Where To Start Reading Your Bible and Hearing God #4

The Kingdom Cowboy

Summary:
Learning to read and grasping an understanding of the Bible opens up that ability to start
hearing God’s voice, the reality of becoming one of God’s sons and coming to know
God as Father, and not just about Him. So you can see how the Bible becomes the
gateway to just about everything that God has for us.

Show Notes:
• Andy explains how he started reading the Bible.
• He prefers the book of John as a starting place because it refers quite a bit more
regarding the Father than the other three gospels.
• Andy has made hearing from God a huge priority for many years.
• He encourages beginners to not to read a lot at one time. Better to read just a
chapter at a time.
• We are encouraged to meditate at times on the word, in that you just read to let it
sink in a little.
• Understanding that God is Father and starting to relate to Him as such sets every
other thing, both spiritual, and non spiritual in perfect perspective.

Quotes:
• After being asked questions, I’d look in the Bible, I’d look, look, look, look, look.
That’s how I learned my way around the Bible.
• I think it’s really, really important that you get an early-on understanding of grace
and the new covenant is that you start in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John, but first in the book of John. John refers to the Father quite a bit
more.
• All scripture is given by inspiration from God.
• I’ve never heard the audible voice of God, but that’s not the only way that God
speaks. He’s got all kinds of ways of speaking to us. And one of the key ways is
the word of God.
• The word says that the Holy Spirit is our teacher. And He lives in us. He
quickens and makes alive the words that we read
• Prepare your heart, get in the moment and deal with the distractions.
• When we hear God, you gotta at least assume that there’s more to it than what you
first understand.
• Learning to come into our sonship is one of the key elements of the Kingdom life.
• A key thing in the kingdom life is learning that we’re a handpicked son, which is
not gender specific.• A key thing in the kingdom life is learning that we’re a handpicked son, which is
not gender specific.

References:
Book by Dallas Willard, “Developing a Conversational Relationship with God”.
Romans 8:14
Acts 17:26
Galatians 4:6

Take Away:
Learning to read and grasping an understanding of the Bible opens up that ability to start
hearing God’s voice, the reality of becoming one of God’s sons and coming to know
God as Father, and not just about Him