LIVING STREAMS DEVOTIONAL
By Pst. Ezekiel Atang
JULY 2025
THE SPIRIT LED LIFE
(Romans 8:14 KJV)
Friday, 4th July
THE BASIC WAY TO HEAR GOD
Psalm 119:11 KJV
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee”.
Before ever you begin to want to hear God in more complicated ways, there has to be a basic course you must undertake and that is the word course. It is the course of immersion in the word of God, it is developing a habit of reading and studying the word of God for yourself. It is knowing God by His word; it is knowing the ways of God and it is knowing the principles of God and the Spirit all by the word of God.
If you do not know the word of God, you will not be able to hear the voice of God. The Bible contains the speakings of God. They are words that God has already spoken, and those words remain relevant today and forever. The Spirit of God comes on the letter of the word of God and brings it alive in your spirit, and causes it to convey the voice of God to you. Remember that Mark 13:37 says “what I say unto you I say unto all”. What God said many thousands of years ago is what He still says today. The characters of the Bible are all dead and the people God is speaking to today is you and I. As we connect to the word of God by the Spirit of God, the voice of God becomes clear.
So never claim to want to hear from God with a closed bible. Never claim to be seeking God without an open bible. God must not always speak to your ears or to your heart, He may well wish to speak to you by the pages of the scriptures. It is the most authentic way God communicates with His people. Besides, if you do not know the word of God from the scriptures, how will God speak to you at all? God will most often use the word you have stored in your spirit to speak to you. He could pick up a scripture and send it to your spirit as His word for the moment. But you must first know His word and store them in your heart. Receive grace to embrace the word of God like never before in Jesus Name.
Action Points
i. Develop a strong habit for the reading and study of the word of God today.
ii. Commit the word of God to heart today, and confess them frequently and fluently.
iii. Make your bible a steady companion in your journeys to seek God’s face each time.
Prayer
-Lord, as I open the bible, please highlight your word to my spirit in Jesus Name.
-Teach me to hear you from the pages of the scriptures in Jesus Name.
Nugget
If you do not know the word of God, you will not be able to hear the voice of God.
For Further Reading and Meditation
MORNING
Exodus 17; John 13
EVENING
Isaiah 17
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