Listening to the Voice of God
Overview
IS IT POSSIBLE TO GROW IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AMID THE DEMANDS OF MINISTRY?
Pastors are maturing. Deepening. They want substance for their congregations—and nourishment for their own soul. THE PASTOR’S SOUL series unleashes pastors to do what really matters. To step beyond skills. To give of their unique gifts. To minister authentically and grow in the intangibles of ministry like integrity and character.
A GROUND BREAKING SERIES ON THE INNER LIFE OF PASTORS
In this changing culture, pastors need dedication to do what God wants them to do. They need help to hear and heed God’s voice.
Most pastors enter ministry to accomplish great things for God’s kingdom. But that drive to make a difference—and the long hours that result—can crowd out the voice of God. In fact, the passion to build a church and the passion to know God often turn out to be mutually exclusive. In Listening to the Voice of God, author Roger Barrier writes candidly about his inability to hear God’s voice amid the demands of pastoring—and describes how he learned to hear God afresh when he dealt with the thorny issues of pride, spiritual warfare, and personal pain.
Top Highlights
“It is hard to want to listen to God when I sense he intends to say things I don’t want to hear.” (Page 22)
“Hearing from God precludes the possibility that we can remain the same. The want to issue of hearing God speak must be settled before the how to part can draw us close to God.” (Page 21)
“1. God speaks in my innermost spirit. Satan and I speak in my soul or human mind.” (Page 53)
“Confession is the God-given tool for restoring fellowship.” (Page 38)
“9. God’s voice always leads to a deep, abiding sense of peace.” (Page 59)
- Title: Listening to the Voice of God: How Your Ministry Can be Transformed
- Authors: Roger Barrier, David L. Goetz
- Series: The Pastor’s Soul
- Publisher: Bethany House
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Clergy › Religious life; Listening › Religious aspects--Christianity; God › Knowableness; Spiritual life › Christianity; Handbooks
- Resource ID: LLS:34.0.67
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:33:53Z
