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God Conversations with Tania Harris
by Tania Harris
Fascinating interviews, teaching tips and inspirational God-stories.
Episodes
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Can You Really Hear God When You Open Your Bible? - Dr. Meghan Good
You open your Bible. You read a passage you've read a hundred times before. Nothing happens. Sound familiar? In this episode of God Conversations, host Tania Harris sits down with Dr. Meghan Good – pastor, author of The Bible Unwrapped and Divine Gravity, and Resource Development Manager for…
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Prophetic Scandals & Healthy Prophetic Ministry – David Balestri
A prophetic minister told a young couple they were "a match made in heaven." She saw red flags but married him anyway. The marriage turned abusive and the "prophet" was later discovered to have been mining personal data to make his words sound accurate. On this episode, I sit down with prophetic...
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God Conversations with Animals - Daniela Rizzo
Can God really speak through animals? I know – it sounds a little out there. But what if the Holy Spirit, the great Comforter, uses all of creation to bring healing, joy and peace? In this week’s God Conversations podcast, I sit down with Dr Daniela Rizzo, a theologian who explores how God may...
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God Conversations in Chaplaincy – The Holy Art of Shutting Up
What if God is already speaking – long before we arrive with answers? In this episode of God Conversations, Tania Harris sits down with hospital chaplain Matt Sanders to explore what it really means to listen for God in the lives of everyday people. Not in church pews. Not in polished…
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God's Voice Among the Urban Poor - Ash Barker
What if God doesn’t need us to bring answers – but to pay attention? In this episode of God Conversations, Tania Harris speaks with Rev Dr Ash Barker, whose life and ministry have been shaped by listening for God among the urban poor. From Springvale in Melbourne, to Bangkok’s largest slum, and…
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God Conversations Before the Missionaries Came - Jay Ruka
The history books tell us that Christianity arrived in New Zealand with the first Western missionaries in 1814. But that’s only half the story. Forty years earlier, God spoke to a man named Toiroa, giving him a vision of the Europeans’ arrival. The vision included the strange clothes they wore,...
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Hearing God in Everyday Moments - Beth Kennedy
What if God is speaking far more often than we realise - not just in the spectacular moments, but in the ordinary ones too? In this episode of the God Conversations Podcast, Tania sits down with seasoned prophet and trainer Beth Kennedy to explore how God meets us in the everyday rhythms of life....
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God Conversations with Angels – Isi De Gersigny
Isi was contemplating drowning by suicide when she had a supernatural encounter that saved her life. In this episode, our guest Pastor Isi De Gersigny shares about her supernatural experiences and angelic encounters. In our time, angels are usually only depicted as cute chubby-face cherubim on...
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God Conversations between Life and Death - John Burke
What does God say about life after death? In the God conversations of the early church, we get a sneak peak... Two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul, John the revelator and Stephen all saw a glimpse of the heavenly realms - as well as several of the Old Testament prophets. But it seems God…
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The Spirit Sounds Like Jesus - Greg Boyd
If the Spirit sounds like Jesus, how do we make sense of Old Testament passages where God seems to command violence? In this episode, I sit down with theologian Greg Boyd to explore what it really means to hear God’s voice—and why the Spirit always sounds like Jesus. We talk about Greg’s personal...
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Hearing God Beyond the Church - Andy and Mel Owen
We know that God speaks to his people, but does God speak to those who don’t even know his name? Evidence would suggest the answer is yes - both in biblical history and contemporary life! God speaks to those who are listening - even those who don’t believe in him! On this episode, we are talking...
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Bad Stories of Hearing “God’s” Voice – Paul Hudson
This podcast is one with a twist. Instead of the good stories of God speaking, we’re sharing the bad! We all love a good God conversation story. God is still speaking as powerfully and creatively as he did in Bible days. But the nature of our flawed humanity is that we can get it wrong. We can…
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Obstacles to Hearing God – Christine Westhoff
Why Can’t I Hear God’s Voice? It’s been said that “hearing God’s voice is as natural as breathing,” so why do we often find it a challenge? If we were created to be in relationship with God, why do we find it so hard to hear the Spirit speak? On this episode, we explore this question at a deeper...
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The Role of the Prophet – Andre Bronkhorst
When someone says the word prophet, what do you think of? The label conjures up all sorts of images – a robed figure gazing into a crystal ball or a wild man dressed in camel hair, eating wild insects and raving about the end of the world! Prophets have always been around – in the biblical...
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God Conversations that Expose Sin – Don Barry
Voices in the Muck: When the Spirit Won’t Stay Silent When Don arrived to take up a leadership position at his new church, the Holy Spirit gave him a dream. He saw a group of men dressed in white hazmat suits. They were cleaning out piles of horrible muck from a culvert and moving it to the...
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The Audible Voice of God – Patrick Hegarty
How Does God’s Audible Voice Really Sound? Insights from a Modern-Day Encounter Some people talk about hearing the audible voice of God. What does that sound like? And should we expect to hear it? On this episode of the God Conversations podcast, we’re talking about the “audible” voice of God…
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Hearing God Among the Nations – Craig Stephens
God spoke to Craig about healing for a lame Sikh priest. Then the police came… Jesus said it was for our good that he left the earth (John 16:7). That seems hard to believe. What could be better than sitting down and having a coffee with Jesus? Jesus is described as the living “word of God” (John...
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Spirit Experiences and Analytical Thinkers - Brian Ross
Brian committed himself to practising contemplative spiritual disciplines every day for a month. Here’s what happened… Psychological studies suggest that certain personalities are better suited to hearing God’s voice than others. Those who are “feelers” rather than thinkers seem to be…
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Hearing God for Emotional Healing – Terry Bone
Terry Prayed for God to Heal his Church. God Answered with an Invitation to Heal his Heart. Have you ever prayed for something in your life and God answers in a completely different way? Pastor Terry Bone was praying for all the problems of the church when God answered with a vision that pointed…
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God Dreams: Hearing God in Dreams and Visions – Tania Harris
God’s most common way of speaking in biblical history is through dreams and visions. But today many of us are more likely to dismiss our visionary experiences as the product of a spicy meal rather than a potential message from God. But could we be missing out on the voice we so long to hear?...
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Hearing God and Evangelism – Dave Shepherd
It’s Not our Job to Convert Anyone! Jesus’ last words on earth was to go into all the world and share the good news (Matt. 28:18-20). But at the same time, we know that it’s not our job to convict, convert or save anyone! The Holy Spirit alone works in people’s hearts and we should never try to...
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The God Conversations that Shaped the Salvation Army – Kim Haworth
The Salvation Army is an incredible movement that works in 136 countries around the world and began in the streets of nineteenth century London by William and Catherine Booth. It is both a church and charity, known for its focus on justice, compassion, and supporting the welfare of others. But…
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A School in Revival – Jeff Davis
A School without Rules? How Holy Spirit can Change How we Learn When we think of the Holy Spirit, we think about the God who saves us spiritually, but did you know that an encounter with the Spirit also helps us to learn? Experiencing the Holy Spirit could even improve your grades at school! In...
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Common Mistakes in Dream Interpretation – Tony Cooke
Hearing God in a dream can be a life-changing experience, but it can also be a confusing one! Dreams speak a symbolic and sometimes confusing language and the process of interpretation is not well understood, making it subject to mistakes and abuse. It’s no wonder the claim to hearing God in a...
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The Spirit Among the Poor with Bob Ekblad
Jesus was known for the way he interacted with those on the margins of society – the tax collectors everyone despised, the lepers no-one would touch, the cripples and the prostitutes society rejected. Jesus’ teaching and interactions constantly reflected God’s heart for those who had been…
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God’s Voice and Healing – Kirk Delaney
If you had to sum up the ministry of Jesus, it would include three features: teaching, exorcising demons and healing! As followers of Jesus and recipients of his Spirit, the church should also be known for healing. But how does it work, and what role does the Spirit’s voice have to play? In this...
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Hearing God with First Nations Peoples – Lydia Read
All over the Western world, people are revisiting their history and in particular, their participation in colonialism. Many nations in the West were established in lands that were long inhabited by indigenous or First Nations peoples, with European settlement coming at a deadly and devastating...
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Our Spiritual Senses – Maria Mason
How do we hear God’s voice? Perhaps the best way to describe the forms of Holy Spirit communication is by starting with the human forms we’re familiar with. This includes all of our senses! So we can hear God’s voice, but we can also see it, taste it, smell it and feel it! On this episode of the...
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Hearing God through Cancer – Kate Nicholas
One of the most challenging times to hear God’s voice is in seasons of suffering and ill-health. Clarity is difficult to find in the midst of pain, fear and doubt. On this episode, we talk to someone who understands this more than most. British author, communicator and friend, Kate Nicholas joins...
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Hearing God and Mental Illness – Lyn Packer
Lyn Packer thought that one day she’d end up in a mental institution. As a young prophet, she experienced revelatory encounters on a regular basis, but didn’t understand the nature of her gifting. Her church wasn’t much help either since they didn’t believe in modern-day prophecy. So Lyn just...
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A Psychological Perspective on Hearing God – Mark Chironna
Does our personality have anything to do with hearing God’s voice? How does our human imagination, thinking and intuition interact with the Spirit? Our guest on this show Mark Chironna, calls our human interaction with God a “dance,” where God never violates our humanness and the journey to...
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The Master Communicator – David Shadbolt
Have you ever heard God speak in a riddle or a pun? God is a masterful communicator with a great sense of wit and humour! We see God’s communicative ability from the beauty of creation. The same God who breathed diversity and creativity into the natural world continues to speak with the same...
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Working with Holy Spirit in the Community – Adam Dyer
Ps. Adam Dyer grew up with the “Titanic Gospel.” Here, the only thing that mattered was people’s “souls.” The “ship was going down” so, you had to get as many people to heaven as possible before they died. This perspective failed him as a child and, along with the moral failure of his pastor (his...
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God Conversations in History – Carl Wesley Anderson
God Told Arthur Guinness to Make a Better Drink and other Famous God-conversations in History God is and always has been a talking God. The Hebrew Scriptures alone record over 3500 different God-conversations. Then in the New Testament, we read of at least another 30 more. But God continues to...
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The Spirit in Spiritual Formation – Ally Cawthorn
We’re called to become more like Jesus. But does that mean we’re supposed to become more like a Middle-Eastern man? When we become a Christian, we learn that the goal is to grow “more like Jesus.” As a young person, I used to wonder what that meant. I wasn’t very enthused by the thought that I...
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God Conversations with the Supreme Artist – Bruce Robbo Robertson
If God truly is the Creator, that makes him the supreme artist. We’ve all enjoyed the beauty of a world that never ceases to amaze and delight. But if God sent his Spirit to fill us and speak to us, what does that mean for human creativity? How does having God’s creative Spirit make a difference…
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Hearing God and Discipleship with Murray Newman
There’s a lot of talk around discipleship at the moment, but what does discipleship actually look like? We know it’s all about following Jesus. But if Jesus isn’t here, how do we follow? This is where the Holy Spirit comes in. Before Jesus left the planet, he said that the Spirit would come to...
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Dramatic and Everyday God Conversations – Nicola Neal
A Dream of a Child’s Toy and Feet Full of Maggots One Christmas morning, Nicola had a dream that would change her and her family’s life. It involved a Buzz Lightyear toy, a child in the African slums and feet infested with maggots. In this podcast episode, Tania talks to Nicola Neal about her...
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Spirit vs Scripture: The Theological Problem of Hearing God’s Voice
I grew up in a church that believed that God had stopped speaking outside of the Bible. This teaching, known as Cessationism, is seen throughout the church world today and has appeared periodically in history. But the question is, why would someone believe God has stopped speaking, given that the...
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The Ministry Problems of Hearing God’s Voice
The concept of hearing God’s voice for yourself bears enormous potential, but it is also fraught with pitfalls. Indeed, the entire scope of history tells of the problems associated with claims to divine revelation. Torrid tales of manipulation, deception, and even murder have all been justified…
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Hearing God: The Most Powerful Experience on Earth?
Hearing God’s voice may well be the most powerful experience on earth. Think about it. How was the earth created? It began with God speaking (Gen. 1:1). How are people healed? It is the word ‘sent forth’ that overcomes disease and death (Ps. 107:20; Mark 7:34; 9:25; John 11:43). How are people...
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How to Prophesy – Roma Waterman
During my time in church life, I’ve heard some pretty interesting prophecies. Some of them have been couched in a strange “King James” language. Others have been so vague in content that they count for little. But I’ve also received some breathtakingly accurate prophetic words that are…
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Hearing God outside the Four Walls of Church – Ps. David Balestri
“Listen to the Holy Spirit” is not the usual advice you hear at a business seminar. Yet this is the approach pastor and business consultant David Balestri takes every time he goes into an appointment. It’s a practice he’s also applied to his own career with great success. On one occasion, God…
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God Conversations in Business – the man behind the Coffee, Peter Irvine
What does hearing the voice of the Spirit look like in the business world? How do you balance the tension between working with the natural and and the supernatural in starting and building a business? On this episode of the podcast, we talk to someone who knows the answers to these questions……
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How to Understand Your Dreams – Zoran Paunovich
In a dream, a man saw a vision of Jesus. To his surprise, Jesus gave him a “Liverpool kiss” (a head-butt in English football terms!) The dream led him to make a decision to follow Jesus. But how does a dream about a head-butting Jesus result in someone becoming a Christian? Dreams and visions are...
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For Those who Find it Hard to Hear God’s Voice with Pernille Liland
In church life, there seems to be two groups of people. There’s the group who seem to hear from God easily… God’s speaking about this; God’s speaking about that. It’s like God is speaking every day! Then there’s another group who struggle to hear God’s voice. They heard God speak five years ago…
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Dreams of Jesus in the Muslim World – Tom and JoAnn Doyle
God is speaking to Muslims all over the Middle East and he’s doing it through dreams of Jesus! You may have heard the stories. In a vision, Jesus appears in a robe of blazing white. The dreamer is filled with a deep sense of love and is drawn to follow him. Missiologists tell us that between 1 in…
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Making God Real – with Andrea di Meglio
“My Mum was clinically dead for 8 minutes. She saw a beautiful light and moved towards it, but then she heard a voice say, ‘you don’t have access here.'” “An inmate who was deaf in one ear prayed for his friend who was blind in one eye and they were both healed.” How is God real for us? Stories...
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Christmas - Three Men and a Baby
“Everybody’s looking for something,” the Eurythmics once sang. Augustine referred to a “god-shaped hole” within each one of us that longs to be fulfilled. There seems to be a universal human need to find meaning and purpose in our lives. But where do we find it? During the time of the first...
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A Conversation with God about Disappointment
“The root of disappointment is misplaced expectations. The question is, what should our expectations of God be?” – Lynn Moresi What does God promise when we sign up to follow Jesus? I still remember as a young woman dreaming of the future. We had such expectations for “greatness.” God was going…
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