In John 12 many of the followers of Jesus and the disciples heard a thunderous sound from heaven. At that point the heavens opened and the Father spoke in a loud audible way over Jesus: “I am going to glorify You!” This verse is a revelation of many things! It says that some heard the thunder and some heard the Father! In other words their perception filtered what they heard and who they heard! This is stunning! We live in a busy world and we are all busy people. There is so much to do nowadays just to earn enough money to live, yet we must take the time to be trained in the hearing the voice of our Father. As we do that, we find we are naturally overcoming the voice of anxiety, the voice of fear and the voice of intimidation. These voices are the relentless voices  we must overcome. God moves at a higher frequency. He is love and has a great plan for each of us. We must cultivate a listening ear as a big part of our spiritual life. We must sit with Him and learn to hear how He speaks and why He speaks and what He speaks. The Father speaks to our heart. He speaks words that are helpful, revelatory, creative, plans for the week, plans for the day, hopes, His heart and much much more. Beloved if we do not go into the secret place and shut the door we will just be listening to the voice of the enemy, others voices or the voice in our heads telling us what to do and what to think. Today is a great day to practice listening. Take your journal and stay in His word till you hear Him speak to you. Tune into the flow of the Holy Spirit. You will be freshly amazed at the practice of listening prayer!