The Art of Listening: Cultivating Spiritual Awareness
In this episode of the Made To Pray podcast, our host Karrilee Aggett welcomes back to the pod her friends and prayer partners, Sheryl Jones and Sylvia Gibson! They discuss the importance of hearing from God and how to cultivate a deeper relationship with Him through prayer, silence, and journaling. They share personal experiences of how God communicates in various ways and emphasize the need to be still and listen. The conversation includes practical tips for creating space to hear God's voice and the significance of asking questions in prayer. The episode concludes with a heartfelt prayer for listeners to awaken their spiritual senses and recognize God's love and guidance in their lives.
Takeaways
- Hearing from God can happen in many ways.
- Being still is essential to hear God's voice.
- Journaling can help capture God's messages.
- God desires to communicate with us daily.
- Questions in prayer can open dialogue with God.
- We need to awaken our spiritual senses.
- God's love is unconditional and welcoming.
- Practicing silence can lead to deeper encounters.
- God often speaks through scripture and nature.
- Expect to hear from God in new ways.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction and Setting the Stage
01:50 - Hearing from God: Personal Experiences
04:14 - The Importance of Being Still
08:50 - Practicing Silence and Listening
10:09 - Prayer for Spiritual Awareness
12:20 - Journaling as a Tool for Hearing God
14:40 - Awakening Spiritual Senses
17:58 - God's Desire to Communicate
20:44 - The Power of Questions in Prayer
23:31 - God's Love and Acceptance
25:19 - Closing Prayer and Encouragement
If this sparked something in you and you'd like to learn more about Listening Prayer, we encourage you to listen to THIS EPISODE from June of 2023, where special guest Kathy Bricel shares more and leads us in Listening Prayer together!
We are praying for you to hear Him more clearly and to encounter to the Love and Gory of God this week!
Be Blessed,
~Karrilee & Lori~
(And our guests from todays' show, Sheryl and Sylvia, too!)
If this sparked something in you and you'd like to learn more about Listening Prayer, we encourage you to listen to THIS EPISODE from June of 2023, where special guest Kathy Bricel shares more and leads us in Listening Prayer together!
We are praying for you to hear Him more clearly and to encounter to the Love and Gory of God this week!
Be Blessed,
~Karrilee & Lori~
(And our guests from todays' show, Sheryl and Sylvia, too!)
