This document contains Bible verses and teachings about how God speaks to His people. It discusses that God speaks through the Holy Spirit via the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the Church. Specifically, it focuses on how God speaks through prayer by the Holy Spirit interceding for believers. It also addresses how God can speak through favorable or unfavorable circumstances by working all things for good. Finally, it notes that God speaks through spiritual leaders in the Church body to equip believers.

2. WORD OF GOD:
•JOHN 5:19 JESUS GAVE THEM THIS
ANSWER: "I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE SON
CAN DO NOTHING BY HIMSELF; HE CAN DO
ONLY WHAT HE SEES HIS FATHER DOING,
BECAUSE WHATEVER THE FATHER DOES
THE SON ALSO DOES.

3. MEMORY VERSES:
•5TH : JOHN 8:47 HE WHO BELONGS TO GOD HEARS WHAT
GOD SAYS. THE REASON YOU DO NOT HEAR IS THAT YOU DO
NOT BELONG TO GOD.”
•
•4TH : JOHN 14:21 WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND
OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME. HE WHO
LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL
LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM.”

4. MEMORY VERSES:
•3RD: MATTHEW 22:37-38
• V.37JESUS REPLIED: " 'LOVE THE LORD
YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'
• V. 38 THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREATEST
COMMANDMENT.

5. •2ND: PSALM 20:7 SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS
AND SOME IN HORSES, BUT WE TRUST IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD.
•1ST: JOHN 15:5 I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE
BRANCHES. IF A MAN REMAINS IN ME AND I IN
HIM, HE WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM
ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING.

6. TODAY UNIT 6:
•JOHN 5:19 JESUS GAVE THEM THIS ANSWER: "I
TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE SON CAN DO
NOTHING BY HIMSELF; HE CAN DO ONLY WHAT
HE SEES HIS FATHER DOING, BECAUSE
WHATEVER THE FATHER DOES THE SON ALSO
DOES.

7. 7 REALITIES OF EXPERIENCING GOD
•1.GOD IS ALWAYS AT WORK AROUND YOU.
•2.GOD PURSUES A CONTINUING LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU
THAT IS REAL AND PERSONAL.
•3.GOD INVITES YOU TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH HIM IN HIS
WORK.
•4.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THE BIBLE,
PRAYER, CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE CHURCH
TO REVEAL HIMSELF, HIS PURPOSES AND HIS WAYS.

8. 7 REALITIES OF EXPERIENCING GOD
•5.GOD’S INVITATION FOR YOU TO WORK WITH
HIM ALWAYS LEADS TO A CRISIS OF BELIEF THAT REQUIRES
FAITH AND ACTION.
•6.YOU MUST MAKE MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS IN YOUR LIFE TO
JOIN GOD IN WHAT HE IS DOING.
•7.YOU COME TO KNOW GOD BY EXPERIENCE AS YOU
OBEY HIM, AND HE ACCOMPLISHES HIS WORK THROUGH
YOU.

9. THE FOCUS OF UNIT 5 AND UNIT 6 IS THE
FOURTH REALITY
•4.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH
THE BIBLE, PRAYER, CIRCUMSTANCES AND
THE CHURCH TO REVEAL HIMSELF, HIS
PURPOSES AND HIS WAYS.

10. NOTE: GOD SPEAKS TO HIS PEOPLE• HEBREWS 1:1-2
A. GOD SPOKE THROUGH THE PROPHETS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
• TO HEAR FROM THE TRUE PROPHETS WAS TO HEAR FROM GOD IN OT
B. GOD SPOKE THROUGH THE LORD JESUS
•TO HEAR FROM THE LORD JESUS IS TO HEAR FROM GOD IN THE
GOSPELS
C. GOD SPOKE THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
•TO HEAR FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO HEAR FROM GOD IN ACTS TO
THE PRESENT.

11. •1.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
•2.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THE BIBLE
•3.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH PRAYER
•4.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH
CIRCUMSTANCES
•5.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THE CHURCH
( FELLOW BELIEVERS ESPECIALLY SPIRITUAL FATHERS-
MENTOR AND PASTOR )

12. TODAY: 3-5 PART 2
•3.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT THROUGH PRAYER

13. •ROMANS 8:26 LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPS IN OUR
WEAKNESSES. FOR WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD
PRAY FOR AS WE OUGHT, BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF MAKES
INTERCESSION FOR US [21] WITH GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT
BE UTTERED.
•ROMANS 8:27 NOW HE WHO SEARCHES THE HEARTS
KNOWS WHAT THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT IS, BECAUSE HE
MAKES INTERCESSION FOR THE SAINTS ACCORDING TO THE
WILL OF GOD.

14. •JOHN 10:4 AND WHEN HE BRINGS OUT HIS OWN
SHEEP, HE GOES BEFORE THEM; AND THE SHEEP
FOLLOW HIM, FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE.
• NOTE: NO FORMULA TO KNOW HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU’LL
KNOW IT . THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BEAR WITNESS TO YOUR SPIRIT
AND HEART. IT WILL BECOME A VERY STRONG THOUGHT AND GET
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
•ILLUS: BLUE SCHWINN BIKE FOR RICHARD ON HIS 6TH BIRTHDAY.

15. •EPHESIANS 3:20 NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO DO
EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE
ASK OR THINK, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT
WORKS IN US,
•EPHESIANS 3:21 TO HIM BE GLORY IN THE CHURCH
BY CHRIST JESUS TO ALL GENERATIONS, FOREVER
AND EVER. AMEN.

16. 4.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
THROUGH CIRCUMSTANCES BE
FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE.
• ROMANS 8:28 AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD
WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO
HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
• A.UNFAVOURBLE- A.TRIALS, SICKNESSES, FAILURES
• ILLUS: JOB

17. WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARE
CONFUSING ( DAY 3. P120 )
•1.SETTLE IN YOUR MIND THAT GOD HAS FOREVER
DEMONSTRATED HIS UNFAILING LOVE FOR YOU ON
THE CROSS THAT LOVE WILL NEVER CHANGE
•2.DO NOT TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD IS LIKE
FROM THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES

18. •3.GO TO GOD AND ASK HIM TO HELP YOU SEE HIS
PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR SITUATION.
•4.WAIT ON THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE MAY TAKE GOD’S WORD
AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE.
•5.ADJUST YOUR LIFE TO GOD AND TO WHAT YOU SEE HIM
DOING IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
•6.EXPERIENCE GOD WORKING IN AND THROUGH YOU TO
ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSES.

19. •B.FAVOURABLE- SUCCESS, BLESSINGS, PROSPERITY
•ILLUS; JOSHUA 24:15
•JOSHUA 24:15 AND IF IT SEEMS EVIL TO YOU TO SERVE THE
LORD, CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL
SERVE, WHETHER THE GODS WHICH YOUR FATHERS
SERVED THAT WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, OR
THE GODS OF THE AMORITES, IN WHOSE LAND YOU DWELL.
BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD."

20. 5.GOD SPEAKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH
THE CHURCH
(FELLOW BELIEVERS ESPECIALLY
SPIRITUAL FATHERS- MENTOR AND PASTOR )
•1CORINTHIANS 12:27 NOW YOU ARE THE BODY OF
CHRIST, AND EACH ONE OF YOU IS A PART OF IT.
•1CORINTHIANS 12:18 BUT IN FACT GOD HAS
ARRANGED THE PARTS IN THE BODY, EVERY ONE OF
THEM, JUST AS HE WANTED THEM TO BE.

21. •1CORINTHIANS 12:6 THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
WORKING, BUT THE SAME GOD WORKS ALL OF THEM IN ALL
MEN.
•1CORINTHIANS 12:7 NOW TO EACH ONE THE
MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN FOR THE COMMON
GOOD.
•1CORINTHIANS 12:8 TO ONE THERE IS GIVEN THROUGH
THE SPIRIT THE MESSAGE OF WISDOM, TO ANOTHER THE
MESSAGE OF KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF THE SAME
SPIRIT,

22. •EPH 4:11 IT WAS HE WHO GAVE SOME TO BE
APOSTLES, SOME TO BE PROPHETS, SOME TO
BE EVANGELISTS, AND SOME TO BE PASTORS
AND TEACHERS,
•EPH 4:12 TO PREPARE GOD'S PEOPLE FOR
WORKS OF SERVICE, SO THAT THE BODY OF
CHRIST MAY BE BUILT UP

23. •EPH 4:13 UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH
AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND
BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE
MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.
•EPH 4:14 THEN WE WILL NO LONGER BE INFANTS,
TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BY THE WAVES, AND
BLOWN HERE AND THERE BY EVERY WIND OF
TEACHING AND BY THE CUNNING AND CRAFTINESS OF
MEN IN THEIR DECEITFUL SCHEMING.

24. •1CORINTHIANS 4:15 FOR THOUGH YOU
MIGHT HAVE TEN THOUSAND
INSTRUCTORS IN CHRIST, YET YOU DO NOT
HAVE MANY FATHERS; FOR IN CHRIST
JESUS I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU THROUGH
THE GOSPEL.

25. •HEBREWS 13:7 REMEMBER YOUR LEADERS, WHO
SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD TO YOU. CONSIDER THE
OUTCOME OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND IMITATE THEIR
FAITH.
•HEBREWS 13:17 OBEY YOUR LEADERS AND SUBMIT
TO THEIR AUTHORITY. THEY KEEP WATCH OVER YOU
AS MEN WHO MUST GIVE AN ACCOUNT. OBEY THEM
SO THAT THEIR WORK WILL BE A JOY, NOT A BURDEN,
FOR THAT WOULD BE OF NO ADVANTAGE TO YOU