This is not just a book written in a charming style, but perhaps in the end a book that will help many change their lives and adjust themselves to hearing that "still small voice" of which the Bible speaks. This book will do a solid job helping them listen for the voice of God in everyday life, by way of a broad range of spiritual traditions, while remaining alert to the loopier and more manipulative claims of some would-be channellers of the Almighty. He heads up Emmaus Rd in Guildford with his wife Sammy, serves as Vice-President for the NGO Tearfund and was part of the senior leadership team at HTB in London for seven years. Nothing can replace reading it for yourself, but hopefully this can give you a taster and encourage you to read it.

Community Church is a trading name of Rivertree Trust a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. He also launched The Prayer Course and his really helpful and insightful books on prayer, which really go together with this new book on hearing God, include How To Pray and God on Mute.The following is my slanted summary (it inevitably reflects my take on it) of the first chapter, Hearing God’s Word in Jesus. Pete never fails to make my soul tremble with the good news of God's presence and guidance and invitation to pray. Learning to hear God’s voice – his word and his whisper – is the single most important thing you will ever do. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. There is a very useful introduction to the topic of each of the chapters – ‘how to read this book in 5 minutes’ – which gives good overview of the journey before we set off.

He bases this current book around the wonderful story in Luke 24 of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, regarding it as a masterclass on learning to hear the voice of Jesus.Pete is an Ambassador for the NGO Tearfund, a visiting lecturer for St Mellitus Theological College and one of the founding conveners of the Wildfires festival. He weaves together the evangelical emphasis upon hearing God in the Bible, and the charismatic commitment to hearing God in the prophetic, with the contemplative understanding of God’s “still, small voice” within. Jesus is what God sounds like’ and every other way of hearing God must lead us to getting closer to Jesus. Rooted in Scripture and filled with the experiences of many who have gone before us, this book shows that God really does speak to us and gives us some clear paths to hear him when he does. We may have to wrestle with some theological and psychological difficulties to do with hearing God (Greig shares his own) but it is worth persevering.

Having addressed God's silence in God on Mute, and then How to Pray in his previous bestseller, Pete Greig is back to bring wisdom and guidance to one of the most pressing and perplexing aspects of universal Christian experience - How to Hear God. Join Pete for 5 sessions as he explores the story of Christ’s playful, poignant conversation on the road to Emmaus, Pete draws deeply from the insights of a wide range of Christian traditions. The Emmaus Road story of Jesus drawing alongside the two disciples is a great model for learning to hear God. The most important prayer of the Old Testament – the ‘Shema’ means ‘hear’ or ‘listen’ – begins with hearing God (Deut. Different people’s psychological make-up affects how they hear God and that is okay – find out what best fits you.The current book study is on Pete Greig’s new book, How to Hear God, and I recommend that you get hold of your own copy – you can purchase it here. Having addressed God's silence in God on Mute, and then How to Pray in his previous bestseller , Pete Greig is back to bring wisdom and guidance to one of the most pressing and perplexing aspects of universal Christian experience - How to Hear God . Chapter 1 – Hearing God’s Word in Jesus: We have been created for a conversational relationship with Jesus and therefore hearing God is vital.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Pete Greig is the Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd church, and the bewildered founder of 24-7 Prayer, an international, inter-denominational movement of prayer, mission and justice operating in more than 100 countries. Pete’s free, online resources include The Prayer Course - downloaded more than three million times, The Lectio Course, and Lectio365 - a daily devotional with more than 225,000 regular users. It really encourages the reader to get stuck in and experiment with ways to open up to God and notice him in your everyday life. How to Hear God is perfect for individuals who want to explore the different ways of learning to hear God’s voice, communities who want to grow together, and anyone who is looking for an easy-to-understand guide to this often-confusing area of faith.Using the story of Jesus encountering two discouraged disciples on the Emmaus Road, Greig shows how God speaks in mealtimes, in nature, through his word in guided meditation, and good counsel from friends. Greig's main readership is likely to be young adults in the Charismatic Evangelical wing of the Church. Having addressed God’s silence in God on Mute, and then How to Pray in his previous bestseller, Pete Greig is back to bring wisdom and guidance to one of the most pressing and perplexing aspects of universal Christian experience–How to Hear God. He weaves together the evangelical emphasis upon hearing God in the Bible, and the charismatic commitment to hearing God in the prophetic, with the contemplative understanding of God’s still, small voice within. This book is sweet and salty--a perfect spiritual snack of deep spiritual truths with real-life wisdom and brevity.