Key Takeaways:

• Engaging in a "God life" requires a balance of divine guidance and personal effort.

• Overreliance on divine intervention can lead to passivity and lack of growth.

• Recognizing and harnessing one's natural gifts is a vital part of spiritual stewardship.

• The ideal spiritual life involves both acknowledging divine miracles and employing human talents.

• Listeners are encouraged to live a life of full divine-human partnership: "100% God and 100% me."

Notable Quotes:

• "The God life is far from ordinary."

• "Hearing God becomes a way of absolving responsibility."

• "Operating in my natural human self is not ungodly."

• "More of God's involvement does not mean less of my involvement."

• "Whichever way you lean towards, may you know the fullness of God's participation in your

The God of the Bible is a talking God. All throughout the Scriptures, God is seen talking to people. First to the prophets, then most fully in Jesus and today through his Holy Spirit. When we choose to follow Jesus, the Spirit speaks to remind us of all that Jesus established and apply it to our lives.

So how does the Spirit speak? How do we know it’s God? And what happens afterwards? Join Rev Dr Tania Harris as she explores what the Spirit is saying to us. Everyday God Conversations will encourage you weekly to reflect on the God-conversations of Scripture, the ultimate God-conversation in Jesus and to hear from the Holy Spirit yourself. Remember, it was never meant to be a one-way conversation!

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