The Collaboratory : A Listening Prayer Experience

The Bible is not a novel, but a library. Its narrative arc serves as the litmus test for hearing God's voice, as it reveals God's very heart for us.

Let's explore together all that it holds and what that might mean for hearing God's voice.

Resources:

https://bibleproject.com/

https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/

Music by Matthew Wright

What is your experience with the Bible? Perhaps you are overwhelmed or elated by it... cynical or swept off your feet when you read it.

May I invite you, regardless of your experience, to look afresh at the Scripture, and to let it inform your listening.

Visit ⁠thecollaboratorypodcast.com⁠ for more resources.

Let's listen together.

Music by Matthew Wright

Is that me? God? The enemy? The chili?

What if we were to have a filter through which to run the voices we hear so that we might discern the source of them?

Visit thecollaboratorypodcast.com to download "Can You Hear Me?", a free listening guide that outlines this episode. I pray it serves you as you practice.

Let's listen together.

Music by Matthew Wright

Does God speak to only those that know Him? Is he only near to those who are faithful?

Let me tell you of a story of a woman on a plane, and an unlikely conversation that led me to believe what has always been true…

That the story of God is that he first draws near to us. And that there is nowhere we can go from his presence.

May you come to believe this beautiful reality, that peace has always been with you.

Our question: “God, would you remind me of a time you were with me, and I did not know?”

Music by Matthew Wright

To rightly interpret the voice (or silence) we sense when we pray, we must know the character of the One whose voice we seek.

Who does God say that he is?

Exodus 34:6 and Matthew 11:28-30 give us the heartbeat of God.

Let's listen together...

Our hypothesis is that we can hear from God. And yet there seem to be more voices than just one. How do we begin to discern all the "voices" that we hear? It is by knowing the character of the one who is speaking. Let's experiment together...

In this episode, we discuss listening prayer, its purpose and begin to engage this practice together with one simple question, "God, what do you want me to know?"

What to expect on the Collaboratory...

Season 1: Foundations

Season 2: The Toolkit

Season 3: Encounters

Grab a journal. Posture your heart. Get ready to listen, together.

The fresh beginnings... Welcome to the Collaboratory.