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Are you blocking the Holy Spirit’s voice?

26 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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In this short sermon, the speaker continues a series on hearing God’s voice by focusing on Acts 7:51, where Stephen rebukes the Jewish leaders for their stubbornness and refusal to listen to the Holy Spirit. He explains that the Holy Spirit continually prompts believers, but many, like the leaders, ignore those promptings and harden their consciences. The speaker challenges listeners to examine whether they are similarly resisting the Spirit’s nudges—whether to reach out, act, or obey God’s leading. He urges them to stop being stubborn, prioritize God’s desires over personal wants, and act on the Spirit’s guidance, suggesting that doing so will enable them to hear God more clearly.

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Good morning everyone. I'm hoping you're having a great day today. So continuing on our series about hearing from the voice of God, one of the key things I want to talk about in today's verse, Acts chapter 7, verse 51, is Stephen is talking to the Jewish leaders, and in the process he scolds them for basically being ultra stubborn. Really what it boils down to is that the Holy Spirit is constantly talking to them, but they refuse to listen to him, and they're searing their conscience. So today I want to ask you, are you doing the same thing? Are you in a position where the Holy Spirit is prompting you to do something, you know, asking you to reach out to someone, reach, you know, going out there and doing something, and you just refuse to do it? And when you're in that spot, the Holy Spirit is not going to move away from that position. And so stop being stubborn, start being focused on what God wants you to do. And act on it and stop doing the things that you want to do, and maybe then you'll hear the voice.