I'd like to make a suggestion. If you aren't sure if you have anything to confess, then pray.
Ask God to reveal any sin to you so you can confess it, pause for a little bit and listen for God. You can also take this time to thank God for things in your life.
>I hope you don't find this too intensitive but if you hear a voice in your head coming from an external individual, you may want to seek help
I genuinely appreciate how HN is a place where strangers can make helpful statements like this. I feel safe enough to take this feedback and not be offended.
That being said, you being up an important point that I should have covered for the benefit of other strangers that saw my comment:
I have NEVER heard the audible voice of God. Never. Not once. I have talked to other religious people that I trust - THEY have never heard the audible voice of God.
When I use the phrase "hear God" or "listen to God", I'm referring to a feeling. It is hard to describe without knowing people personally, but I'll try.
In one situation, I was praying for God to teach me before I read the Bible. My thoughts were consumed with a specific friend and a series of interactions I had with him (I was rude a couple of times). I decided to find him and apologize for being rude. He accepted and we went our separate ways.
I don't know for certain if God wanted me to apologize to him, but I'm mostly certain I was supposed to reach out to him.
>How did you differentiate a god talking to you, and you talking to you? What evidence to you have for that? How can others collaborate your story?
These are good questions, and I've been thinking about how best to respond.
For one, I believe in the God of the Christian Bible. There are various stories of God interacting with people. The most common interaction for me and the people around me is for God's Holy Spirit to influence others.
His Spirit can speak through other believers via wise words or gentle reassurance. I've had (in limited situations) felt emotions that I ascribe to God.
When I differentiate guidance from God vs myself or other humans, I typically look for highly unusual coincidences or specific applications. Here's an example that took place near the beginning of the pandemic.
My wife was praying and asking God who needed to feel His love. She was felt the importance of asking our elderly neighbors if they needed groceries (remember, this was early pandemic, when elderly were highly vulnerable, masks were unavailable, and there were runs on the grocery store). She brought them a handful of groceries and left them.
Several weeks later, the neighbor's adult children came from an Asian country. I was wrestling with an opportunity to serve at our church in a place where I would likely get exposed to the virus - and I was praying for guidance. The neighbor's daughter came by with "thank you gifts", which included KF94 masks (similar to N95). The masks were a reassurance that I could go in public and be safe.
I don't know for certain that God was orchestrating the interactions, but the timing was incredible and the application was specific and helpful.
Ok, but don't you think this argument is circular? You start off by believing in the bible and because it says stuff that you believe is happening to you, you believe what is happening to you is true. What reason do you have to believe what the bible says is true? You likely will say you believe the bible because it's from God? But why do you believe that? Perhaps the answer will be because the bible says so. Again circular.
I would say anyone who is looking to help out other people will definitely find the opportunity and mechanisms to help other people. Good for you that you want to help other people, I applaud you. But i'm sorry to say, but from the outside, your account seems incredibly normal.
Ask God to reveal any sin to you so you can confess it, pause for a little bit and listen for God. You can also take this time to thank God for things in your life.