Surprisingly, many Christians do not know the answer to this question. That is because there is no formula for this. The Spirit can speak and teach you a number of ways, sometimes just reading the Word of God and putting yourself into the text... that is how I received my calling, That night in 2007 when i cried out to my heavenly Father as the prodigal i had become, we had a discussion through the word, and he showed me my calling and how that would happen, and i even saw God's sense of Humor through it all, and his sternness and Holiness, and his ability to accomplish this.
Sometimes he "speaks" to us when we pray, He will literally put the words in our mouth to answer our prayer, for example i was praying about not having the strength to live the way I am constrained to live now, and He put the words "without God it is impossible, but with God nothing is impossible", and immediately i felt that "peace that passes understanding".
Sometimes he will put on my heart something to write about like this topic, because someone has something to speak to me via the Spirit in them that i need to learn. Or sometimes I write as the Spirit leads me not knowing what I am writing, but know it is for someone who will read it.
Sometimes he will give a dream of future events or warning you of things to come, which allow you to see the schemes of the adversary before they happen... This has happened more than once and I can easily discern a dream from God and a normal dream.
Today, He spoke to me audibly in my mind to calm my anxiety... a little bit of healing of my insecurities about the future. It was as clear as day "I am with you". Never before has this happened save once, before I received a warning dream from Him, and that time he used my mothers voice and native language to speak those words which I knew were from God. This time was different because he used HIS voice.... I am not sure what to think of this, and am looking for some advice from others and confirmations for what was discussed. Let the Spirit Guide you, and let this be a post that is used to guide others on how to hear and be taught by the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes he "speaks" to us when we pray, He will literally put the words in our mouth to answer our prayer, for example i was praying about not having the strength to live the way I am constrained to live now, and He put the words "without God it is impossible, but with God nothing is impossible", and immediately i felt that "peace that passes understanding".
Sometimes he will put on my heart something to write about like this topic, because someone has something to speak to me via the Spirit in them that i need to learn. Or sometimes I write as the Spirit leads me not knowing what I am writing, but know it is for someone who will read it.
Sometimes he will give a dream of future events or warning you of things to come, which allow you to see the schemes of the adversary before they happen... This has happened more than once and I can easily discern a dream from God and a normal dream.
Today, He spoke to me audibly in my mind to calm my anxiety... a little bit of healing of my insecurities about the future. It was as clear as day "I am with you". Never before has this happened save once, before I received a warning dream from Him, and that time he used my mothers voice and native language to speak those words which I knew were from God. This time was different because he used HIS voice.... I am not sure what to think of this, and am looking for some advice from others and confirmations for what was discussed. Let the Spirit Guide you, and let this be a post that is used to guide others on how to hear and be taught by the Holy Spirit.