What if God has been speaking to you this entire time and you just didn't know which language to listen for?
From a story of an encounter Lesley goes deeper into something most of us were never taught. In Greek, there are three distinct words all translated as 'word' in English. And understanding the difference changes everything about how you receive God.
This episode is an open-handed, open-minded invitation. If you come from a religious background or carry wounds from religion, this is not a theological lecture. It is a permission slip to wonder if God has been closer than you realized, speaking in ways you were told didn't count.
This episode is for the woman who has been calling her God-moments coincidences.
The one who felt something but talked herself out of it.
The one who wonders if God is even interested in the ordinary moments of her life.
In this episode, we explore:
· The breakdown and the actual meaning of the word “word”
· Graphe — the written word of God. Scripture. Sacred, foundational, the map.
· Logos — the living voice of God. Not past tense. Active and present right now.
· Rhema — the personal, specific, in-the-moment revelation from the Holy Spirit. For you. Right now.
· Why Western Christianity collapsed all three into one — and what we lost in the translation
Key reflections from this episode:
· "The Scripture is the map. But the map is not the journey."
· "The word of God is living and active. Not past tense. Present."
· "Rhema is the living language most of us were never taught to listen for."
· "If it carries shame, fear, or guilt — it is not coming from God."
· "What if the language of the sacred is wider than you were taught?"
Listener Reflection
Where have you been experiencing God and calling it something else?
Close your eyes if it feels safe to do so. Take a few cleansing breaths. And ask yourself, where in your life has God been trying to speak to you that you have been dismissing as coincidence, imagination, or too small to count? A sign. A stranger. A sensation. A synchronicity. What if that wasn't nothing?
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