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S5 Ep. 287 Hearing God Through Peace

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Life can be brutal, and the hardest part is not the problem itself, it is what the problem pulls out of us. We share a simple, vivid story of a daughter watching her father move through tense situations with an almost stubborn calm. She finally asks what so many of us wonder when life gets loud: how do you hear from God when everything around you is pushing fear, anger, and fast reactions?

Our answer is not a trick or a special formula. We talk about returning to “the library called the Bible” and learning the voice of God through the character of Christ. We walk through the moment when Jesus faces the crowd that wants to condemn the woman caught in adultery, and we focus on what stands out most: calm authority, a refusal to be rushed, and a response that carries peace. If you have been searching for how to hear God’s voice, how to find inner peace, or how to stay calm under pressure, this story connects spiritual guidance to a practical way of living.

We also take on the question of whether God speaks audibly, and why so many people experience guidance “from within” as a steadying peace that surpasses understanding. There is even a funny moment where “tongues” and dialect show up, but it only sharpens the point: when life screams for a reaction, peace can become your anchor. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs steadiness right now, and leave a review telling us what you do to respond from peace.

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Life can be so brutal. So brutal. In her characteristic manner, she walked up to her father. And she asked him, Daddy, how do you hear from God? How does God speak to you? Because I have seen you in situations remain so calm. As if you're hearing a voice that keeps you steady. He smiled from a child hearing those words. What do I say to her? He thought to himself. If not to direct her to that very book where he draws strength from, he lifted his eyes and fixed it on her and said, Baby, you know, dad is a Christian, and he is a follower of Christ. She nodded. I know, Daddy. So I always he responded to her. Go back to that library called the Bible. And each time I go there, when I open, I read about him, him, Christ. The way he responds, or the way he responded to situations from a place of calm. He pointed to her. Like when they brought that woman that was caught in the art of adultery. She nodded, I remember that story, Daddy. And you know, they asked him so many questions because they wanted to kill her. Because they said the law said so. But he went down as if he did not hear them, and when he stood up in that calmness, he responded to them. She said, Yes. He responded to them from a place of peace because he is the Prince of Peace. He is the author, the definition of peace. That one that surpasses human intellect, that one that is beyond the mind of man. And the answer he gave them was that of peace. She said, Yes, Daddy. So that when these words fell, they all left her accusers. So that is how Daddy hears from God, from the place of peace. Because he is the Prince of Peace. And again, there's a portion of that book that describes him. He said, In this world he will have troubles. But in me, he will have peace. Because I have overcome the world. Fear not. So this is how Daddy, yes, this is how Daddy hears from God, from the place of peace. So Daddy, is it that he speaks to you audibly? She responded. And Daddy smiled and said, not necessarily audibly, but from within. Because we are one. He said, I am in the Father. And the Father is in me. And you are in me. So that relationship, it is so soothing, so together, compact. Hmm. Daddy, I understand now. No wonder you are always calm. Because you have the Prince of Peace on your side. Yes, I do. Daddy responded to her. I have him. Yes, sometimes the pressure of life, the world, and everything like screams at you, and you feel so so angry, and you want to respond. The human in you want to like respond, but you hear that voice, the peace that is above all understanding, and from that position, you begin to answer the word. That is how Daddy hears from God, Adabella, Ada Papa Itamuno Worsomer. Oralosimi Oralosimi Tamuno Ha Daddy, are you speaking in tongues or what? No, Daddy is just telling you in his dialect to hold on to him, the Prince of Peace, the King of Kings, his voice, even the greatest of tempests, cannot contend. So wherever you go, remember that this is how Daddy hears from God from the place of peace. He is the prince of peace.

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