We often accept peace or the lack of peace as a way the Spirit communicates to us. It is a way He communicates through our emotions.

Many of the ancient writers referred to this as “the still small voice of God,” referencing Elijah’s encounter with the whisper of God in 1 Kings 19.

Prophecy can lead you right into the River. Sometimes God will speak by showing you a word in your mind’s eye that you can read. Pay attention to those words, and test them humbly.

Each time one of these gifts of the Spirit is manifest, the Lord reveals Himself. It is a revelation or manifestation of the Lord’s presence.

Please hear me: every emotion, every dream, and every thought is not from God. They must be tested, and they must never contradict what God has plainly said in His word. Emotions in particular must be very carefully tested. We can get bent toward our desires, and then “hear God” through that idol.

Beyond speaking to us through Scripture, God speaks to us directly through the Spirit. Let’s explore six ways that God speaks directly to us.

One way to become attuned to these whispers is to take risks with them.

John and Charles Wesley also went through a time of seeking before the filling of the Spirit came. This is not uncommon. We have to be careful in the waiting not to grow impatient and not to take offense at God for being “slow.” Allow the waiting time to prepare your heart. Allow the season of waiting to be a season of preparation, purging, and cle

The Holy Spirit also brings us peace. I’m sure there have been times in your life, like mine, when your circumstances dictated you should be a nervous wreck, but instead, you had this supernatural peace. This is a work of the Spirit of God within us.