Hearing God
By Nathan Finochio
A great read. One of my top 3 books on my 2019 reading list.
Hearing God will stretch your understanding of how God speaks and how you hear Him speak in your life.
Nathan states, “You’re responsible for how you hear God in your unique circumstances. And this is a gift”
If I had to pick a few statements as a standout statements, they would be these three:
“Understanding the Bible ends when you think you’re not a student anymore - when you’ve stopped asking questions of the text and others. You don’t need a seminary degree to find the right interpretation of Scripture; you just need a humble and hungry heart that’s willing to ask questions from anyone who knows more than you do.”
“We typically dishonor people because we think we’re smarter or better than the are. When we don’t value them, it leads to all kinds of dishonoring behaviors. But if we dishonor others, we’ll almost never hear God’s voice because we’ve put ourselves at the center of our universe.”
“The door that looks so good could be the worst opportunity ever, but because we’re so antsy in the ole pantsy, we bolt! We give no time to assessing why we’re where we are in the present, and we don’t engage in a process of submitting opportunities to others in our lives who aren’t emotionally drunk on the possibility of what’s next.”
Reading Hearing God will create a hunger in the reader to develop the discipline of Hearing God. This book will also stretch you as you become open to the idea of hearing God speak in often unusual or unexpected circumstances
Another of my personal highlights in Hearing God is when Nathan said, “God speaks through opportunities. But here’s the trick: not all opportunities are from God, even though He uses them as confirmation in our lives.”
I enjoyed the material presented. It is well written and obviously Nathan’s life message.
I highly recommend Hearing God. It is a book for seasoned believers as well as new believer’s just getting started in their journey of walking with God.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
