Hearing God's Voice
About this sermon
In “Hearing God's Voice,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from Psalm 103, Colossians 2, John 17, John 16, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God.
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Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Psalm 103. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Colossians 2. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on eternal life and hope while working through John 17, John 16. The message argues that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through John 16, John 10. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture while working through John 17, Colossians 3. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through Matthew 24. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Proverbs 11. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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i long to know you we long to hear your voice we long to be close to you lord we long to be filled and totally yielded to the holy spirit hearing what you're saying and doing what you want us to do and speaking what you want us to speak lord father i thank you for that lord we thank you for what you've done for us lord god that you came and took on human flesh you came and and you died on that cross for our sins to break the power of satan and his forces off of our lives to give us a chance to know you to walk with you again to hear your voice to be reconciled to our creator to have eternal life with you forever that's your desire that's what you provided through the blood of your cross that's what you provided through your resurrection that's what you've provided in your word the truth the message that you want to be with us and you want us to be with you that's what it's about help us to get that lord in jesus name amen and amen [Music] patrick the lord for some reason don't know why he wanted me to tell you this there toward the end of your worship but he wanted me to tell you this that you haven't even scratched the surface yet of what he has for you not even scratch the surface of what he has for you to do what he's called you to do the people he has for you to reach the things that he has for you to flow in and to operate in you can't even scratch the surface but it's there for you and i just feel him say you've got to go deeper and it'll happen amen and that part of it was very strong go deeper yeah we got the the number two mike on here yep all right all right it's just it's just psalms 103 it says bless the lord all my soul soul and all that is in me bless his holy name bless the lord all my soul and forget not all his blessings who
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forgives all our iniquities and heals all our diseases and redeems your life from destruction who crowns you with love and kindness and tender mercies and satisfy your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles amen psalm 103. that's for somebody there maybe for all of us amen i mean that's the good news bless the lord o my soul and all that is within me what does it say forgetting all of his benefits there who forgives our iniquities our sins and heals our diseases amen praise god i want everybody to turn to genesis chapter 3. the lord completely changed my message during praise and worship not even in the same ballpark as it was i mean we just went from a baseball game to a football game that's how different than we just went here genesis chapter 3 probably one of the most familiar passages of scripture of course this is about adam and eve in the fall of man to the serpent to satan's deception and lies let's read this verse one now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the lord god had made and he said unto the woman yea hath god said you shall not eat of every tree of the garden and the woman said unto the serpent we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden god hath said you shall not touch it neither shall ye you shall not eat of it rather neither shall you touch it lest you die and the serpent said unto the woman you shall not surely die for god does know in that in the day you eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods knowing good and evil and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise she took the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also into her husband with her and he did eat and the eyes of both of them were open and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in the garden in the cool of the day and adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the lord god amongst the trees of the garden and the lord god called into adam and said unto him where art thou and he said i heard thy voice in the garden and i was afraid because i was naked and i hid myself
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and he said who told me that was naked hast thou eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat and the man said the woman whom you gave to be with me she gave me of the tree and i did eat and the lord god said unto the woman what is this that thou has done and the woman said the serpent beguiled me and i did eat and the lord god said unto the serpent because thou has done this thou art cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field and upon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life and i will put enmity between thee and the woman in between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head but thou shalt bruise his heel the prophecy of the messiah coming and unto the woman he said i will greatly multiply thy sorrow and conception and sorrow shalt thou bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee and he said unto adam because you have hearkened unto the voice of your wife and has eaten of the tree of which i commanded thee saying thou shalt not eat of it cursed is the ground for thy sake and sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles thorns also and thistle shall it bring forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field and the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return into the ground for out of it once thou taken from dust our heart and unto dust you will return and adam called his wife's name eve because she was mother of all living unto adam also and to his wife did the lord god make coats of skins and clothe them and the lord said behold the man has become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and take also the tree of life and eat and live forever therefore the lord god sent him forth from the garden of eden to till the ground from whence he was taken so he drove out the man and placed and he placed at the east of the garden of eden cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life i don't normally read an entire chapter like that but the lord wanted me to focus in on something this morning god almighty our creator yahweh the god of abraham isaac and jacob the god of this creation the universe the stars the planet this this planet the earth and mankind the god who created the angels long ago many of whom fell the father of our lord jesus christ you notice he says us there so that we we have the revelation of the trinity within this elohim plural
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father son and holy spirit in this we have all we have so much here in the book of genesis but the whole purpose that god created man and woman he created mankind the whole purpose was fellowship that we might be with him know him be loved by him and love him that we might truly be his children and those of you know that have had children you can think you know about it you can think you know what it feels like until they come into this world in front of your eyes there ain't nothing like it now i'm talking about normal people i'm not talking about freaks that have no natural affection there's some freaks in this world but i know when my girls were born my three girls every single time it was an overwhelming sense of love of the miraculous of god and how precious life and and this little human being that i made that that i had part of making that and that human being has a spirit and a soul and a body created in the image of god and god let me have a part of that and that's part of me right there and so anybody that's had a child you kind of get just a small glimpse of how god looks at us i mean i believe the moment we're conceived even before that i mean he told jeremiah he said before i formed you in the belly i knew you because god knows everything he knows the past present and the future before the future even before it ever happens so he knows everything but we we we forget i think sometimes just the very basics of what we're walking through here that god's desire for me and you is to to know him intimately to be close to him to be able to hear his voice to feel his presence to know that he is with you and in you and that you are walking in a plan that he has that is the best plan that there can possibly be for you
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