Michael Todd: How Do You Hear God's Voice? | FULL TEACHING | TBN

turn the radio off turn instagram off one of the most spiritual things you may do is turn your notifications off of your phone [Music] i had to do this three years ago i'm trying to be very practical i don't get a ding every time somebody hits my social medias because it was my invitation for interruption [Music] god speaks in an audible voice now this is getting more and more um rare but this is how god has spoken and i do believe how god still speaks to some people in certain situations from adam and eve to moses in the burning bush the reason that god speaks in an audible voice is to get somebody's full attention and this has never happened to me but i'm not saying because it hasn't happened to me that it hasn't happened and some of us are so prideful to think that because you've not experienced something somehow that limits god he's god if you believe or not he's god there's a word in the bible and it's a cuss word for some but this is the thing that really gives god an unexplainable title he's sovereign he does what he wants when he wants to and i know that's not sexy language in 2021 because we want everything to make sense and have a reason and be able to logically understand it and god says you can want all that but i ain't got to do all that i'm sovereign and i believe that god still speaks in an audible voice that's why hebrews 13 8 says jesus christ is the same yesterday today and forever so that's one way that god speaks let me give you a second way that god speaks through angelic visitations now i know this is way above a lot of y'all's pay grade but the way that mary knew that she was pregnant with jesus is an angel came to her this is the thing that i really do believe that angelic hosts what we talk about we believe they can sing holy holy holy all around the throne but we don't believe they can fight for us but i look at uh there are different types of angels there are ministering angels there are guardian angels and there are warring angels and some of you have put your angels at bay because you don't believe that these things are real but god speaks through angelic visitation i can't even go number three he speaks through dreams and visions this is the one that we want all the time but this is not all how all the times how he comes but this is a way that he speaks he speaks through signs and miracles god will speak to somebody who does not believe he will speak to them that's what he says the miracles are for the unbelievers when somebody who was this way is standing there watching skeptical and god touches them and they get healed they'll be like hold on now tell me again how that happened god said that the reason miracles have to come into 2021 is because the world is getting dimmer and dimmer and they can't believe but when they see my light when they see cancer dry up on the inside of somebody when they see somebody who was addicted and couldn't function without pills and alcohol i feel my help coming on it is a miracle for the unbeliever and god speaks to signs and miracles i believe that god speaks through coin i'm god speaks to coincidences i heard albert einstein say coincidences are god's way of remaining anonymous it was a coincidence i ran into you at the that was god oh it's such a coincidence i had a dream about this and then somebody started singing the song in office that happened this week coincidence somebody said that's god he's speaking when you thought it was have you ever been somewhere and said something told me stop dumbing down to something the something has a name his name is jesus oh okay i don't know why i feel so preachy today i whoa it must be this lime green strip i don't know which one i like okay so god speaks through coincidence he speaks through his written word this is in the greek called the logos the bible it is the main way listen to what i'm saying this is the main way that god speaks to us the problem is is if you do not open up the bible you are void of the main way that god speaks to people there has been time after time that i needed an answer for something that was happening in my everyday life and i opened up my bible for devotion man not wanting to read can it can i be honest with you the pastor don't always want to read his bible i don't want to ah matthew mark luke or john yeah but as i open up the living word god starts reading me see because the bible is the only book that you read it but it reads you back my attitude is off and god says yeah right there that's where i'm gonna get you and this is why i want you to understand that in 2021 for you to be anchored you cannot be anchored without the word of god your instagram post scripture is not studying the word of god nobody's gonna say it so i think i just have to say yes you posted it with lilies and flowers and it works with your aesthetic but it did not go to your heart it went on your page but it missed your heart and what god is saying to you right now is you gotta hide yourself in my word because i'll speak to you somebody said god speaks that's six ways the other way he speaks is through the living word jesus says in john 6 63 the words or the rhema that's the right now word that i speak to you are spirit that's there's something that's in them and they are life see this is the thing that you got to understand i don't understand how people live without the holy spirit functioning in their life because that is the living word jesus literally says it's better disciples because they was tripping if you if you if you let me go because if i go and do my father's business i'm going to send you the holy spirit and when i send you the holy spirit he's going to be your comforter he is going to walk with you he's going to talk with you and he's going to lead you into all truth everybody say truth and the fact is that there's a lot of lies going on right now and we need truth and god's saying that when i give my word through the holy spirit it's a specific word for a specific time for a specific need and when you live like this god speaks everybody say god speaks this is the one you're not going to like god speaks to other people dang see because we wish we could judge the type of people that god allows us to speak through but the person you don't like god can speak through them the person who've been on your nerves at your job the problem is some of your enemies have been speaking the most truth to you but because you won't even listen and see is there anything that god has to say in the midst of that you have now shut off the answer to the very thing you've been praying for somebody shout at me god speaks i could go all day on all of this one on this one god speaks through media god literally will speak the bible talks about him declaring things to all nations and how does things get to all nations right now through media through social media through television through all of this stuff god is using media right now to speak [Applause] okay some of y'all got real religious not the media not the how would you be hearing the word of god right now unless god was using technology and media i honestly believe and i say this that we have never been fully positioned as the body of christ to do the great commission go into all the world and make disciples of every nation how can i do that and still keep up what god says about being the man of the house and being stewarding in first timothy and being a leader and having how can i do that and take care of my home unless there's a vehicle that god divinely uses to spread the gospel and i can give my babies baths at night how can i still be and god's saying i'm giving you a tool that i speak through somebody say god speaks god speaks through creation and nature you want to know is god real go outside just go outside and look up yeah yeah go go outside if you near ocean we we land locked in tulsa we only got ponds that don't have full water in them but if you buy an ocean go look at the ocean and tell me that god does not speak through creation when i tell you when you we watch every season no matter the economic um downfall or the economic rise in every season the flowers still bloom no matter who's in office or who's out of office the uh the birds and the bees still pollinate no matter what is going on through every age and every kingdom rising every empire fall bears still hibernate god is speaking and the last way i'm going to talk about that god speaks is through our conscience there are things that my body's about to do that my conscience says no don't do it no i'm already in the act my my my flesh has already decided and then the holy spirit just invades my conscience and say this is going to delay you they're a setback have you ever walked in a place about to put the money down and say that's bad this ain't your house ain't your mate at the engagement party you ain't getting that money back but you'll have your life i'm telling you right now god is trying to help somebody do not ignore when the holy spirit jumps in your conscience he's trying to speak somebody say god speaks and and the key is we have to learn how to recognize his voice because sometimes the bible tells us he stop talks in a still small voice and some of us are too busy to hear the small voice of god i want to normalize silence i need you to you don't always have to have something going on i want to normalize meditation not in no weird like like the bible all these other religions are biting the bible this is not new he says meditate on my word day and night this is this is what i need you to do and some of us are so busy setting atmospheres that we don't hear answers the candle's right the mood's right i have my my my mood music and the vibe is right and i've done this and god's saying like just sit down just spend that extra five minutes in the car turn the radio off turn instagram off one of the most spiritual things you may do is turn your notifications off of your phone i had to do this three years ago i'm trying to be very practical i don't get a ding every time somebody hits my social medias because it was my invitation for interruption god could be speaking to me you don't think the enemy will help somebody text me you don't think he'll help somebody like yeah yeah don't send it right now and at the moment god's about to give a word i don't know what all your sounds are but they start happening and and even if i ignore them they have now taken up space i didn't answer it but now it's taking up room if you're gonna be anchored this year you've got to make space for god to speak and i believe there's puzzle pieces to this this is the one thing of how i got to the word anchored this year and i just feel like teaching i feel like being your pastor this morning i feel like just giving you like just practical things that will help you be anchored if you want to be anchored in your life anchored in your spiritual life i told you all a few weeks ago this will be your best year ever if it is your best year spiritually that was not for likes or comments that is a true statement that is going to take you having to sacrifice some things to get the best thing and the best thing you can get is a word from god somebody shout at me god speaks and this is how you get those puzzle pieces to come together the first thing that happens when i go to get vision and this is how we got to anchored as i get in god's presence you never get a word from god without him actually being there his presence it's not a gift he sends in the mail it's a gift he gives as he's there with you it is his presence my wife loves gifts that i get her but she would take back every purse and every piece of shoe and every gift i would ever for my actual presence and i feel like the church has been so enamored with gifts well they sing good the gifts they preach good that they have settled for gifts instead of his presence if the note is off and he's there it's all good you see they don't want that one because at the minute we might sacrifice excellence but we get his presence do you know some of the most amazing times i've had with god had no led screens attached to it had no good sound the times when god checked me and changed me and transformed me i wasn't in a ritz called and i was at a best western 79-99 do you unders i'm just trying to say that if you do not put value on his presence you're missing a piece of the puzzle and for you to be anchored this year you're going to have to get in his presence that's why we're spending 21 days praying and fasting and i'm encouraging everybody that's still tuned in because some of people tuned off because the appetite went up we just went from mcdonald's and to ruth crist and some of y'all have had an appetite spiritually for fast food and what god is saying is i'm about to change your palate i'm about to bring you up to steak potatoes shrimp and lobster and some people can't eat that all the time because they've been used to eating things that are processed but i'm coming to give you the actual organic word of god and what god has for you will not come without his presence and honestly you should be ignorant enough to say i'm not good enough without his presence so if your presence is not with me i won't go [Applause] let me stop i'm encouraging somebody these last seven days of praying fasting get on this join us 170 000 plus people have downloaded this you version bible app but 170 000 people haven't done it i can bet that i'll bet my own life on it because we would rather have the appearance of god doing something in our life than actually his power moving in our life and the only way that changes is through his everybody say presence and so when i went away and i got in god's presence this has been a number two thing you need to the puzzle piece is a pattern see i want to be super practical right now as a lot of people get in his presence but they have not made it a pattern yet so it's so sporadic that god's trying to get on your calendar like can i get okay no i blessed him too much he ain't got time for me okay um so can i oh no they just got in a relationship okay so i was going okay and if you do not make it a pattern to make time to spin with god then you miss the nuances of the pattern that god wants to give you the reason that my staff and my team know that we're going to have a word every year is since 2015 it has been a pattern why is pastor mike gotta go for a month and a half two months because he has a pattern with god that the rest of our year is different because he keeps to the pattern some of you in your marriage need to have a pattern of a date night your children are suffering because the love in your house is sucked out because you only are business partners now and god says it's because you do it without my presence and you lost the pattern and i'm just asking you practically where are the areas in your life that you have drifted away from the pattern remember 2020 is the year of the anti-drift and i'm gonna talk about that next week but i gotta lay this foundation that we need his presence but we need a pattern and as i go away for that week and just ask god what he's trying to say i do another pattern that's under my pattern of going away i always ask god for wisdom this is one of the things that i don't care who you are and if you just joined the faith today that god says that as you are one of his children you can ask for wisdom james 1 5 and 6 says if any one of you lacks wisdom let him ask god not google wrong g [Music] some of y'all are so quick to ask the wrong g about your situation it says ask god watch this who is faster than a search engine and gives it generously to all without reproach he doesn't factor in your past he doesn't factor in the last time you didn't listen to him he doesn't factor in any of that he says he'll give it willingly without reproach and it will be given it will be given him but let him ask there's a caveat with faith with no doubting for the one who doubts is like a wave ooh sounds like they need an anchor the one who asks that doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind god's saying if you're going to ask me drop your anchor in faith and know that if you ask me for wisdom i'll give you wisdom for your marriage i'll give you wisdom for the business i'll give you wisdom for what house and neighborhood to live in yeah it looks depreciated right now but you don't know the city's talking about redoing this area and the reason i told you to buy the house now and it seems cheaper than what you want because it'll be three times that two years from now if you would just listen i'm telling you i'll give you wisdom but wisdom comes from his presence and a pattern so as i went to that hotel this year and i asked god for wisdom then i want to give you the third puzzle piece to really getting a word from god a vision from god getting anchored in your own life is it will be practical god does not live up in this ethereal realm he says that i work in the details of my children's life so his presence creates a pattern that will come out practically and i know this is not the teacher because every pastor wants you to feel like they smarter than you let me tell you very clearly i'm not smarter than y'all i'm i don't have many of you have more actual knowledge more things in your head than i ever will the one thing most people can't mess with me on is that i am practically looking for god everywhere you might know about him i know him i can see him at ihop i can see him i can see him as i'm walking down the street i can see him and a homeless person i can see him in a beat i can see him in a movie i can see him in a camera i can see him the whole earth is the lord's and most of y'all look for him on sunday and i see him in everything so when god gave me his presence and i had a pattern god spoke to me and he said michael open your eyes and look i'm going to speak something in your conscience and i i want to show y'all i thought it would be better today to show you how we're here and what god wants to do than just to talk to you about it it was in august august 7th i woke up and i pulled out my phone and i just typed this down i'd never seen this before but god spoke to me because i had made room in his presence i had a pattern and then he made it real practical this is all he said the word for 2021 is anchored august 8th 2020 at 1 52. this is my real phone i literally practical i need everybody to understand this is not mystical or spooky or oh yeah he no no practical i hit the word anchored and there's a thing on the iphone that says look up word and i looked up the definition of anchor and this would have said a person or thing that provides stability and confidence in an otherwise unpredictable situation and god said he whispered this one sentence to me and i marked this word what you are tied to is more important than where and then i this is how i left it up here just like this because i was supposed to say where you are but it was unfinished because i got distracted what you were tied to is more important than where my goal that's passionately what you are tied to is more important than where daddy and i left this up here to let you know that even the people that are supposed to be the closest to god have the opportunity to be to be distracted but what god had me do is go back to his presence and i had a pattern and he finished this word to me and that's why i can finish it for you what you are tied to is more important than where you currently are and that was a practical thing and i said okay god so so so so what are you telling me he said michael anytime you do anything get in my presence get the pattern i'll make it pra practical proverbs 3 5 and 6 says trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding i did not understand why he wanted it to be anchored i did not understand what 2021 hold because i didn't have god's view on it but he did so he said anchored and he said in all your ways acknowledge this is me that's why i had the audacity to put it in my phone because i acknowledged this wasn't me this was god and he said if you will do that i will direct your path and i don't know who i'm talking to right now but i'm giving you practical ways that you can hear for your family and your god how to be anchored in this year you got to get the puzzle piece of his presence and his pattern and it has to be practical and this is the thing that i love about god is that when god speaks something he will be persistent do y'all know how many times i tried to change the word tried to maybe like maybe this was what god was saying and god's saying is i'm the same i gave it to you and if you don't like it it don't matter the truth is not affected by the opinion your opinion of what god is doing has nothing to do with the truth of what he's doing and he said whether you tell the church or not 2021 you need to be anchored and he said and i'll give you confirmation and this is the beautiful thing with walking and talking and knowing that god speaks is that you will begin to get confident that god will give confirmation i expect confirmation my life is too in the balance to not hear god say this is definitely it and let me give somebody freedom right now god is not offended by you asking for confirmation can you go to judges chapter 6 verse 36 i want i want you to show you this small story about gideon gideon was the least of the least the worst tribe nobody knew anything about him he was scary he was i mean gideon was the weakest person you can think of and god through an angel spoke to him and said mighty man of valor and gideon's like who are you talking to and then in a further passage then gideon is like all right he's experienced the presence and and and now it's coming to be practical you want me to save israel and look and gideon said to god um hey god this is amen this has been great all the signs that you've done but um if you are truly going to use me to rescue israel as you promised now i didn't really want this like this wasn't part of my plan i just wanted some bread that's why i was doing this at the bottom of the threshing floor but if you want me to rescue them as you promise i don't know how to say this but um prove it to me at tbn our mission is to use every available means to reach as many individuals and families as possible with the life-changing gospel of jesus christ thank you for helping make the gospel of grace go around the world without you we couldn't do it god bless you

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Published: Wed Jul 20 2022