the renewing of your mind. The third antenna, is the enemy’s antenna. The enemy can’t control you, but he can influence your thinking. We like to say that it’s like he’s trying to wrap his antenna around our antenna so that we can’t clearly discern our own thoughts. In this way, we can visualize the influence of our thoughts. When someone is having a hard time connecting with God in prayer, we will command the enemy to unwind the antennas. Using this visual tool, the person often experiences clarity of thought and can hear much more clearly. We will pray in the name of Jesus for the enemy to stop using the person’s voice against them. This serves as a tool to separate the lies of the enemy from any improper thinking the person may be experiencing. The person then will begin to hear the lies more clearly and realize that that voice is not theirs but is actually the enemies voice trying to hold them back from freedom. Some of the lies that Megan believed was that she was too sensitive. She was emotional as a child and her emotions confused people. Her emotions felt unhealthy and the she believed lies that were actually holding her back from the gifts God had for her. Seek the Lord through prayers and scripture. It is also helpful to identify what might be holding you back from faith and hearing His voice? Connect with us if you’d like to do some experiments in prayer!