Does God talk to you? And how?

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Blessings,
He does speak, thusly. Especially in times of troubles. We don’t communicate a lot now. That would be my fault. When I was holier. Like going to daily mass, communion, confession,Bible Studies and Prayer groups. We chatted a good bit. His voice w me was a small whisper in my heart. I’d pray and ask Him to show me in scripture, what His will was. Where I opened the Bible and placed my eyes, was His answer. It was appropriate for my need.
I’m glad He comforted you. Matthew 11. LUKE 11 and 12. Ephesians 3:14-21. Comforting

The Original Full Version

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Tweedlealice
 
During the stillness of my soul, I hear the voice, that inner voice during prayer or even sometimes just walking. I’m a little hard headed, so Jesus by his bountiful grace and mercy, some messages are repeated so I remember.
Discerning the Holy spirit, often the infusion of knowledge is not simply by intellect but it is the totality of my being. It is hard to describe but it is the best way I can describe this.
 
St. John of the Cross recommends caution in interpreting such phenomena. They shouldn’t be sought after.
 
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I don’t hear His voice, but sometimes I’ll have moments of clarity or realizations and know that God’s talking to me.

The clearest was a little over 2 years ago, I think around January, and I was at the sink washing dishes. I was an unabashed atheist at the time and out of the blue thought to myself, “God is goodness itself”. It’s hard to put into words the power of that thought. I rolled this over and over in my head and began understanding things from a different perspective.

After following this line of thinking for a few days I contacted my local Parish, and after some catch-up catechesis I was confirmed at Easter Vigil.
 
Every 1-2 weeks in secret. Besides this,
when I visit hospice patients weekly, it is the Holy Spirit performing all action, speaking, not me!
 
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I wasnt searching for anything. It just happened suddenly!
 
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Yes, I believe God speaks to me! NO, I do NOT hear his voice!
I was at a college class once and was contemplating whether I
should hang around the college, go home, or stop by a group of
sister’s to say “hi”, and internally I sensed I should go to the sister’s.
I listened to that and when I got there they said that they were so
happy to see me because they needed my help. An elderly gentleman
woke up blind on his 90th birthday and they needed me to help in the
store. I felt that was God speaking to me!

Another time I was discerning my vocation to religious life and I asked
our Lord to show me whether I was being “called.” I told him that I wasn’t
going to ask him to give me a particular sign but he had to make sure it
would be obvious to me that it was the sign. A couple of days later I was
walking by a shrine and no-one and I mean no-one was in sight when all
of a sudden a dozen red roses appeared in my hands. I quickly turned
around and no-one was around. I took the roses home and they stayed
fresh in a vase of water for over 3 weeks. Again, I saw that I God speaking
to me.
 
Bear with me …

For various reasons due to upbringing I had to cut Church (not God) out of my life on leaving my teens. I talked to God, saying apprx ”Since you are Omnipotent Omnipresent and Allknowing, you know why I do this. I will conduct my life As If, but I cannot do the rl Church right now. When you want me back, you let me know in a way I understand, potassium?”

Fastforward a lot of decent life (outside Church w a capital C), 3 kids, husband dead. I asked ”Is this what You want?” and was answered w a quiet voice, a light in the dark: ”Where you are, I’m too”

Nothing more was needed.
 
I think there are two ways He talks to us. The standard way and the personal way.

The standard way is like a general communication, to everyone. And God does it in many ways. For instance, God shows us His glory and His Omnipotency by giving us, humans, the ability to see and be amazed by His creation. He also declared his infinitely Wisdom and Mercy by sending His only begotten Son to teach us Truth and to Redeem us. I think it’s really amazing that God has so many channels to communicate with us.

The other way is the personal one. It’s known as private revelation (with lower case). God send His messengers, and sometimes He Himself speak to His chosen ones. We have to be very careful with these, but I believe many of them are real.

Having said all this, now I’ll answer OP’s question. Yes, I think God “talks to me” in the standard way. On the other hand, if He ever talked to me in the personal way, I am not sure yet. But I do pray for Him to do so, to guide me.
 
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It is interesting to discuss the way prayer is answered. Going to prayer groups is also useful . hearing and understanding is improved
 
Hoo boy, here goes. I try to pray daily. I write out prayers longhand in a journal - I’ve done this for many years. For the past few years while doing this, I also try to listen and write down anything I think God might be saying to me. After all, John 10:27 says my sheep hear my voice. Honestly, I almost have to force myself to do this as I am so afraid of putting my words in his mouth. But some of what I’ve written at these times has been transformational. It has so dramatically enriched my life. Much of what I write is more personal reassurances of His love and companionship. I have yet to write, for instance, “Go sign for a new Corvette and I’ll provide”. For me at least, I think God has been showing me that I expect too little of him and too often think of him as far off or busy, when in fact he is here with me always. I also agree of course that he speaks through people, scriptures and our church. He’s such a good Father. He’s so much more present to me than I am to him!
 
Yes. In many ways. It’s difficult to explain because it is so intensely personal. It can be a tiny thing, I’ve asked about or for and is answered by scriptures or things people do or say. Or words from scripture of hymns that get stuck in my head til I take notice or the actions of others or simply an urge to act. I may find a theme repeats and if I don’t notice or listen a stronger action takes places perhaps overcoming my emotions. During prayers or mediations ideas or concepts come to me about how I should go about certain things and if they match with scriptures then I generally follow them. I really believe all the answers we seek are in scriptures we just need a little help figuring them out and applying them to our lives. The Holy Spirit helps us with this. I don’t think you can ever miss what God is saying because He is infinitely patient and knows us better than we know ourselves as long as we try to listen He will try an infinite number of ways. The only danger is us giving up. If we pray daily, remain in a state of grace and keep living life and going about our business we will hear at some stage.
 
Indeed, it is!

I have no idea how prayers are answered, except when time advances enough so I can look back and compare the situation then and now
 
Lost4words said:
Does God talk to you? If so, how?

Do you hear His voice? Or some other way?
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In a way, yes. Through the word, the Church, the people around me, the signs of time, during prayers, through prophecies and visions.
 
Thanks, but I’m sure being raised Catholic as a kid, and having good experiences with Christians as an adult played a big part in it as well. Funny how it came together after 20 plus years as an atheist though.
 
One night I had a horrible, horrible nightmare which woke me up. My husband was sound asleep and so were the cats. I remember thinking “I wish someone was awake!” And then I heard God’s voice say, “I am here.”
It was such a comfort and I fell back into a peaceful sleep.
 
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I dont remember how many years I pray daily until I heard His voice, but it is a very long time before I could reach to this level.

Almighty God would let you know to recognize His voice by His chosen ways. Each word is like gold. The Holy Spirit can also confirm. I never write down.
The Holy Spirit sometimes answered by thought during the long meditation when we are holy.
 
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I read an article years ago about people who have heard an audible supernatural voice. Not a voice in their head, but a physically real, audible voice heard with the ears. They said that these events are much more common than you’d imagine and when a person hears a voice, it usually is a very brief message, not a lengthy conversation. Typically one to eight words spoken once, and the event is never repeated again. The recipient is a perfectly normal person and the voice comes out of the blue. It happened to my mother like this.

I wish I could remember where I read this. I tried Googling it, but came up empty. It was really an interesting article.
 
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