Hearing God Quotes

“God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

“If this inner and critical voice has kept you safe for many years as your inner voice of authority, you may end up not being able to hear the real voice of God.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

“Spiritual giftedness does not guarantee that we hear from God rightly on every point.”
― Craig S. Keener, Gift and Giver

“Granted, God is sovereign and can speak as he pleases—through a proof text, a poem, or Balaam’s donkey. But we do not regularly seek out donkeys to tell us how to live.”
― Craig S. Keener, Gift and Giver

“One of the first steps we should take in knowing God’s voice is knowing God’s heart.”
― Craig S. Keener, Gift and Giver

“Silence is the room we create for the searching of God, where we hear His voice and follow.”
― Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control

“If you ask God the wrong question, don't expect Him to protect you from hearing the wrong answer.

(Meaning: If you ask God whether you should cheat on your wife, don't consider a couple of falling stars or a billboard saying "Just do it" as a sign from above.)”
― Simeon Visscher

“An important step in getting to know God is to realize how available he is to us. In learning to hear God, it helps us to take on faith the fact that we are already in his presence. If we must make ourselves worthy of his presence first, we will never get there.”
― Craig S. Keener, Gift and Giver

“Hearing God’s voice is indispensable to moving through or around closed doors.”
― Gary Rohrmayer

“We usually hear what we want to hear and turn a deaf ear to everything else. But remember the package deal? If we don't listen to everything God has to say, we eventually won't hear anything He has to say. And we probably need to hear most what we want to hear least. But this I know for sure: His tone of voice is always loving. Sometimes it's tough love in the form of rebuke or discipline, but it's loving, nonetheless.”
― Mark Batterson, Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God

“As we grow our faith, we wait in silence. As we listen for His voice, we have hope that He will speak. It may not be a loud boom or thunder, but a soft whisper. He may use a song, a butterfly, a sermon, a stranger, or even a red cardinal, but there is hope that God will come through for us.”
― Dana Arcuri, Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark