Hearing and Presence

Learning to hear God and cultivate His presence. This session trains attention toward God’s voice through Scripture, prayer, and quiet practices that sharpen spiritual perception. It balances expectation with patience, offering practices to recognize promptings and to dwell in God’s nearness amid daily life. The aim is to move from information about God to an ongoing, felt relationship with Him.

Objectives

Build short daily presence practices.

Discern God’s voice from other noise.

Practice stillness and listening.

Reflections

What one short practice will help me notice God today?

How has God spoken to me in the past?

What distracts me most from hearing God?

Call to Action

Devotionals

Helplessly Listening Helps

2 min read

Have you ever tried to listen to someone complaining, someone describing a horrible woe, anguish, or delimma? Many times in my life, I've...

There You Don't Go

2 min read

Somehow, somewhere, sometime, there is something you will do, or something someone will do to you that will cause you to distance yourself..

Shhhh... D'Ya Hear That?

2 min read

How many times have we heard that? Someone telling us to be quiet so we can 'hear that'; like we can hear what they are hearing... or,...

Unexceptional Presence

2 min read

As we recently discussed in The Meaning of Suffering devotional, the painful events in our lives help strengthen us, help lead us, even...

Grumbling and Complaining Allowed

2 min read

Well, to the right person, anyway. Alright, not just any person... someone who knows and understands you better than anyone else. But...

Pull Up a Chair

2 min read

"Pull Up a Chair"... Now that's a phrase that just exudes, 'grab a spot, I've something you'll want to hear'. We seem to naturally do...