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God's Gentle Whisper:
Developing a Responsive Heart to God
Denise George

Pages: 144
Trim: Trade paperback
Isbn:
Isbn 13: 9781845502362
UPC: 02362
List Price: £7.99
Release: March 2007
Imprint: Christian Focus

Description
“Why don’t I hear God’s voice?” is a thought, maybe even a cry that every Christian has uttered to themselves. We yearn to hear God’s voice speak to us but also have a curious impatience for his answers. We live in a society that has only three standards of results – ‘I want it now’, ‘I might just be able to wait until tomorrow’ and ‘I’ll get it somewhere else!’ It’s not surprising that we can’t wait for, or often hear, God’s voice in our lives. Denise, a successful journalist, author and public speaker, challenges us to seek an intimate dynamic relationship with God through three aspects of waiting on him in prayer.
We know him by listening with our heart.
We love him by hearing his voice.
We serve him by responding to his gentle whisper.

Christian Focus Publishers

Reviews

“Fellowship with God through prayer is Denise George’s theme, and her book is a sensitive, down-to-earth exploration of it, skilfully structured for group use. Many will pray to better purpose as a result of digesting this material.”
Dr J. I. Packer

“A beautifully written book that powerfully motivates the reader to seek a deeper and more intimate relationship with the Lord. In simple but profound story form, it encourages one to draw near to him and hear his voice.”
Elizabeth Alves, Increase International

Prayer is much more than speaking words to God, popular author explains.

Birmingham, AL – In a frenzied world, Christians often struggle with hearing God amidst the clutter. Responding to this rampant need in today’s Christian community, Christian Focus Publications announces the May 1 release of God’s Gentle Whisper: Developing a Responsive Heart to God, rev. ed., by Denise George.
“How can we so tune our hearts to the heart of God, that even when we are encircled by society’s chaos, our hearts are prepared to feel His presence and hear His voice?” asks author Denise George. The answer, she explains, is something the prophet Elijah discovered almost 3,000 years ago: “But God didn’t speak through the wind…or through the earthquake…or through the fire. God came to a terrified, whining, scared Elijah in a ‘gentle whisper’” (based on I Kings 19:11-13). This whisper, she continues, gave him the strength to move ahead in the work God had given him to do.
Further, George reminds readers that Jesus prayed in this way. She cites examples in Scripture where Jesus often spent time in quiet, restful moments with God. And then He would come down from the mountaintops, “roll up His sleeves,” and continue His work. The object of hearing God’s voice, George explains, is coming to know Him and to serve Him.
God’s Gentle Whisper is not afraid to address difficult issues like God’s sometimes-unexplained silence, a world in pain, and ordinary busy-ness. George outlines six types of prayer in which God whispers: prayers of the waiting heart, the struggling heart, the expectant heart, the prepared heart, the servant’s heart, and the Shepherd’s heart.
Denise George is author of 20 books, including Teach Your Children to Pray (Christian Focus, ISBN 978 185792 9416), and more than 1200 articles in magazines such as Redbook, Christianity Today, Essence, Guideposts, Decision and Homelife. She has also written numerous radio segments for Chuck Colson's BreakPoint. Denise co-teaches writing and publishing to seminary students and pastors in a unique course titled: "The Writing Minister" (with Dr. Calvin Miller) at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. She speaks at churches, seminaries, retreats, Bible studies, and writers groups around the world. Denise lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, Dr. Timothy George, founding dean of Beeson Divinity School and author of numerous books.

Denise is available for interviews and to write articles on the topic of “God’s Gentle Whisper.”