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(082) Hearing God Among New Zealand’s Gangs–Lucky Te Koha from 2023-11-19T21:00:25
Lucky Te Koha was a prominent leader of an infamous crime gang in New Zealand. His was a life of extreme violence, crime, drugs and prostitution. Lucky was known across New Zealand prisons. His nic...
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(081) A Psychological Perspective on Hearing God–Mark Chironna from 2023-10-15T21:00:47
Does our personality have anything to do with hearing God’s voice? How does our human imagination, thinking and intuition interact with the Spirit? Our guest on this show Mark Chironna, calls our h...
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(080) The Master Communicator–David Shadbolt from 2023-09-17T22:49:27
Have you ever heard God speak in a riddle or a pun? God is a masterful communicator with a great sense of wit and humour! We see God's communicative ability from the beauty of creation. The same G...
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(079) Working with Holy Spirit in the Community–Adam Dyer from 2023-07-10T00:07:29
Ps. Adam Dyer grew up with the"Titanic Gospel.” Here, the only thing that mattered was people’s “souls.” The"ship was going down"so, you had to get as many people to heaven as possible before they ...
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(078) God Conversations in History–Carl Wesley Anderson from 2023-06-25T22:00:23
God Told Arthur Guinness to Make a Better Drink and other Famous God-conversations in HistoryGod is and always has been a talking God. The Hebrew Scriptures alone record over 3500 different God-c...
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(077) The Spirit in Spiritual Formation–Ally Cawthorn from 2023-05-28T22:00:28
We’re called to become more like Jesus. But does that mean we’re supposed to become morelike a Middle-Eastern man? When we become a Christian, we learn that the goal is to grow “more like Jesus.” ...
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(076) God Conversations with the Supreme Artist–Bruce Robbo Robertson from 2023-04-13T04:14:28
If God truly is the Creator, that makes him the supreme artist. We’ve all enjoyed the beauty of a world that never ceases to amaze and delight. But if God sent his Spirit to fill us and speak to us...
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(075) Hearing God and Discipleship with Murray Newman from 2023-02-11T21:00:45
There’s a lot of talk around discipleship at the moment, but what does discipleship actually look like? We know it’s all about following Jesus. But if Jesus isn’t here, how do we follow? This is ...
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(074) Dramatic and Everyday God Conversations–Nicola Neal from 2022-11-13T22:00:07
A Dream of a Child’s Toy and Feet Full of Maggots One Christmas morning, Nicola had a dream that would change her and her family’s life. It involved a Buzz Lightyear toy, a child in the African slu...
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(073) Healthy Prayer Practices–Stacey Hilliar from 2022-09-21T22:48:19
We all know that we should do it, but the question is how? Prayer - one of the main callings of Christians and the key means to relationship with God. The question is how do we approach this mystic...
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(072) Spirit vs Scripture: The Theological Problem of Hearing God’s Voice from 2022-08-16T07:29:20
I grew up in a church that believed that God had stopped speaking outside of the Bible. This teaching, known as Cessationism, is seen throughout the church world today and has appeared periodically...
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(071) The Ministry Problems of Hearing God’s Voice from 2022-08-04T22:19:27
The concept of hearing God’s voice for yourself bears enormous potential, but it is also fraught with pitfalls. Indeed, the entire scope of history tells of the problems associated with claims to d...
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(070) Hearing God: The Most Powerful Experience on Earth? from 2022-07-13T23:34:30
Hearing God’s voice may well be the most powerful experience on earth. Think about it. How was the earth created? It began with God speaking (Gen. 1:1). How are people healed? It is the word ‘sent ...
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(069) How to Prophesy–Roma Waterman from 2022-05-13T00:25:58
During my time in church life, I’ve heard some pretty interesting prophecies. Some of them have been couched in a strange “King James” language. Others have been so vague in content that they count...
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(068) Hearing God outside the Four Walls of Church–Ps. David Balestri from 2022-04-01T02:34:06
"Listen to the Holy Spirit"is not the usual advice you hear at a business seminar. Yet this is the approach pastor and business consultant David Balestri takes every time he goes into an appointmen...
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(067) God Conversations in Business–the man behind the Coffee, Peter Irvine from 2022-03-01T01:04:39
What does hearing the voice of the Spirit look like in the business world? How do you balance the tension between working with the natural and and the supernatural in starting and building a busine...
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(066) How to Understand Your Dreams–Zoran Paunovich from 2021-11-22T00:34:41
In a dream, a man saw a vision of Jesus. To his surprise, Jesus gave him a"Liverpool kiss” (a head-butt in English football terms!) The dream led him to make a decision to follow Jesus. But how doe...
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(065) For Those who Find it Hard to Hear God’s Voice with Pernille Liland from 2021-10-08T05:10:19
In church life, there seems to be two groups of people. There’s the group who seem to hear from God easily… God’s speaking about this; God’s speaking about that. It’s like God is speaking every day...
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(064) Dreams of Jesus in the Muslim World–Tom and JoAnn Doyle from 2021-07-17T22:30:40
God is speaking to Muslims all over the Middle East and he’s doing it through dreams of Jesus! You may have heard the stories. In a vision, Jesus appears in a robe of blazing white. The dreamer is ...
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(063) Making God Real–with Andrea di Meglio from 2021-02-17T02:40:34
"My Mum was clinically dead for 8 minutes. She saw a beautiful light and moved towards it, but then she heard a voice say,'you don’t have access here.'""An inmate who was deaf in one ear prayed for...
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(062) Christmas–Three Men and a Baby from 2020-12-06T21:00:21
“Everybody’s looking for something,” the Eurythmics once sang. Augustine referred to a “god-shaped hole” within each one of us that longs to be fulfilled. There seems to be a universal human need t...
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(061) A Conversation with God about Disappointment from 2020-11-15T21:00:37
"The root of disappointment is misplaced expectations. The question is, what should our expectations of God be?"- Lynn Moresi What does God promise when we sign up to follow Jesus? I still remember...
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(060) Three Surprising Insights from my PhD on Hearing God’s Voice from 2020-10-15T22:09:26
Recently I completed my PhD in practical theology, examining the theology and practice of hearing God’s voice. Since then, people have asked me about my thesis and what I’ve learnt from it. As with...
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(059) What God is Saying during the COVID Pandemic with Vicki Simpson from 2020-09-07T06:26:59
"This is a season of divine paradox. It looks like everything is'Stop, stop!'but in God everything is'Start, start.'” (Ps. Vicki Simpson) What is God saying in the midst of this pandemic? It’s been...
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(058) Up Close and Personal with the Holy Spirit with Andy Wallis from 2020-08-10T05:35:58
“There are places in my heart that I am still hiding from God.” (Andy Wallis) Why are we afraid to hear from God? I suspect it is because we fear what God might say. Most of the time we ask God to...
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(057) Working with Your Dreams: Some Pastoral Advice from 2020-05-19T23:59:56
We know that God can speak in dreams, but it can be a challenge to know what God is saying. How do we know if a dream is from God? What do the symbols in our dreams mean? This episode on the pod...
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(027) Hearing God in the Global Chaos (Encore) from 2020-03-18T01:02:54
Our podcast this week is an encore episode from a couple of years ago. Back then it was terror attacks in Paris and Beirut, a devastating earthquake in Nepal, and the Syrian crisis spilling million...
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(056) How to Deal with Nightmares from 2020-02-17T04:13:03
Nightmares are common to us all. By definition, they are vivid and frightening dreams that have no resolution. You may see yourself being attacked by a fiendish character or find yourself in a deat...
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(055) Growing Pains–How God Speaks to Change us from the Inside Out from 2019-11-04T00:37:34
If I were to ask you, what was the one thing that was stopping you from being successful in your life, what would you say? Often we point to some sort of obstacle in our circumstances - a lack of m...
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(054)“Jesus Spoke to me in a Dream.”Does God Speak to those who don’t know him? from 2019-10-02T05:46:49
We know that God is able to speak to us by his Spirit, but does God speak to those who don’t know him? You may have heard the incredible stories coming out of the Middle East where Jesus has been r...
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(053) Unforgiveness: How to Overcome one of the Biggest Obstacles to Hearing God from 2019-07-22T00:22:39
Unforgiveness stops us from hearing God’s voice almost more than any other area. When we bear unforgiveness in our heart, we can’t get through to God and we won’t be able to hear him. Jesus spoke a...
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(052) How to Get Better at Prayer from 2019-06-08T23:28:47
At God Conversations, our emphasis is on how to recognise God's voice when he speaks back. However, this podcast is all about the other side of the conversation - how do we pray and how do we get b...
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(051) The Impact of Your Personality on Hearing God from 2019-04-15T10:13:10
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to hear from God every day, while others seldom hear from God? What is happening here? We know that God is talking, but is he talking to one and not the ...
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(050) No, God is Not all You Need: What to Do When You’re Lonely from 2019-03-04T01:31:30
Loneliness has become the plague of the modern world. Even though our widespread telecommunication systems and sophisticated transport networks make us more connected than ever before, we’re also l...
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(049) Marriage, Miracles and Mistakes: Hearing God’s Voice with Craig Keener from 2019-02-03T20:52:40
Dr Craig Keener tells the story of his wife to be. He and his wife met in seminary, but he confesses he was a bit slow on the uptake... Medine waited years for the love of her life. During that tim...
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(048) How Being in Church makes Hearing God Easier from 2018-11-29T21:27:56
If we can all hear God's voice for ourselves, do we still need to go to church? The answer is, no. You don't need to go to church, visit a holy place or listen to a preacher to hear God's voice. Th...
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(047) What is God Saying in the Midst of my Pain? from 2018-11-14T22:09:47
What is God saying to us in the midst of our pain? On the show today, we’re talking about the questions we ask when life goes wrong. Some people say you shouldn’t even ask God the why question, but...
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(046) How to Handle Money, Sex and Power from 2018-08-06T06:04:16
Money, sex and power are some of the most powerful agents in the world. Any one of them can take down presidents and pastors, politicians and kings. History is littered with stories of people who h...
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(045) Dreams and Visions in Africa with Anna Droll from 2018-07-08T07:10:18
If you have a God-dream in the African church, no-one thinks you're unusual. Hearing God’s voice in dreams is common in this part of the world. Some churches even have a resident dream interpreter ...
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(044) The God Life and How to Live it from 2018-05-28T02:11:41
You don’t need to be a Christian to live a good life. Plenty of my friends live a great life without God. They are well educated, hold successful jobs and live in beautiful homes. For the most part...
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(043) The Big Story: Why Creation-Science Debates are Missing the Point from 2018-04-30T09:20:16
How could God have created the world in 6 days when geological data shows the earth is over four billion years old? How does the Bible’s description of human creation align with scientific eviden...
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(042) The Theology of Chocolate–How our twisted ideas turned God into a Killjoy from 2018-03-25T22:17:19
Magnums are one of my all-time favourite ice-creams. I love the smooth Belgian chocolate and the rich ice-cream inside. But some years ago, Magnum launched a new marketing campaign, labelling each ...
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(041) Can Anyone (inc. Non-Christians) Hear God’s Voice? with Dr. Amos Yong from 2018-02-24T07:00:57
Can anyone hear God’s voice? What about those who don’t know him? Can non-Christians or those who’ve never been to church hear him speak? And what about those from other religions? On this episode...
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(040) The God Conversations of Christmas: What if Joseph had dismissed his dream as just the spicy pizza?” from 2017-12-03T12:59:14
Have you noticed that God does a lot of talking at Christmas time? The first God-conversation with Mary was the one that started it all (Luke 1:26-33). But then God spoke a second time - to Joseph ...
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(039) How this Book on Hearing God’s Voice is Different from 2017-11-06T23:29:26
Stories of God talking to his people abound throughout the Bible, but we usually only get the highlights. We read; “God said; ‘Go to Egypt’”, and then; “Mary and Joseph left for Egypt.” We’re not t...
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(038) How to Live Your Dream from 2017-09-29T15:23:15
A few years ago on an Australian reality talent show, a young man expressed his dream to be a famous singer. The emcee told of his dedication in preparing for this moment. His mother spoke of his d...
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(037) The Jesus Way to Fight Terrorism from 2017-08-01T06:33:53
What would Jesus say to a terrorist? Just this week we've received news here in Australia of another terrorist plot. Our nation remains on high alert after police uncovered plans to allegedly bring...
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(036) How to Get Better at Hearing God’s Voice from 2017-06-06T00:18:36
How do we get better at hearing God’s voice? The answer doesn’t lie in a formula or a set of rules:"Follow these 3 steps, take time out or spend 15 minutes with God each day."Hearing God's voice ha...
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(035) How to do Friendship with the Opposite Sex from 2017-04-24T22:26:56
Back in the first century, it wasn’t normal for men and women to be friends. They didn’t meet for coffee in morning tea breaks or discuss current affairs over the water-cooler. They didn’t sit next...
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(034) God Knows Your Password with Prof. Mark Cartledge from 2017-03-06T16:19:22
What does prophecy look like in the contemporary church? How do we handle the fact that we can get it wrong when we try to hear from God? And what could God possibly be saying to someone when he gi...
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(033) How to Know the Will of God from 2016-11-28T04:03:17
How do we know the will of God for our lives? It’s a question that is often hotly debated with one side emphasising the need for God’s direct guidance for our decisions and the other emphasising hu...
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(032) Hearing God in the Big Decisions from 2016-08-29T23:12:09
One of the most difficult times to hear God’s voice is when we're in the throes of making a big decision. Shall I take this job, will I marry this person, or will we have children? Each of these de...
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(031) Does God Still Speak Today?|Why We Started Thinking that God Stopped Talking from 2016-08-02T21:13:19
Does God still speak today? I grew up in a church that didn’t believe he does. We were taughtthat as soon as the last pages of the Bible were written, God stopped talking (known as Cessationist the...
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(030) How to Hear God’s Voice When You’re Too Busy from 2016-06-20T21:59:20
In the Western world, one of the biggest challenges we find in hearingGod’s voice is the ability to take time out to listen to him. The ever-pressing demands of a fast-paced life mean that prioriti...
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(029) Hearing God for Mr or Mrs Right from 2016-04-11T06:17:18
Last week, a new reality show called Married at First Sight was launched on Australian TV. I have to confess, I’ve been glued to it from the first night and the early episodes have not failed to di...
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(028) Hearing God for a New Year: Three Tough Questions from 2016-03-02T01:33:05
Since I started my ministry eight years ago I’ve heard plenty of God-conversation stories, some life-transforming and God-glorifying, and some to be honest, I’d much rather forget. During that time...
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(027) Hearing God in the Global Chaos from 2016-01-25T16:06:53
2015 has been another year of global chaos and turmoil. From terror attacks in Paris and Beirut, drowned toddlers washed up on the Turkish coast, a devastating earthquake in Nepal, and the Syrian c...
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(026) Why God Speaks in Dreams and Visions from 2015-10-19T21:38:13
When God spoke to Joseph about his future destiny as a great leader, he waited until hewas sleeping. When God spoke to the Apostle Peter about his strategy for building the church, he put Peter in ...
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(025) How to Hear God’s Voice as a Married Couple from 2015-09-21T21:30:16
How do you follow God’s voice for your life if there are two of you? What if both of you hear different things? Or what if one person gets the low-down from God while the other doesn’t? How does Go...
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(024) How to Do the God-Life with David McCracken from 2015-08-17T21:00:18
You may have heard it said that being a Christian is boring - that it’s all about keeping the rules and making sure you don’t do things you’re not allowed to. Today’s interview turns that thought o...
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(023) A Vision for the 21stC Christian Woman from 2015-08-11T22:37:39
A few years after starting God Conversations, God spoke to me about a second branch of ministry. Unlike equipping people to recognise God's voice, this one was just for women. The vision of God Con...
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(022) How it Feels to be a Woman in Ministry (Part 2) from 2015-02-17T00:27:52
“What? You’re a pastor?” “What do you mean - like in a church?”"Do you think God called you because there was no man available?"“Are you in rebellion?” These are just some of the responses I’ve ...
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(021) The Easy Way to Hear God’s Voice from 2015-01-20T21:17:15
How can hearing God’s voice be easy? Admittedly it is a slightly provocative statement designed to get you reading my eBook, The Easy Way to Hear God’s Voice, but there’s also an element of truth ...
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(020) How to Understand the Book of Revelation–5. Testing and Response from 2014-12-09T20:30:59
How did John know his Revelation was from God? I wonder how the seven churches of Asia Minor felt when they first received John’s letter. Along with the rest of the early churches, they’d been ins...
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(019) How to Understand the Book of Revelation–4. More Symbols from 2014-11-25T21:30:12
What the Hallmark Designers Didn’t See at Christmas... The scene appears so peaceful on our Christmas cards. A soft glow over the manger. The serene face of mother Mary cradling her newborn. Josep...
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(018) How to Understand the Book of Revelation–3. The Symbols from 2014-11-11T20:30:06
How could Jesus have white hair if he was only in his early thirties? How can a lamb have seven horns? How could clothes be white after they’ve been washed in blood? It is perhaps easy to see why ...
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(017) How to Understand Revelation–2. Emotions and Interpreting Symbols from 2014-10-21T08:10:43
A beast with seven heads? A prostitute drunk with blood?A lamb with seven eyes and seven horns? What was the author thinking? What had he been eating?!We could be forgiven for asking questions li...
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(016) How to Understand Revelation–1. The Setting from 2014-10-07T10:16:47
The last book in the Bible - the book of Revelation - can be a closed and confusing read. Graphic imagery of seven-headed beasts, gaudy prostitutes and winged creatures serve to make some of the sc...
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(015) What Does God Sound Like? Light FM Listeners Share their Stories from 2014-08-04T20:57:01
On this week's podcast, Light FM radio host Clayton Bjelan and I chat about the experiences of listeners from Melbourne (Australia) in hearing God’s voice. We hear from:Robert who heard God’s voic...
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(014) Is it OK to Say ‘God Told Me’? from 2014-07-21T22:03:09
“Gold told me; ...to park my car here.”...to divorce my wife.” ...to kill the Muslims.”It doesn’t take long in church life before you hear someone saying it. The words ‘God told me’ have been used...
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(013) How it Feels to be a Woman in Ministry (Part 1) from 2014-07-08T04:34:35
I was first asked this question while pioneering my church in Melbourne around fifteen years ago; “How does it feel to be a woman pastoring a church?” Back then I replied; “I don’t know - I’ve neve...
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(012) How to Hear from God When You’re Too Busy (God Conversations on a Mountaintop) from 2014-06-17T23:52:22
Yes, the podcast today is for those who can’t find time in their busy schedules to get away for hours and sit cross-legged on a mountaintop! It may be the longest headline ever, but I think it enca...
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(011) Acts 2:17. Did We Get This Scripture Wrong? from 2014-06-03T07:27:07
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams."It's one of ...
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(010) What to Do When God Speaks: An Interview with Ps. Melinda Dwight from 2014-05-20T05:02:12
Our response to God's voice is critical - both in terms of the consequences of our decision-making as well as our ongoing conversations with God. In today's podcast I would love to introduce you t...
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(09) How Often Should You Expect God to Speak to You? from 2014-04-28T22:57:45
How often does God speak? Is it a rare, one-off event that we look back on and reminisce over? Or is it a normal part of my everyday experience?Some make it sound like God speaks every single day....
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(08) Are Women Better at Hearing God’s Voice? A Conversation with Ps Peter Wallis from 2014-04-09T06:25:31
Men are better at parking cars and reading maps. Women are better at communication and intuition. The prevailing research shows that our gender differences are related to neurological processes in ...
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(07) Is it Okay to Ask God for a Sign? from 2014-03-03T20:58:41
Growing up in church, we would make fun of Gideon. Everyone knew that this was a man who did not have enough faith. He kept asking God for signs or in his case, ‘fleeces’ to confirm what God had cl...
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(06) Is God’s Will a Narrow Path or a 6-Lane Freeway? from 2014-02-17T23:29:55
Is God's will a narrow path where I must hear from God specifically for my life, then do exactly what he says? Or is it a 6-lane freeway where it doesn’t matter what I choose, as long as my heart f...
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(05) When God Tells You to Move with Ps Bjorn Schaefer from 2014-02-03T21:17:50
God tells you to move from one country to another. Pack up your home, leave a secure job, uproot your family. How would you know if it was God? In this podcast, the dynamic and innovative Pastor B...
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(04) I Don’t Hear from God Like You Do (Part 2) from 2014-01-20T20:00:18
Hearing God’s voice is easy when we rely on God’s ability to speak rather than our ability to hear. Think about it. God is an expert communicator. He has all of heaven’s and earth’s resources at hi...
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(03)“I Don’t Hear from God Like You Do” from 2014-01-07T00:24:21
It's a line I hear often. I heard it again recently chatting with a friend. I’d just shared one of those stories of how God had spoken - a prophetic dream that miraculously came to pass. She looks...
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(02) A Christmas Message–Mary and God in Conversation from 2013-12-17T21:16:40
We read the story every year at Christmas time, but I wonder how it would have felt as a fourteen year-old girl to receive an impossible message from an angel in the middle of the night? One conve...
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(01) If God Said it, Will it Always Happen? from 2013-12-03T00:13:02
If God said it, will it always happen? If I've received a promise from God, does that mean it willcome to pass? I remember asking myself that question during my Bible College studies. I came across...
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