This document provides an introduction to the concept of "experiencing listening prayer," which is described as an approach to prayer focused on creating an active, personal dialogue with God. It discusses how Jesus used questions and parables to teach people and get them to examine their understandings. The document asks several questions about listening to God, such as whether God speaks to ordinary people regularly, how attitude impacts hearing God, how God speaks to people, and how to know if one is truly hearing from God. It aims to address concerns or doubts people may have about pursuing personal communication with God.

1. Experiencing Listening
Prayer

2. Introducing Experiencing
Listening Prayer

3. Jesus’ questions opened doors
 Jesus was the master teacher. He asked
questions that made people stop and think and
examine their partial understandings about
God and the nature of the Kingdom of God.
 He also told parables. Jesus taught that way so
people could discover the truths of the
Kingdom of God when they sought God with
all of their hearts.

4. Searching the Word for the truth is an
expression of faithfulness to God
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As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and
Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to
the Jewish synagogue. 11
Now the Bereans were of
more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they
received the message with great eagerness and
examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul
said was true. 12
Many of the Jews believed, as did
also a number of prominent Greek women and many
Greek men.
Acts 17:10-12

5. What is listening to God?

6. Experiencing Listening Prayer
Experiencing listening prayer is an
approach to prayer focused on
creating an active, personal
dialogue with God.

7. Listening to Jesus
Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears
my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat
with him and he with me. - Revelation 3:20

8. Why would anyone want to pursue
listening to God?

9. Why would anyone want to pursue
listening to God?
 All of us know there is much more we could
be experiencing in our relationship with God.
Our hearts long for a closer, more personal
relationship with God.
 Experiencing Listening Prayer helps us move
into that relationship.

10. In the Garden
I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses;
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,
The Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me,
And He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

11. Does God really speak to ordinary
people on a regular basis?

12. Does your attitude toward listening prayer
impact God speaking to you?

13. But what will happen to me if
I listen to God?

14. How does God speak to people?

15. But God gave us a mind, where does
common sense fit into all of this?

16. But how would you know if God
were really speaking to you?

17. But what about the people who do immoral
things saying God told them to do it?

18. But I wouldn’t even know where to begin?