Chuck D. Pierce - When God Speaks

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WHEN GOD SPEAKS

With clarity and precision, Chuck Pierce has brought forth a sparkling gem full of revelatory truth in the pages of When God Speaks. This book is a great addition to the arsenal of prophetic materials that will enable the current move of God to progressively keep on marching forward. When God Speaks is one of the clearest exposs I have ever read on hearing Gods voice.

JAMES W. GOLL

President, Encounters Network
Author, The Seer, The Lost Art of Intercession and Wasted on Jesus

In the critical times we are living in today, it is more imperative than ever for believers to learn to discern the Voice of the Lord. In When God Speaks, Chuck Pierce demystifies the experience of God communicating to His people and helps us to grasp the unique and varied ways God speaks. This is a dynamic equipping tool that should be in the spiritual arsenal of every believer.

JANE HAMON

Author, Dreams and Visions

The practice of two-way prayer is much more common than it used to be. This makes it extremely important for us to be able to clearly recognize Gods voice whenever He wants to speak to us. There is no better guidebook to make this happen than Chuck Pierce and Rebecca Sytsemas When God Speaks!

C. PETER WAGNER

Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute

2005 Chuck D. Pierce and Rebecca Wagner Sytsema

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Chosen edition published 2014

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PREFACE

Hearing the voice of God is not as difficult as some might think. I have found that many of Gods people are hearing Him, but they have not perceived that it is His voice. To perceive means to take hold of, feel, comprehend, grasp mentally, recognize, observe or become aware of something by discerning. We must learn to perceive Gods voice, which will help us understand His will for our lives. Acting on what we have discerned as His voice, until it becomes a reality, is the key to a successful Christian life.

To commune with a holy Godyou talk to Him and He to youis the highest privilege we have on Earth. My own life has become one of hearing the Lords voice, not just for myself but for others as well. My greatest desire is for people to hear Gods voice, embrace His word and fulfill the destiny God has for them.

I pray that this book will give you the principles of hearing God through prophecy and revelation, show you how to test and evaluate the prophetic word, and help you to know what to do with what God has spoken to you. As you read this book, may you recognize the voice that gives you life and life abundantly!

Chuck D. Pierce

Denton, Texas

CHAPTER ONE

HEAR HIM!

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

GENESIS 1:26-28

From the beginning of creation, humanity was created to commune with God. Because God created us with a body, soul and spirit, we were given a different value from the rest of creation. We were made as spiritual beings. Our human spirit allows us to exercise intelligence, perception and determination, and to make moral choices; and it enables us to exceed above and have dominion over any other creature in the earth realm. This intrinsic worth drives us to know our creator as well as to know the hope of our calling and why we exist.

Because we are set apart in this way, we also carry an accountability and responsibility that the rest of creation does not have. We are expected to be faithful stewards of the talents and abilities that God has given us. The only way we can do this is to seek Him, commune with Him and gain the revelation that will enable us to prosper. When we obey this revelation from Him, we please Him.

WE WERE CREATED TO COMMUNE WITH HIM DAILY

The spirit is the highest function of our being. It is through our spirit that we commune with the spiritual world. When we open our human spirit and allow the Holy Spirit to come and reside within us, we come into a holy union with our Creator. It is through our human spirits that the Holy Spirit gives us the revelation necessary to accomplish His will on the earth. Because this is an ongoing process, we should expect God to commune with us daily as we seek Him. He longs for us to draw near to Him so we can know His heart and greatest desire for our lives.

To seek means to diligently look for and search earnestly until the object of desire is located and found. Psalm 27:4-8 says:

One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, Seek My face, my heart said to You, Your face, LORD, I will seek.

David was known as a man with a heart after God because he was willing to seek God until he received the Lords mind and strategy for that hour. That is also why Jesus said, But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you (Matt. 6:33).

Moses gives us a beautiful example of and reason why we should be seeking God on a daily basis. In Exodus 29, we find Moses receiving revelation on the daily offerings two times each day. The day is opened and closed with the gift of worship to and communion with God. Verse 42 says, This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD,