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What kind of personal relationship is possible without speaking to one another?

Does this mean both should speak/both should listen? How do you listen to God?

And is communication possible without words?

Does this mean both should speak/both should listen? How do you listen to God?

This may be too simple for you D-fendr but here it is.

Pray = You talk to God.

Read God's Word = He talks to you.

BigMack

Hi, D-fendr. You wrote: Does this mean both should speak/both should listen? How do you listen to God? And is communication possible without words?

Yes, communication is possible without words....I do it all the time, except for when I AM using words!! 8^) And I think that what PayNoAttention said in #12 is very true, tho' I don't rule out (as I'm pretty sure he doesn't either) the Holy Spirit speaking to my spirit. This is subjective, tho', unless He also brings scripture to my remembrance.

It is still possible under certain conditions and with a humble and contrite heart to receive a vision from God. However, it is something you must pray for for a long time with great humility and there must be some very important purpose that you receive this vision. Also, the vision will not be what you expect, and will probably be very frightening at first, until you begin to pray about it's interpretation and analyze it with reference both to scripture and to exactly what vision you were praying for. Believe me, you do not want to communicate with God in this manner unless you are a very courageous person and very well-versed in the scriptures. God is not limited in communicating to us just through the scriptures. I have had one vision, after six weeks of isolation, semi-fasting, prayer and Bible study, and I have heard his voice on one occassion. Both times, what I saw and heard were not expected, and were laden with so much wisdom that I was still learning over a decade later from events that lasted no more than a few seconds.

Does this mean both should speak/both should listen? How do you listen to God?

And is communication possible without words?

Oh, ye of little faith!

What do you think the Bible is? God's communication to us. We pray to communicate to God, then read his Word for his communication back to us. Trust that what you read is what God wants you to know.

It's truly amazing how everytime you read the bible, something you have read many times will suddenly be clear, and somehow it always seems to be what we need at the time.

Becky