Kenneth C. Ulmer - Knowing Gods Voice: Learn How to Hear God Above the Chaos of Life and Respond Passionately in Faith

PRAISE FOR THE WRITINGS OF

KENNETH C. ULMER

Bishop Kenneth Ulmer reveals from Scripture just how completely and fantastically our great God and Savior loves and cares for us, illuminating facets of His being that many believers have no doubt never considered.

Dr. Bill Bright

Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ

Dr. Ulmer is one of the most strategic Christian leaders in the nation. His impact in helping people understand Gods principles for life is enriching while remaining biblical. It is hard to overstate the impact Dr. Ulmer makes on tens of thousands of Christians every week.

Dr. Mark Brewer

Senior Pastor, Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, California

Ken Ulmer is one of Americas new voices, rising with a penetrating call to pragmatic spiritual dynamics. As a Christian leader, he stands tall; as a servant to society, he stands out; as a friend, he stands trustworthy; as a man of God, he stands closein touch with our Father, that he might be in touch with Him whose touch can change the world. Knowing Dr. Ulmer as I do, I attest to this: the man is real to the core! The truths with which he inspires multitudes becomes real and livable because he is relating what hes learned and lived and proven.

Jack W. Hayford

President, Foursquare Churches International
Chancellor, The Kings College and Seminary
Founding Pastor, The Church On The Way

Dr. Ken Ulmer does what he does best. He slices through the confusion, misunderstanding and misinformation and then clearly and accurately explains the Scripture.

Robert Morris

Bestselling Author, The Blessed Life

KNOWING GODS VOICE

2011 Kenneth C. Ulmer

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Chosen edition published 2014

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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BBEThe Bible in Basic English. Produced by Mr. C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute, 1965. Public domain.

CEVContemporary English Version. Copyright American Bible Society, 1995.

CSBHolman Christian Standard Bible. 2001, Broadman and Holman Publishers, Lifeway Christian Resources, 127 Ninth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37234.

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THE MESSAGEScripture taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright by Eugene H. Peterson, 1993, 1994, 1995. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

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To my wife, Togetta.
You are the apple of my eye, the beat of my heart,
the wind beneath my wings.

by Dr. Phil Pringle

When I met Dr. Ulmer, I was immediately impressed with the obvious strength and nobility of his influence and leadership. He has discovered the fountainhead of all the greatest achievements that men and women have accomplished in the Kingdom, which is hearing and obeying the voice of God. Throughout biblical and Church history, its almost impossible to find any great servant of Christ acting independently of Gods guidance and achieving anything but disaster. As you read through the accounts of Moses, David, the prophets, Jesus, Peter, Paul, Martin Luther, John Wesley, Billy Graham, and so on, you will see that all had moments of encounter when God spoke to them and they obeyed.

In our fast-paced world, we desperately need to hear this message, urging us to stop, be quiet and listen so that we can do what were meant to do, thus accessing all the strength, resources and divine circumstances made available to those who do the will of God. We are so in need of discovering the counsel of God instead of running to every other type of counselor available in our world today. The one thing David desired of God was that he would be able all the days of his life to enquire in the Temple and thus gain the guiding voice of God for his life. He knew this was the secret to living the blessed life. Dr. Ulmers teaching on this, born from his own experience of hearing, doing and being blessed, will assist you to walk with Christ into your best life.

Dr. Phil Pringle

Senior Pastor, C3 Church, Oxford Falls, Australia
Founder, C3 Global ( www.myC3church.net )

With increasing ferocity during the past decade or so, the world has been going through an unusually intense period of transition, including political upheaval, wars and rumors of war, and a stunning transference of wealth from the lower and middle classes to the upper economic echelons. These have been times of unparalleled poverty, increasing disease and wickedness in high places. Yet, the Lord has called us to the Kingdom for such a time as this (Esther 4:14). This is our timea time when vast opportunities have opened up to expand the Kingdom of light in this world of darkness. All we need to do is to know and to heed Gods voice.

We live in a culture that is more diversified, more cynical, more humanistic than at any time in history. Theological-religious and ethnic-racial pluralism has, in many parts of the world, disintegrated into devastating walls of division. Tension between the great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is poised like a sword over the necks of future victims of a coming storm. However, in these perilous times of spiritual sectarianism, sociological despair and ethical disparity, God continues to call to the church, saying, Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations (Matt. 28:19). Come out from the comfort of the padded pews and stained glass windows, and come into an atmosphere of obedience to Gods Word as the return of the Lord draws near. In fact, Gods marching orders to the church can be summarized in three commissions: (1) the Great Commission, (2) the Greater Commission, and (3) the Greatest Commission.

We must never forget the mandate of the great commission, stated by Jesus in Mark 16:15, that we are to