Course Learning Resources:
How to
Hear God’s Voice
CD’s/DVD’s/MP3’s
or Streaming Video-Highly recommended as the most
economical. (Can be purchased at Communion with God
Ministries:
www.cwgministries.org )
How to
Hear God’s Voice: Seminar Workbook
(Can be purchased and downloaded at Communion with God
Ministries:
www.cwgministries.org
MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th
Edition
by Joseph Gibaldi
Holy
Bible
(please note what translation you use on your
assignments)
Course assignments can be completed using Web-based resources linked from the
Resources page.Course Description
This
course is a wonderful investigation of God’s call to
live in spirit and in truth. You will learn how to hear
God’s voice and the importance of the illumination of
scripture and the application of revelation knowledge as
a means to living the victorious Spirit-filled life.
Key topics include Biblical techniques of vision and
journaling which will be used to help you discern and
clarify the spontaneous thought that come to you from
God. The goal of this course is to help you commune
(converse) with God through the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit, and that this communion flows both ways A: Course Learning Objectives
Academic Objectives
Upon
completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Quote
the following Scripture passages:
Proverbs 11:14 NASU
Habakkuk 2:1,2
Isaiah
55:10,11
Psalm
46:10
John
8:38a
John
5:19,30a
Hebrews
10:22
John
17:3
John
7:37-39
I
Chronicles 29:18 KJV
Philippians 3:10,11
• List
five important safeguards for hearing God’s voice.
•
Discuss the differences between left-and
right-hemisphere brain functions, and
how
this information relates to your spiritual life.
• List
five major differences between the New Age and
Christianity, and New Age
spirit encounter and Christian Spirit encounter.
• Discuss the qualities of a good advisor
or counselor.
•
Discuss how the voice and vision of God are experienced
and recognized.
•
Discuss the godly use of imagination, and contrast it to
ungodly and/or
humanistic uses of imagination.
•
Define journaling, and discuss its value in recognizing
the voice of God.
•
Discuss at least five reasons why we tend to reject the
prophetic word in our
midst
(“stone the prophets”).
• List
the six pieces of furniture that were found in the
tabernacle of Moses and
discuss how they relate to your approach to God.
•
Discuss the “fine-tuning dial” of Hebrews 10:22.
• List
at least four reasons you may make mistakes in your
journal, and solutions to
them.
•
Define praying with an idol in your heart, and give a
biblical illustration of doing
so.
•
Define the limitations of journaling at various stages
of your spiritual
development.
• State
the Hebrew word for true prophecy, and discuss how its
meaning clarifies
your
understanding of the voice of God.
•
Discuss the Leader’s Paradigm, including the foundation,
pillars and overarching
goal.
Attitudinal Objectives
As a
result of your application of the truths you learn in
this course, you may recognize certain changes taking
place in your attitudes, adjusting them to the
following:
• You
will recognize any tendencies toward phariseeism within
yourself and seek
the
grace of the Lord to remove it far from you.
• You
will have confidence in God’s power to keep you from the
snares of the
enemy
as you seek His face in spiritual encounter.
• You
will have no fear of New Age deceptions because of your
confidence in the
keeping power of God and your knowledge of the errors
of New Age teaching
and practice.
• You
will have a better understanding of the way God made
you, either more right-
brain
or left-brain. With this understanding will come an
appreciation of your
strengths and a respect for the strengths of those who
differ from you.
• You
will be grateful for the umbrella of protection God has
provided for you
through accountability relationships. You will honor
those who “watch over your
soul,” submitting to them joyfully and with confidence
that the Lord is working His
perfect will through them.
• You
will have an increased awareness of God’s overwhelming
love for you and His
desire to have an intimate relationship with you. This
sense of being loved will
awaken within you a greater desire to spend time in
communion with the Lover of
your
soul.
Behavioral Objectives
If you
apply the teaching of this course to your life, you will
be changed. Some of these changes will be as follows:
• You
will have a regular time of communing with the Lord with
the use of
journaling at least twice a week.
• You
will have approximately three counselors with whom you
share all
questionable journaling and any major decisions.
• You
will know and use whatever biblical techniques are most
effective in bringing
you
to stillness.
• You
will regularly present the eyes of your heart to the
Lord to enhance the
quality and depth of your encounters with Him.
B. How
to Take This Course
Assignments are listed on your syllabus under the Course
Schedule. Before you start working on assignments,
please email me and introduce yourself. I would like to
know more about you, your motivation for taking this
course, perhaps your potential educational goals and
what you hope to gain by the course. Once I receive your
response, I will send one back to you.
To
begin the course, read your Syllabus thoroughly, which
includes course policies and the expectations for your
work. Please see your Course Schedule for a
detailed course agenda.
After you complete and submit assignments, I will
evaluate them and provide feedback. Once you have
completed the course assignments and the final research
paper, your work for the course is done and your grade
will be submitted.
Please feel free to contact me at any time during the
course.
I
pray that the Lord will enlighten your heart so that you
may truly know Him and His purpose for your life.
NOTE:
ALL WRITING DONE FOR THIS COURSE MUST BE DONE ACCORDING
TO MLA WRITING STANDARDS.
C. Course Requirements and Policies:
Attendance
This is a 16-week course. However, if
more time is needed, this can be worked out on an
individual basis.
1.
Students must
listen to the CDs or watch the DVDs of the entire course
as assigned. Follow along in the "How to Hear God's
Voice Seminar Workbook," taking notes, journaling and
filling in the blanks as instructed on the discs.
2.
Read the
entire text
How to
Hear God’s Voice,
thoroughly and completely answering all questions within
the text. The form on page 40 is to be sent in by Lesson
#4.
3.
After
completing Chapter Five of the text, you must begin
keeping a journal according to the procedure laid out.
You will not hand this in, but will be asked to affirm
that you have journaled at least twice a week for the
last six weeks of the course.
4.
You are
required to earn at least 85% on Test One (due at Lesson
8) and the Final Test (due at Lesson 12). Memorizing the
Course Objectives is the key to success on the tests.
5.
Completely
read
Dialogue with God
by Mark
Virkler as assigned.
6.
You are
required to earn a grade of “B” on each writing
assignment and on the research paper.
I will
be available for you to answer any questions, engage in
discussion and provide assistance as needed.
Your
written assignments should be submitted as file
attachments in either Microsoft Word or HTML format.
Each assignment will be evaluated, graded, and returned
with feedback.
Time
Management
Please be sure to manage your time for
your assignments so that you have adequate time to
complete your work over the 16-week period.
Communication
Discussion is an important aspect to an
effective online course because it will allow us to
interact in virtual environment. We will primarily
communicate via e-mail. Please feel free to use my
email address for questions, comments, concerns, etc.
and I will do the same.
Standards for Grading Assignments
As
indicated below, “C” or 2.0 level work is considered
average.
Leaders
are not average people.
You are
therefore expected (required) to put forth the
effort
necessary to demonstrate at least “B” (3.0) level work
or higher on all assignments which you submit. Any which
do not will be returned to you with input
from
your instructor on how you can raise your grade to the
expected level.
A
course grade will not be
given until your assignments demonstrate
that
you
have understood the material presented in the course and
allowed your life to be transformed by the Spirit and
the Word studied
— the
requirements
for attaining a “B”.
Your
individual assignments (tests, written assignments,
etc.) will be graded according to the following
standards. These grades will be averaged together to
determine your course grade. ACU is training you as a
leader and leaders are above-average people. Therefore,
your work will reflect that.
“A” •
Grasped the material with thoroughness, industry and
correctness of detail.
•
Made the material his own by thinking about it and
integrating it, using
originality, natural ability, and insight.
“B” •
Intelligently has fulfilled the requirements of this
course.
•
Understands the subject matter presented and has applied
it to his life in a
limited manner but has not really made the truths his
own.
“C” •
Average work; either steady work of an acceptable
quality, or work of a high
quality which is uneven, irregular or fragmentary.
•
May be mechanically or outwardly correct but shows
little reflection upon or
personal assimilation of the material.
“D” •
Indicates barely passing work that is inferior to the
average both in quantity
and in quality.
•
Manifests a lack of initiative or sense of
responsibility or both.
C. Further Resources for Learning and
Exploration
Websites and Links:
Communion with God Ministries
(www.cwgministries.org
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