Publisher's Synopsis
Talking With God - His Way"......He who belongs to God hears what God says, the reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God..." (John 8: 47)This is one of the most overlooked truths in all of scripture. If you were asked how often you pray, or more importantly how often you hear God speak, what would your answer be? We all have heard of those who speak of answered prayers and how it feels to talk with God. However, the majority of Christian's I've talked with over my lifetime have told me that while people are searching and seeking to connect with God, they are not hearing God as they hoped. It seems that most agree that God loves us, wants to care for us and talk with us, so what is the problem? To be sure, throughout the scripture we see stories of Gods children talking with God. Stories that show God talking with those who have been good, those who have been truly evil; but repented, and those in times of difficulties, hardship and pain. So, if God talked with them, why not me?The irony of these message's in scripture is that while God does want to talk with you; to understand why it is not happening for you, you must understand that it will take longer than a 30 minute sermon once a week to receive this deep and abiding truth, Talking With God (must be done) His Way. There are many voices to confuse us. There are those who teach in countless sermons, sermons that appeal to our human need to put God in a box, who say, "Just follow these 3 or 5 steps and you can talk with God". They teach that "God is bound by His promises to do what we ask of Him". I do not believe that these sermons are a malicious attempt to distort the gospel; but, I do believe they cause God's people confusion, a loss of peace and over time may cause a loss of faith.In "Talking With God - His Way", Carl takes the reader through the Fundamentals of a Conversation with God, reveals the Wall's of Separation that keep us from hearing God speak, reviews The Lord's Prayer and why it is the perfect model for us to follow and catalogs the human and physical Hindrances that deafen us to the voice of God and close His ears to us. These truth's accumulated here in one place, will challenge you, thrill you and awaken within you the hope born at that moment when you first met Him and ask Him into your heart and life. It will re-ignite your spiritual life, because this message digs down to the very core of what life on earth as a Christian is truly all about. This message reveals that God is here with us, That He wants to talk with us, that Heaven is in your heart and will give you a chance to open the windows of heaven and to hear the voice of God.
