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Over the course of my ministry, many people have asked me the same question: How does God speak to you? That’s quite a personal question. It’s like the Bible says, “And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice” (I Kings 19:11-12). Most times God speaks to me in a still, small voice, deep inside my spirit. Deep calls unto deep. That voice speaks, and because I know Him, I recognize His voice, and I listen. Other times, as I open up His Word, God speaks to me through a revelation of Him; no matter how many times I read His Word, every time I read it, God reveals something new that I hadn’t considered before. His Word is truly alive, and it’s one of the most overlooked modes of communication with God in the Church today. Starting from my experience on the street corner after I left the orphanage, God began dealing with me in a very personal, supernatural way. God will never use anyone without first giving them an experience. During important times of decisions in my life, such as the experience in Lima, Ohio, when God showed me that the ministry was not the work of a man but of the Holy Spirit, or when He took me into heaven to reveal His ministry for me, He has spoken to me in literal experiences – not intuition, not in my mind, but actual experiences just as God came to our forefathers, Moses and Abraham. That’s why there is such a dramatic anointing of God’s Presence on my life. Many times, God reveals His will to me through the reading of the Word – Christians can NEVER spend enough time reading God’s Word! Most times, God lets me see something before it happens, like the way God showed me long before it happened that Israel would recapture Jerusalem. Download and read the rest of this chapter:
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