Basingstoke Church

Reading the story of the wise and the foolish builders, we're called to hear God and act accordingly - intentionally building our life on Jesus, not anything else. Both builders in this story heard God, so the difference wasn’t in the hearing, but it was in the choice of what and where to build.

How is your spiritual battery level? We are called to keep close to God, spending time in His presence, as that’s where our power comes from - being connected to Jesus the source, continually filled with His Holy Spirit.

Karen closes the series by looking outward at how God speaks through nature, and the wonder and beauty of creation - with an encouragement to look for and notice God's presence in that.

John Hudson speaks on the moment when God turns up. Drawing on the story of Elijah who was crying out to God when he felt all alone, John unpacks what we can expect as God comes to be with us in the hard times. This a shorter talk for our Summer All-In series.

On the Emmaus road Jesus walks alongside two disciples who don’t recognise him, their hearts burning within them before they understand why. We too want to be more aware of God's presence walking with us by day by day through His Holy Spirit.

How does the Holy Spirit actually speak to us in practice? Acts 2 gives the theological foundation for God speaking in different ways - including prophesy, visions and dreams, so we can ask and be prepared for God to speak to us, even as we sleep.

A biblical, communal, and personal introduction to prophecy, defined simply as hearing God’s voice on behalf of yourself, another person, or a group. Paul’s measured, community framing here shows that prophecy is not for an elite, it is the most accessible of the gifts, oriented entirely towards building others up.

Scripture is a lamp for our feet, as we find the rhythm of reading or hearing it as a regular part of our life. We can practically root our lives in God’s word and allow it to impact us.

Scripture is the most reliable and most frequent channel through which God speaks. When we open our hearts to God as we read it, it is powerful - revealing the wisdom and character of God by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus is the Word made flesh. God’s speech is not merely information but personal presence - communication is at the heart of who God is. Before we ask ‘how do I hear God?’ we need to be captured by the fact that God speaks, and that the fullest expression of his speaking is a person - Jesus.