What’s it like for you when you’re “hearing” God? Is it like a whole other, dramatic voice or more like the still small voice mentioned in Kings?

Long story short I had a business call about a gig today, and the client asked me what the rate was gonna be. I was anxious leading up to the phone call. This person was a fellow church member, friend and mentor. I knew I had the power to ask for a lot of money for the work I did for them, and they would have given it, but something in the back of my head kept saying “go lower, go lower” until I thought of literally half the amount I originally wanted to ask for. I felt comfortable, the anxiety was gone, the client/friend agreed to the rate and I’ll get paid within the next week.

My mom thinks I was hearing and obeying an impression from the Holy Spirit. The only other time I remember I “heard” a thought in my head that was convicting me and convincing me to listen to it was when I got an impression that I absolutely needed to break up with someone earlier this year (it was an adulterous relationship, don’t want to get into it).

Both times, it was like I heard my own thoughts, with my own voice, with some sort of quiet calmness that I definitely don’t have in my demeanor. It sounds all zen, and confident, and just repeated itself over and over until I decided to do what it said, breakup, ask for a lower pay than what I wanted.