Five Hindrances to Hearing From God

we thank you for this another opportunity to minister to these your precious sheep thank you lord that revelation knowledge will flow freely uninterrupted and unhindered by any satanic or demonic force and father i ask that you will speak through my vocal cords and think through my mind none of me and all of you and i give you all the honor the glory and the praise jesus name we pray and everybody said amen well welcome wednesday night crew those of you who are streaming in i want to welcome you to another invention word on wednesday night and i don't have a 30 minute so let's get right into it if you have your bibles go with me to the book of proverbs chapter 20 and verse 27 of course we are continuing uh another segment of this message and teaching on how to hear from god it's important that we know that it is god's will to speak to us and it is god's will for us to be able to hear him well well tonight i want to i want to carry on some things here but i want to talk about the hindrances to hearing from god a lot of times people they want to hear from god but they don't recognize those things that challenge their hearing those things that make even clog up their hearing those things that might hinder uh the the voice of god from being heard now the problem is never going to be with god speaking god's always speaking the issue is uh whether or not we pick up the transmission uh whether or not there's something that's blocking our hearing and so uh tonight i want to i want to deal with the five hindrances to hearing from god and i want to uh i want to start in proverbs 20 verse 27 and he says this proverbs 20 and 27 he says the spirit of man is the candle of the lord searching all the inward parts of the belly now that that really got me years ago when i began to look at this the spirit of man now please understand and i'll repeat this again that man is a three-part being man is a spirit he doesn't have a spirit he is a spirit he possesses a soul that's his mind will and his emotions that's your thinker your chooser and your filler and he lives in a physical body that is the three parts of a man he is a spirit he possesses a soul he lives in a physical body now according to this scripture he says that that the spirit of a man is the candle of the lord now think about it when when the power goes off in your house and you go grab a candle you light that candle that candle provides guidance it allows you to move around without hurting yourself or injuring yourself it allows you to see the pathway it allows you to see you know where you're going and so he says that he's going to use the spirit of man like like a candle so we use a candle what to to enlighten us in the midst of darkness the spirit of a man the bible says is the candle of the lord searching all the inward parts of the belly now what are some things that can can um hinder that process god wants to lead you by your spirit god wants to show you some things by your spirit god wants to say to you not a good time god wants to say to you um back up hold up god wants to lead you by your spirit in other words guidance that candle will help you to be led and and to help guide you when you can't see certain things uh in it with your natural with your natural eye so number one here's the first hindrance to hearing from god unbelief unbelief now you got to understand everything in the kingdom of god operates by faith everything in god's kingdom operates and is going to be successful because believers are believing but when you walk in unbelief there are lots of things that won't work including your ability to pick up the transmission now like i said the problem is not going to be with god the problem is is when unbelief is there in your heart you know the bible refers to a heart filled with unbelief belief as an evil heart an evil heart why is it evil because it's filled with unbelief look at this scripture i want to show these two scriptures to you in uh the amplified hebrews chapter 3 and verse 12 in the amplified bible and then in that same chapter we'll just go down to verse 19. hebrews chapter 3 and verse 12. now now check this out now this area of unbelief can be so so wicked twisted uh hebrews 3 verse 12 says therefore beware brethren take care lest there be in any one of you a wicked unbelieving heart which refuses to cleave to refuses to trust in and rely on him and it leads you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living god now notice that that last part of that scripture it leads you to stand apart or to stand away from the living god so notice you're not receiving the transmission because that wicked evil heart of unbelief is leading you to stand apart stand aloof from god so unbelief can't be present and you pick up the transmission from god now look at verse 19 in that same chapter in the amplified he says this hebrews 3 19 so we see that they were not able to enter into his rest why because of their unwillingness to adhere to and to trust in and to rely on god unbelief had shut them out unbelief had shut them out and and i'm telling you the word of the lord the guidance that god wants to provide with your spirit he says your unbelief cuts you out you're cut out man that's just god one word from god that you pick the transmission up can change your life but unbelief will will shut you out will shut you out of a word that could save your life a word that could prosper you a word that can make the difference in your business of difference in relationship but you're being shut out because of because of unbelief and i'm telling you right now in the earth today there's more unbelief in this earth today than i have ever seen before and people are being shut out they're hearing everything except the nourishing loving word from god and so unbelief is a hindrance to hearing from god here's the second hindrance from hearing from god an undeveloped spirit an undeveloped spirit go to first thessalonians 5 23 i want to re-re-emphasize this triune man an undeveloped spirit now please understand something that that the holy spirit is going to speak to you through your spirit and you're going to understand a little later that your conscience is the voice of your spirit so what happened is you got born again and and and and he moved in you you got in him and where's that taking place that's taken place in the area of your spirit man in him we move in him we breathe in him we have our very being so the holy spirit we are sealed we are sealed in the holy spirit well what part of that it's your spirit man that part of you now look what he says here he says in the very god of peace sanctify you holy all one piece and that i pray god your whole spirit your whole soul your whole body will be preserved blameless unto the coming of the lord here again it's making it very clear of the triune being of man of the tripart or man three parts of man spirit soul body that you are a spirit you have to understand that you are a spirit being and and if you are undeveloped in that area in other words that new creation in you uh it needs to be trained to work with the holy spirit trained to commune and operate with the holy spirit and and when you when you do that when you're when your spirit man is trained in the word of god then your conscience now uh will be the voice of that praise god and if you begin to train your spirit in that then all of a sudden your consciousness becomes a reliable uh lead in other words you can trust it to lead and guide you in this in this physical world now look at this in romans 8 verse 14 romans 8 verse 14 and 16. so we must develop our spirit we must develop our spirit i i i used to get a little mixed up with this because i thought well you know i'm born again i'm perfect yeah absolutely but the perfect part of me is my attachment to the spirit of god i'm i'm sealed with him praise god and and and and not that i'm flawed in my new creation but i need to begin to develop my new creation to work alongside and in concert with the holy spirit and so he says here in verse 14 romans 8 14 he says for as many as are led there it is by the spirit of god the holy spirit of god so your spirit being led by the holy spirit of god as many as are led by the spirit of god they are sons of the of god your spirit your new creation being led by the spirit of god that's a powerful thing that's something that we want people to get a hold of that my spirit man my new creation is going to be led by the holy ghost the holy ghost moved on the inside somebody's thinking well he's on the inside of your body now he moved on the inside of the real you and the real you is a spirit man now see some of you think well i don't know if i get this see that's what i'm saying we you got to get into the word hopefully i have some time to show you that the word will tune your hearing and the more you hear the word you recognize i'm a spirit being i possess a soul i live in the body and the holy spirit is going to lead my spirit that's why i moved in to my spirit so he can lead and guide me through my spirit man and from my spirit man the dictates from the holy ghost begin to move into my consciousness and my conscious mind becomes the voice of my spirit praise god hallelujah now look at verse 16. he says the spirit himself beareth witness with our spirits that's what's going on there the holy spirit now is bearing witness with your spirit that we're the children of god and so the holy spirit's bearing witness to your spirit man and when there's an agreement now with your spirit there's going to be an agreement which are born against spirit and the holy spirit they're going to be together and so what they've got to do is they've got to transform transfer that oneness into your soul and then your soul because it's being renewed with the word of god is now lining up with the spirit and the holy ghost glory to god and now your body will just do what it's told to do oh my goodness that's when we become powerful beings you know i asked the lord the other day i said lord i want people to believe and and i read in the bible where there are signs and wonders and people being raised from the dead oh father i just thank you show me what i need to do so we can see those signs and wonders and and you know how god is i'm i got quiet and he said son i already told you i said what he said he said you know what you need for signs and wonders and miracles so people might believe i said and i thought yeah lord you told me it's you it's your presence it's you it's not it's not doing something to try to deserve deserve something it's just abiding in me it's just abiding in me and me abiding in you and when you show up somewhere you show up with me praise god you sure with my influence that's influenced your spirit that's influenced your soul that's influenced your consciousness praise god and you'll hear me clearly to what needs to be done and signs and oneness some beer he says so what you focus on is your relationship with me not on what you need to do in order to get something to happen so you can deserve it praise god i said i got you i got you so my my my my my my communication time has now moved to a communion time to now has moved to a time where i am just fellowshipping with him and i ain't looking for nothing but him glory to god i ain't looking for nothing but him so when i show up and i've been noticing that people have been kind of weirded out i'm like you know i wonder what's going on and and they about to cry and i was doing an interview with this woman one time and she was sitting down and she just started shaking and started trimming i look that i'm thinking she fitted fall out if they don't hurt him and we was on the air i just think in the name of jesus if we will just spend time in his presence and as we spend time in his presence man when you show up signs will show up miracles are short why because he showed up you got to let him show up in your life every day and you got to show up and that's what you do you focus on your relationship with him and you start looking at everything you quit asking for stuff because you're like i got the most vital person in the world on the inside of me the holy spirit the whole my relationship as a christian is not about how much i know it's not by how much i got my relationship with the holy spirit is that i know him i know him he knows me hallelujah glory to be the book hallelujah glory to god so we must develop our spirits and and then proverbs 20 27 uh again confirms that that the spirit of the man is a candle of the lord so whatever the holy ghost uh is going to do he's going to do it through through that spirit man and if you're undeveloped in your spirit and you're not practicing the things of god which is where i'm getting ready to go next then you know you're gonna miss it so i guess the obvious question here before we move to the third one the obvious question is how do you develop your spirit all right how do if undeveloped spirit is gonna be a hindrance to me hearing from god how do i develop my spirit well very simple uh reading and meditating on the word of god i mean the supernatural is attached to the word if you're not attached to the word you're not attached to the supernatural so what happens is by getting in that word and reading that word and meditating that word now there's a little difference you can read the word but you're not meditating the word until you're pondering that word until you're rolling it around in your mind until you're thinking about it over and over and over again there's something about meditating that word that'll make you successful it'll make you strong and that'll lead you in in some mighty ways so that that's one way to develop your spirit another way is submitting to god's word you know why would god continue to tell somebody something that never will do it i didn't think about that would you continue to talk to somebody and they don't ever do it it's so likewise i wouldn't i wouldn't do the same thing so we gotta bow the knee to the word of god that we're hearing and that we're meditating on here's another way to develop your spirit prayer i mean spend time talking to god spend time talking to god somebody says how long do that well i mean you know half the morning i'm just like singing in tongues i'm singing in tongues i was walking around just singing in tongues i didn't realize i had reached the level of joy and uh you start doing that kind of stuff what's going on in the world don't bother you what's happening with people dramas and all that kind of stuff you realize you've been blessed with peace and prayer helps to develop your spirit now here's another way to develop your spirit uh worship and spending time in his presence worship is a lot of people just don't understand worship worship is an intentional move to uh go before god without expecting anything from him in other words it's like i am i'm making you big i'm building you up i'm not i'm not here for you to do nothing for me if you don't never do nothing else for me you've already done enough i am here to just just just just just give you praise and honor and and tell you how awesome you are and just kind of in a sense just brag on you and talk about the awesomeness of your work you know people most of the time people go to god they go to god asking for something and needing something but when you're worshiping god it's like that's something that can go on all day every time you look around you're like lord i just thank you for that and lord look at what you did here who but you could do something like that lord look at what you did there look at what you did from look at that you had me to go to sleep last night i woke up this morning i feel so good and i give you praise that kind of worship puts you outside of the the drama and the and the crazy stuff of this world and so you you train your spirit you your spirit is being developed through worship man it's been developed through worship and then you know here's another way to train your spirit praying in the spirit praying in tongues and then listening to god's word to you praying in tongues and listening to god's word for you i don't i don't go around if evaluating who's still praying tongues or not i do i'm gonna keep doing it i'm okay i ain't gonna stop i'm no i'm gonna keep praying in tongues but i like to pray in tongues and then you know i'd like to just shut up and let god give him an opportunity to talk to me you'll know if it's you and you'll know if it's god because sometimes see when god talked to you he's saying stuff that you ain't even smart enough to say and so you got you got to understand that wait a minute man i'm praying in the holy ghost what i like to do is father i thank him that i believe i received what i just prayed in the holy ghost i release most holy faith for it to come to pass oh and i just start worshiping and praising him and then sometimes i just sit there and sometimes i just worship him praising him and whether i'm sitting there quiet or just worshiping and praising and thanking him i i hear i hear it but it's not coming from the outside end it's coming from the inside up and there's this word that comes and i'm like that's that's god i can't even i ain't know where that came from that's just so awesome what he said and i'm just and so now i'm tuning in all the time to what he might be saying to me and you know you know folks think well oh that's just a that's just a wise man of god no that's a listening man of god just keep paying attention to him and he starts showing your stuff and giving you the right side of the issue and not the wrong side of the issue so if you'll do those things reading and meditating in the word submitting to god's word spending that time in prayer worshiping and spending time in his presence i call it practicing the presence of god practicing the presence of god is being aware that you have god on your mind throughout the day and when other things invade it you want to kind of catch it because you're practicing the presence of god and that's a powerful thing man and then also praying in the spirit now let's look at this third one uh unbelievable how the time goes but i look at the third one uh the third uh hindrance to hearing from god is a spirit of deafness you know a deaf person in the natural can't hear you know there's a spirit of deafness that spirit that says you you can't hear god you can't hear from god all right now how does that work how does a person become deaf and they can't hear from god well number one listen to this and i believe this is a huge huge deal having unforgiveness will open you up to the tormentors having unforgiveness will open you up to the tormentors in other words if you walk in unforgiveness eventually the tormentors those evil wicked demonic forces will begin to bring torturing thoughts to your life they will begin to bring up painful memories in your life they will begin to release to release oppressing spirits and and and spirits of darkness into your life there's a such thing as torment people think that now this is just happening to me no when you when you walk in unforgiveness and refuse to get rid of that darkness in your life then you you're going to go through torture you're going to have tormenting thoughts you're going to you're going to have these these these horrible memories you you you've got to deal with the unforgiveness some people think it's all right that i don't deal with it if you don't deal with it it will deal with you and uh and then you're trying to figure out how come i can't hear from god you're too cluttered you're too cluttered with the bad memories you're too cluttered with the torturing thoughts you're too cluttered with all of that stuff that comes by maintaining unforgiveness and uh it's just it's just clogging your hearing up so the heart of the spirit man grows when you're in unforgiveness it grows hard and it grows insensitive to the voice of god in fact paul tried to warn us if you go to ephesians chapter 4 and verse 26 and 27 ephesians 4 26 and 27 paul tried to warn us of some of these things that would happen he said be angry but he said sin not and he says don't let the sun go down upon your wrath go to the next verse verse 27 he said neither neither give place to the devil all right when you're when you when when you continue and unforgive you give place to the devil watch this uh because when you're operating that kind of way and you know you don't do anything about it you've given place to the devil and the devil's going to come with everything he possibly can anger unforgiveness jealousy those things cause deafness when you're walking in those fleshy it causes you not to be able to hear from god what it means is you're so cluttered with anger jealousy unforgiveness you're not going to be here so we must get rid of the bitterness we got to get rid of the resentment we got to get rid of the unforgiveness out of our spirit those things will hinder you from from hearing from god and listen you can't afford to go days without being open to hear what god wants to say all right let me move on my time's going number uh four now listen to this one this is big a calloused spirit or conscience let's say that a callous conscience in other words your consciousness for some reason and probably some of the things i just mentioned it hardens you where you can't hear your heart becomes heart and what you can't receive your conscious is the uh it's the sense of right and wrong so a co a callous conscience is your conscience is the voice your your conscience as i said before is the voice of your human spirit your conscience is the voice of your humanity so imagine having a callous conscience what's happening it's not speaking when the holy spirit bears witness with your obedient sensitive conscience you have a safe and you have a sure guide to the will and the purpose of god in your life however if you willfully rebel against the word of god and you violate your conscience then you open yourself up to voices of deception and destruction willfully rebel against the word of god and violate your conscience so what happens your conscious the voice of your spirit is speaking to you you say i'm not going to do that you say yeah i hear you but i don't want to do that okay so it won't be long before you open yourself up if you're not hearing the voice of your conscious which lines up with the holy spirit which lines up with the word then you are going to open yourself up and you're going to start listening to the deceptive voices and the voices that will bring destruction you open yourself up to the voice of deception you open yourself up to a voice of of destruction and somehow you think that oh i got something on the inside it was just the wrong thing it's going to lead to destruction it's going to lead to deception because of the number of times that you just violated what he said it was very clear that voice spoke loud and clear and you just said now ain't nothing wrong with this now i'm gonna keep doing this and so what happens is that's why a tender sensitive conscious is so important if you're gonna hear from god and what makes it tender and what makes it sensitive is that when it shows you something and you know it's god you line up you line up you do what you need to do think about it at this point in my life right now i'm gonna tell you one time maybe two and after that i'm not gonna say nothing else to you i'm not gonna say not one more word to you i'm done well i mean come on you think god gonna be and there are places in the scriptures where god was saying something and the prophets went back and said lord what you say and they hear now god ain't saying nothing so me giving you a second time is he you know god like i told you one time and lord but you say he won't say one word and listen to me when god speaks and you know it's god you want him to keep talking he gonna keep talking but are you gonna be able to receive the transmission probably not if you decide not to submit to it so you're conscious let me give you a good solid definition for it it's the faculty or the power or the principle that's within us the faculty the power of the principle that's within us which decides on the righteousness or the wrongness of our own actions and affections the rightness or the wrongness of our own actions or affections okay and then the final one uh is neglect you won't be able to hear god's voice if you walk in neglect i remember years ago i did a series of sermons called the cost of neglect the fact that you pay for operating in neglect neglect and not spending time in prayer and communing with the holy spirit we've got to repent of neglect and we've got to spend time with him that's why it's important to spend so much time with the holy spirit there's a cost that you pay when you operate and neglect i got about two minutes here and i want to go over one more area i won't be able to get all but let's see let's see what we can do so how does the word of god then prepare us to hear is that word that important how does the word of god prepare us to hear real quickly number one the word of god instructs us in the basic doctrines of god and so as we're in the in the truth of god's word we'll come to know and recognize lying and deceptive voices that uh that would lead us into error so getting in the word uh will instruct us in the basic doctrines and teachings of god so that we'll recognize when we're in error so we can hear better we know when we heard something from god and when we didn't here's the second thing the word of god prepares us to hear by it by tuning our spirits to hear the word of god tunes your spirit here in other words you get used to standing a word then the voice of god's not gonna be different from the from the word of god and if you spend enough time in the word of god it tunes our spirit spiritual ears to things of the spirit it enables us to distinguish truth from error and to recognize the voice of the flesh or the voice of satan uh for those voices will not when you're living like this they won't resonate on the inside of your spirit the same way that the spirit of god does because you put that word on the inside of you so that word is the thing that just kind of like it it tunes your spirit man to be able to hear from god number three god's word confirms what he has been speaking in our hearts so there may be some things the holy spirit is saying and then he'll use even the written word and the scriptures to confirm it's like wow i didn't even notice in the bible and it's probably you knew but you you you know god used it to let you know yeah that's me that's i said that so the word of god confirms what he has been speaking in your spirit number four god's word washes our inner man that's a big deal because we should take a daily spiritual bath in the word of god it's sanctifying truth uh we'll wash and cleanse our our spirits from the filth and the grime of the world therefore keeping us in a position where we're hearing clearly from from god and then here's the next one the word of god consistently defeats the devil consistently defeats the devil let me give you this last one god's word feeds our spirit man and that's what we're trying to grow up so i guess one of the things i'm saying is if we're going to start developing ears to hear we're not going to be able to do that outside of god's word we have to allow god's words to do its job and i'm all out of time come on let's pray father we thank you for this teaching tonight i pray that these precious people of god will begin to put into practice what they heard i thank you that you're speaking i thank you that one word from you makes the difference and it's a game changer and we love you and we honor you for this right now in the name of jesus so father i thank you that you will open the ears of the world changes nation they are going to hear from god not any funny thing but they're going to hear things that line up with your word and we just give you the glory and the honor and the praise for all this right now it is the wonderful mighty name of jesus we pray and everybody said amen listen some of you may be with us tonight you've never made jesus the lord of your life and you're wondering you know is it really possible for god to speak to me i'm telling you it is the bible says that my sheep hear my voice i guess the big deal is you got to make sure you're a part of the sheepfold and so if you're not born again and you want to become a part of the sheepfold so that you know that you have a right to hear the voice of god i mean you never know when you need to hear from god man and when he talks we need to listen i mean uh it's you know in a commercial when e.f hutton talks people this now this ain't ef hut and this god and you need to listen to what he is saying because he's trying to lead you into prosperity and success and and safety in your life so if you're not born again pray this prayer with me heavenly father i realize that i'm a sinner but right now i repent of all my sins i make you my lord and my personal savior lord jesus i believe that you died you went to hell you were raised from the dead you are now seated on the right hand of god the father almighty father i thank you that you have the power to save me i need a savior lord i need a savior lord come into my heart be my lord and my savior and right now by faith i declare that i am saved in jesus name amen now if you prayed that prayer with me that's an awesome thing you are part of the family of god and we're so proud of you're so so so grateful to god to make things so simple like that and so just text the word i'm saved that's one word to 51555 provide your name and your email address and we'll send you a free ebook as a gift to you today and welcome welcome to the family of god amen praise the lord well let's uh conclude our worship tonight uh through our giving and and please remember this is such a key thing that we got from the last couple of weeks god does not multiply what we consume he only multiplies what we give and that's an awesome thing and i thank god that we're giving out of our living like that woman with the widow's mite she gave out of her living those other guys gave out of their surplus and although it was a larger amount she gave out of her living and and that so impressed god and so he's done so much for us and so our giving should be a a a grateful thankful honorable loving action and that's why we give we give not to get blessed we give because he's already blessed us by faith we receive it and we just got to say thank you we give because of where he's delivered us from and we just got to say thank you it's an awesome awesome thing so as you give today really get stirred up about to give it think about all the things that god has done think about all the things you didn't deserve and he figured some way out to cause it to happen anyway think about that you have to make up in your heart what to give but i want you to know whatever you give god has committed itself to multiply the seed that you give he can't multiply what you eat but he can multiply what you give amen so i mean when god puts money in our life some of it is to be consumed for us and then some of it is to be given as a seed but you know if a farmer has uh you know whatever crop he's sowing whether it's corn or whatever but if he sits there and eats all the corn seed and he has a little corn left over he can't get disappointed in the harvest why because god does not multiply what you consume he multiplies what you give so at this time if you'd like to participate in this final worship i believe our giving it it is it's the conclusion of our worship it's how you finish your worship before god just text if you're going to give through the text text world changers space and the amount to 74483 or you can call that number on your screen 1-866-477-7683 somebody will be obliged to help you or you can send your offerings in to world uh 2500 burdette road college park georgia 303-49 and if you'd like to go online to give you can go to one of the websites worldchanges.org or creflo.ministries.org you can use your paypal if you're there and um it's just a blessing of the lord to be able to give and know that god responds to the giver he's he's made a commitment to do that and i'm never gonna not be a giver because god's a giver i mean he's a giver into my life in your life every single day whether you realize it not or recognize or not god is a giver into your life all the time so let's say thank you let's appreciate him let's uh let's show this through our giving and praise god for what he's already done amen well hey guys i really really enjoy my time with you this is going to be a part of the understanding series it's a series of teachings for new believers and people who have maybe let some things slip and might want to pick it up again and this series is growing i'm going to probably put it in many book form because i think it's things that we don't need to let slip that we can just kind of pick up and remind so i hope you got some things out of this and taff and i love you we appreciate you and god bless you now unto him who's able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the almighty god be glory majesty dominion and power both now and forever and everybody said amen god bless you have an epic night [Music] i'm a world changer changing the world everywhere i go you know i'm a world changer anointed with the power of the holy ghost i'm a world changer you know i'm a world changer and we're making the marks that can't be erased i'm a world changer

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