God doesn't have to use words

 God doesn't have to use words to speak to us.

 He can of course, but He can use other ways as well.

For those who may be reading this thinking 'I have never heard God's voice and I don't think I can', you may possibly be mistaken.

If we are a Christian who has received salvation through Jesus then His Holy Spirit is indwelling in us.

That means His Holy Spirit has a clear channel of communication to us.

 People who do not yet know God, still sometimes hear His voice internally, and I have personally heard a number of testimonies where God directly communicated to someone in their mind, and called them to Himself.

Anyway I digress a little.

We are all able to hear God's voice through the person of the Holy Spirit. (God the Father, God the Son Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit as One God in three persons, the Trinity.)

I have personally never heard the external audible voice of God.

 I have heard His voice in my mind many times, as distinctly separate and different from my own mind's self talk. 

He has spoken to me using words, but also

Pictures

Pictures we see during our five minutes with God should be taken seriously, and not automatically ignored or discarded as our mind just creating something.

 :sometimes a past memory, or something from the present, or even something that is still in the future that we have not physically experienced yet. Maybe it is a hurt He wants to bring His healing to, a situation He wants to bring His wisdom to, or a vision He wants us to receive and respond to in faith.

:sometimes it is someone's face, and God wants us to either pray for them or contact them.

:sometimes it is an image of a situation that God wants us to pray concerning or be involved in as part of His answer.

:sometimes He warns us about something that we need to be careful of or respond to according to His principles in His Word.

Promptings

Promptings are clearer than feelings.

 (Our feelings can be all over the place, and they are a very unreliable way to navigate life. One day we can feel amazing, the next day not so much, and feelings can negatively influence how we respond to someone else or to life without either of those other factors being different.)

Promptings during our five minutes with God should be heeded, if they of course line up with what God says in His Word. We feel prompted to pray for someone, contact someone, do something. Many Christians use the phrase "I felt led to do this." God spoke to them, not with direct language, but with a prompting.

Spirit to spirit

God's Spirit can communicate with our human spirit without our mind being able to fully understand what is being communicated. 

A sense of love, connection, well being, hope, joy, etc. can be imparted from God to us. Five minutes with God can bring change to us more effectively than hours of striving in our own strength. We become who we are meant to be in relationship with our Creator, and this can be a stunningly beautiful moment. 

Walls come down, and we are honest and open to God. He delights to meet us in this space, and it is so very precious.

Be convinced,

and spend five minutes listening to God today.