How We Naturally Learn to Better Hear His Voice

 

Heavenly Father Wants to Speak to You

By Elder Neil L. Andersen

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

As we have faith in Him and keep His commandments, we naturally learn to better hear His voice....

Answers and impressions cannot be forced. We pray and we wait with a believing heart. Some answers will not come in this life, but to the righteous, the Lord will always send His peace (see John 14:27). Answers often come when we are praying to help those around us. At times, they come “line upon line, precept upon precept” (Doctrine and Covenants 98:12).

The voice of heaven can come to us at unexpected times and in unexpected places, but we find our most notable opportunities in quiet spaces and sacred places. In the stillness of my early morning prayers and ponderings, I find unusual blessings. A daily, personal, uninterrupted reading of the scriptures, while routine at times, brings the voice of the Spirit into our hearts like fire at other times.

At times, the impressions are specifically from what we are reading, and at other times, what we are pondering brings an answer to a very different concern....