E218: A Guidebook To Hearing God's Voice w/Jonna Schuster | Lila Rose Show
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🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever prayed, hoping to hear from God—and heard nothing? Maybe you’ve thought God only speaks rarely, and only through dramatic signs. Today, we’re clearing up those misconceptions with Jonna Schuster, expert in listening prayer and author of Hearing God's Voice: A Catholic Guide to Listening Prayer.
Jonna reminds us of what Scripture says: We are His sheep, and His sheep know His voice. God wants to speak to you—daily. And learning to hear Him is essential for your joy and spiritual growth.
She’s sharing a simple, powerful playbook:
– How to recognize a potential message from God
– How to discern if it’s truly from Him
– And how to respond in a way that bears real fruit and keeps the conversation going
You might be surprised—hearing God’s voice may be more ordinary than you think.
This episode is packed with wisdom that could change your prayer life forever. I’m so honored to welcome Jonna to the show—and after you listen, let us know: What’s God been saying to you lately?
Jonna's book: https://mybook.to/hearinggodsvoice
Catholic Revival Ministries: http://www.catholicrevivalministries.com
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:08:33 - EveryLife
00:09:33 - A pivotal moment of prayer for Jonna
00:15:44 - Why does hearing God matter?
00:21:38 - Hallow
00:22:30 - Why do people struggle to hear the voice of God?
00:27:31 - What are the languages of God?
00:32:26 - How to tell our voice vs God’s?
00:35:42 - Language of Feeling
00:37:08 - Language of Thinking
00:38:08 - Seven Weeks
00:38:56 - George Washington Carver’s faith
00:43:22 - What parameters should we keep in mind in prayer?
00:48:58 - How to discern tricky areas?
00:56:30 - The third filter of discernment
01:00:24 - Silence from God
01:13:04 - Theology of absence vs theology of presence
01:16:13 - How to reconcile suffering?
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| 0:00.0 | What you've done in this book is life-changing. What was the moment for you that you first realized, oh, I can hear God's voice. |
| 0:07.5 | A line in the sand. Jesus says, the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I come that they may have life and life abundant. |
| 0:14.1 | You talk about the languages of God. What are the languages of God? |
| 0:17.9 | Oftentimes, I find that if we're willing to exchange a theology of absence for a theology |
| 0:23.3 | of presence instead, what that ends up doing is, why do you think people struggle to hear |
| 0:28.1 | the voice of God? |
| 0:32.3 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the Lila Rose Show. |
| 0:34.7 | I'm really thrilled for today's episode because this is a topic that I think is |
| 0:37.9 | absolutely essential for every single person to explore. It's one that I have spent the last two |
| 0:43.1 | decades exploring. And the person I have on the show today, Jana Schuster, who is a theologian |
| 0:49.4 | and a spiritual guide, and she just came out with her book called Hearing God's Voice, a guide to |
| 0:55.3 | prayer. This book is phenomenal. And I don't say that lightly because what she does in this |
| 1:00.5 | book is she doesn't take any new invention. She takes the classic truths about prayer that any |
| 1:05.9 | Christian or any human being could tap into. And she organizes it into a simple method that anyone can use to actually |
| 1:13.6 | hear from God. Did you know that God is speaking to you? God wants to hear from you and he wants to |
| 1:19.8 | speak to you. He wants a personal relationship with you. He loves you. He created you for communion |
| 1:25.2 | with him. And you can have this, of course, through the |
| 1:28.7 | Bible, through the sacraments. That's all incredible. But he wants you to actually, in the day |
| 1:33.8 | and day out, the decisions of your life, the decisions of your day to commune with him. And there is a way |
| 1:39.0 | to actually hear the voice of God in your life. And so I'm so excited to share this episode with |
| 1:43.7 | you today and the beautiful work of Jana Schuster. And so I'm so excited to share this episode with you today and the |
| 1:44.8 | beautiful work of Jana Schuster. Johnah, thanks for joining the podcast. Oh, thanks for having me, Lila. |
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