“How can I be sure I am really hearing God’s voice and it’s not my own thoughts or the voice of the enemy?” Listen and find out the answers to that question as Derek shares three important ways to know with certainty that you are hearing from God.

Using examples from the lives of Moses, Elijah and Jeremiah, Derek illustrates how God picked the time and the place to meet with them. It behooves us to get away to a place of quiet stillness so we can focus wholly on hearing from God. Often God speaks in a gentle whisper.

Derek gets very practical today, as he points out four requirements for hearing God’s voice. To determine these points, he turns to the book of Proverbs to bring out undivided attention, humility, open-ended time and quietness. What can you learn from these steps?

Cultivating a sensitive heart means having our hearts in tune with God’s voice—hearing and paying attention to Him. Derek explains that’s the real key to true blessing. Solomon prayed, “Give me a hearing heart.” Make that prayer your own.

When tempted by Satan in the wilderness, Jesus said, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” So true. Our daily bread is to hear the voice of God and to obey His instructions. It is our personal relationship with Him that will set us apart.

Many people struggle to find faith—they run to and fro trying to find it. They haven’t yet discovered the secret of faith. Faith comes by hearing God’s voice. If you don’t have faith, you can get it. Faith can be cultivated. Listen to find out how faith comes.

Did you know there are three distinctive features of hearing God’s voice? They are: Hearing God’s voice is personal, it is tangible and it is present in the sense of time. Listen in today as Derek explains all three of these distinctive features in greater detail.

Yesterday Derek focused on the Old Testament to bring out the all-important feature: that we need to listen to the voice of God. Today, he turns on to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament, to help us see that nothing has changed in this vital, essential respect of hearing the voice of the Lord. Other things may have changed, but this essential requirement remains unchanged.

The ability to hear God’s voice sets God’s people apart from all others. But “how do we know it’s Him we’re hearing?” Find out as Derek begins explaining in-depth answers to that question. Rest assured, “Hearing God’s Voice” makes all the difference in life.

In his closing talk on forgiveness today, Derek points out that forgiveness is not an emotion, but rather a decision. We can decide to forgive. First, by recognizing our need to forgive. Second, by submitting ourselves to God’s Word. Then by making the right decision. Affirm it verbally—over and over if necessary. Forgive, as you want God to forgive you.