Tell the Difference Between God's Voice and Satan's
Summary of "Tell the Difference Between God's Voice and Satan's"
Short Summary:
This video discusses the importance of discerning between God's voice and other influences, such as our own desires, Satan, or misinterpretations. The speaker emphasizes the need for careful listening, interpretation, and communication of spiritual messages. He highlights the power of solitude and silence in hearing from God, sharing his own experience of receiving guidance and inspiration through this practice. He also emphasizes the importance of testing the spirits and not believing everything we hear, as well as the potential for misinterpretation and miscommunication. The video concludes with the speaker's personal experience of writing a book after a period of intense spiritual listening, highlighting the transformative power of hearing God's voice.
Detailed Summary:
Section 1: Discerning God's Voice
- The speaker begins by explaining the importance of discerning between God's voice and other influences.
- He emphasizes the need for careful listening, interpretation, and communication of spiritual messages.
- He warns against mistaking our own desires for God's voice and highlights the possibility of demonic influence.
- He quotes 1 John 4:1, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."
Section 2: The Power of Solitude and Silence
- The speaker shares his personal experience of hearing God's voice during a silent walk in the woods at age 19.
- He describes the clarity and confidence he receives when he hears from God.
- He encourages viewers to incorporate solitude and silence into their lives, even if it's just for a few hours.
- He shares his own practice of spending 48 hours a week in total silence.
Section 3: A Personal Testimony
- The speaker recounts a specific instance of receiving guidance from God while preparing to teach a sermon series on Elijah.
- He describes spending 24 hours in solitude, writing a 60,000-word book without an outline.
- He attributes this experience to the power of listening to God's voice in silence.
- He emphasizes that this book will be available for free online and encourages viewers to read it and discern for themselves.
Section 4: Conclusion
- The speaker reiterates the importance of listening to God's voice and encourages viewers to seek out silence and solitude.
- He concludes by highlighting the transformative power of hearing God's voice and the importance of discerning between true and false spiritual messages.
Notable Quotes:
- "God speaks to you okay now you you need to hear and listen and then you need to summarize interpret what you hear and then you can communicate it to others and then they hear it and then they interpret it and communicate you can see there are multiple places where failure can occur."
- "The most powerful times in my life are when I carve out silence and Solitude to hear from the Lord."
- "I sat there for 24 hours straight Grace kept coming over she's like you okay I was like I don't know um she give me something to eat something to drink because she's seen this before I kind of get in these deep manic grooves and I sat there for 24 hours and I wrote a book."
- "Sometimes just listening it's amazing what you can hear."