Growing up, the idea of hearing from God sounded foreign. What did God sound like? How do you know? Do people really hear from God like you would from a trusted friend? Or even if you have a sense of what God sounds like, how does that line up with what scripture shows? In 1 Kings God has an encounter with a prophet, but the way, the place, and the circumstance is nothing like the prophet ever expected.

You know what the voice sounds like. The inner critic. That whisper that tells you not so nice things about you, or your spouse, or that tough project at work. How do we go about working through that voice, as we seek to encounter God? Jesus models for us in Matthew 4 some ways that we can work through those voices as we seek God.

Silence can be loud. You know it because you settle into bed, turn off the lights, and sometimes the chatter, the noise, the back and forth in your own mind can feel like a lot. When we create space for solitude we will encounter ourselves. How you are feeling, the ache in you knee, the dream of a new job, or that trip you hope to maybe go on.