#stillsmallvoice

[buildwithakil]

Just a small small reflection of the work we’re doing in the city. 🌃 Had another couple students check for me in the public library yesterday! Slow and steady is forever the motion. #StillSmallVoice

Islam Sheik, we aim to keep it as impactful as possible. I was working on a hot 16 to insert right here, but my newest student stole my attention and just left it to the ether’s.

[yoga--faith]

After the work week, after the chaos, and after the storms, comes a sabbath rest. Today, and each day, may you be able to experience a great pause to hear His {still} small voice. The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 1 Kings 19:11-12 #yogafaith #sabbathrest #rest #stillsmallvoice (at YOGA FAITH) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrGcyT8rdDM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jostic24]

So listen carefully and don’t miss it! #stillsmallvoice https://www.instagram.com/p/CfL94zPraEi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[walkswithmyfather]

1 Kings 19:12 - The gentle voice of God 

“After the earthquake there was a fire—but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the soft whisper of a voice.” (GNT)

God has the power of thunder at His disposal, so why does He use a gentle whisper? He could speak louder, but He shouldn't need to zap us with lightning to get our attention! God wants to speak to us all the time, but often it may be just “something on the inside,'' as one Pastor I listen to often says. TV and social media bombard us with so much noise and there are so many messages coming at us all the time, that it’s hard to focus. God works best when we give Him our undivided attention and when we listen closely, we can begin to recognize His voice from amongst the clamoring noise around us. Listening to God really is like tuning into an FM or CB radio frequency. When you have the Holy Spirit, it’s like you now have the right receiver you need to hear from God. When you spend time with God and tune to the right frequency, you can then begin to separate His voice from others around you and His gentle whisper (His ”still small voice “) will come through clearly. 

Here are some steps for hearing from God: 1. Set aside a time and a quiet place. (This can be anywhere you want it to be, as long as it is a place where you can give God all your attention.) It is in that place where God will speak to you. Jesus would often go away by Himself to pray and speak with His Father. 2. Be still and worship. 3. Pray then read the Bible. 4. Listen and write down what you think God is saying to you. Friend, if you listen closely to God this year and take notes, you will see just how much God has to say to you in 2020!

[infiniteangel161]

💜💜💜 #Intuition #JustKnowing #StillSmallVoice #GutFeeling #Psychology #MindsetToAGreaterLife https://www.instagram.com/p/B2GRPmbnhZl/?igshid=1d6p74e5jdczm

[mistycoy]

Shouting in the stillness

One day a week, I teach a music and storytelling class for little ones. Yesterday I showed them a book about the difference between being loud and quiet. I would read the page and then ask them imitate the quiet and loud noises. It was hysterical for me to see how uninterested they were in being quiet and how incredibly eager they were to shout, bang, sing and stomp. Even the little children demonstrated how uncomfortable and boring it can be to sit in the stillness.

Last night, I came across a quote from one of Tim Keller's sermons. It said, "A sense of Jesus' absence might be a sign of his presence--a sign he's working already in your life." I had to read it a few times and let it seep in because it was difficult for me to grasp. How can His seeming absence be a sign of His presence? It just didn't make sense to me.

Ironically, I had just finished writing my first blog about standing still when everything tells me to run. So, as I read this quote, I decided to sit still and ponder what Tim Keller might have meant. I journaled as I sat and came across Romans 12:2 which said,

"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Most of the time, when I want transformation and change, I expect a message to come through loud and clear. A concise text message or a lightning bolt would be ideal! But it dawned on me that I cannot hear His still, small voice when there is loud noise all around me. I cannot "test" and "discern" the will of the Lord, as the verse says, if I am running and shouting in the stillness.

Noise and activity surround most of us in every direction, however, so it would make sense that one might equate the absence of noise with the absence of God's presence. It is so easy for me to miss the fact that God might be speaking to me, comforting me, directing me and actively loving me when, in my limited perspective, nothing is happening.

Yet, I harken back to the Israelites in the desert. They wandered for forty years in search of the promised land. Sure, they witnessed dramatic moments of God's awesome power. And so have I! But too often, when the stillness and lack of answers is dragged on, I jump to the conclusion that He has forgotten about me and has put the plane on auto pilot. I'm slowly starting to see that the opposite may be true...

...maybe there is something to be said about embracing the QUIET strength of the Lord, even when I don't feel anything. Maybe He IS doing something big when nothing seems to be happening at all. Maybe my vision is so impaired that I cannot recognize he is working all things together for my good in the day to day monotony...

...maybe...

I'm sure I will continue to fight the quiet and beg God to speak to me in dramatic overtures. It is my personal nature to shout in the stillness and fill the silence with noise. My prayer, however, is that I will learn to fight against that urge to fill all the gaps. I hope that I will begin to listen in the stillness and trust that God is moving even when I don't sense His presence or mighty hand.

[michellethielen]

• @sanctuaryyogafaith The fourth limb is Pranayama, defined as breath or life force. Many breathing techniques improve our overall health and well being. These can be practiced for specific ailments, to cleanse our bodily systems or calm our anxieties. ⠀⠀ This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: “I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ~ Ezekiel 37:5–6 #breathe #breath #pranayama #stillsmallvoice #christianyoga #christianyogi #yogafaith #yogaeveryblessedday #christianyogaassociation #8limbsofyoga #jesusfirstyogasecond #mudra #myrtlecreekbotanicalgardens https://www.instagram.com/p/BzyEDFElsX4/?igshid=9vm7ash7hodz

[tonybrigmon]

Listen to that still, small voice within you. It will tell you where to go, what to do, and what to say. YEA.

The Good Life (TonyBrigmon.com)