Many years ago, I read a book similar to this one by MaryAnn Diorio. In it, God was speaking for page after page. I so hungered to be able to hear God’s voice as the authors of that book did, and as MaryAnn does on the pages of this book.

Now God has allowed me the privilege of raising up an army of writers who are sharing what God has spoken to them. This devotional by MaryAnn contains 100 amazing journal entries of God speaking. Below is one sample:

Day 3

Growing in love, My child, is a process. I allow you to make mistakes so you will learn the process. Do not be dismayed when you fail, for I look on the heart. When your motives are pure, there is nothing to fear. Would you punish your young child who falls while learning to walk? Neither do I punish My children who are learning to walk in Me.

MaryAnn tells how this book came into being:

“In the early part of the 21st century, I found myself hungering for more of God. I had been a Christian for over thirty years, yet I sensed there was still much more for me to learn and experience in my relationship with the Lord.

While surfing the web for how to hear God’s voice, I came across Dr. Mark Virkler’s teaching on this very topic. Excited to have found this answer to prayer, I enrolled in Dr. Virkler’s course entitled How to Hear God’s Voice, one of many outstanding courses offered through Christian Leadership University. I learned so much from this amazing course that I enrolled in another one and then another one, until I had taken enough courses to earn the Doctor of Ministry degree in Christian Counseling.

But you don’t have to enroll in a college course to learn the principles of hearing God’s voice. For your convenience, the 4 keys I learned which allowed me easily and daily to hear God’s voice are provided at the end of this book, along with information on how to obtain a copy of Dr. Mark and Patti Virkler’s pivotal book, 4 Keys to Hearing God’s Voice. The Virklers also offer an accompanying workbook, CD and DVD package to train you in hearing God’s voice. This training package is available here.

The book you are now reading, God Speaks to Me, is a direct outgrowth of that first course I took on hearing God’s voice. For the past ten years, I have been recording what the Lord has been speaking to me. Until recently, I thought these words were just for me. So I kept private the personal journal in which I had written them, and I often would re-read the journal to remind myself of what God spoke into my life.

Recently, however, I have had a growing sense that what the Lord spoke to me over the past ten years, He now wants the entire Body of Christ to hear. So, it is with deep humility and deep gratitude that I present to you, my fellow follower of Christ, these precious words from our Lord Himself. May they inspire you and encourage you as they have inspired and encouraged me. May they correct you and discipline you as they have corrected and disciplined me. Most of all, may they cause you to see more clearly into our Lord’s very heart and to fall more deeply in love with Him as you come to know Him more intimately than ever before.

Your sister in Christ,

MaryAnn Diorio

Take It to the Next Level

To ensure that this message transforms your life, we offer you four options. Any of these choices will assist you in internalizing this teaching, helping you to be a doer of the word and not a hearer only (James 1:22) and allowing you to produce a bountiful harvest in your life.

Opportunity 1 – Host a home or church group

This home group in Slovakia shows the excitement of learning to hear God's voice together!

We learn more quickly if we are surrounded by others who are seeking to master the same skill. Pray and ask God who you know who might want to grow in this truth also and open your home to them for 10-12 weekly sessions (or host a small group in your church). We provide several resources to help you present this powerfully and effectively in a group setting, including DVDs and application activities. Experience the joy of cultivating skills together with a group of friends! Discover how to create and post your group…

Opportunity 2 – Hire a Personal Spiritual Trainer to coach you

Coaching or discipling is the method Jesus used to train the twelve disciples.

When you team up with someone ahead of you in an area to mentor you, and you share your questions and steps of growth with them, receiving their counsel in return, you ascend more quickly into mastery in that area. We have trained coaches who have mastered this topic who will commit to working with you for a 90-day period.

• The name of this PST Training Module is: Communion with God
• Discover how to hire a PST for $1 a day to coach you in this training experience
• Click here for the steps to sign up for a Personal Spiritual Trainer module

Opportunity 3 – Take this as a college course from home

Earn college credit while being apprenticed to mastery in this area! This topic is available as a course which you can take from your home through the distance learning program offered at Christian Leadership University. You may enroll in this course as a lifelong learner or apply it toward an Associate, Bachelor, Master or Doctoral degree.

• The name of this CLU college course is: REN103 Communion with God
• Learn how you can take CLU courses from your home
• Click here for the steps to enroll in the corresponding CLU course

Opportunity 4 – Host a seminar for your community

Transform your church and region by hosting a weekend seminar with an anointed trainer, where an impartation is released by the Holy Spirit into your community. Mark Virkler and others are available to be scheduled.

• Discover how to host a weekend seminar with Mark Virkler
• Locate a Certified CWG Facilitator near you