I was at a workshop a couple years ago about 40 other people, mostly strangers, that was called 'prophetic training: hearing God's voice'.
Towards the beginning of the class, after the instructor had given us some brief instructions on what to expect, he turned off the lights for 2 minutes and told us to sit quietly close your eyes and write down what we heard on the piece of paper.
I heard: I love you. I wrote that down. I heard be good. I wrote that down. I heard honor me. I wrote that down. I heard I will never leave you. I wrote that down. I heard represent me. I wrote that down. I heard I love you. I wrote that down again.
He told us to tuck the paper away and we didn't discuss it.
After like 5 hours of going through this booklet we had some catered in lunch and as we were finishing up the instructor told us when we came back to get into circles of five people with one person in the middle.
Somehow I ended up being the last person to end up in a group and the group I ended up in was the one with the pastor of the church I was at and his wife and one of members of the church board and these two young women that were friends.
I tried to duck being in the middle by trading places with the church board member but she told me that the voice told her that I was supposed to be in the middle which I told her I couldn't argue with.
When I got back into the middle I heard the voice tell me to tell the girl not to be afraid. I knew who he was talking about it was the young woman standing in front of me who I didn't know and I figured I was going to look stupid after I told her but I went ahead and told her anyhow. "Hey you might feel a little bit scared or frightened I know that I'm a little nervous myself but the voice just told me to tell you not to be afraid" immediately her shoulders relaxed and you can just see the tension leave her body.
The instructor told us that we're going to go around the circle twice and for 30 seconds each for each person they were going to tell the person in the middle of the circle what the voice was telling them.
The church board member went first and she was going on about how God had plans and had a place for me in them in the future which that's pretty overwhelming to me and was glad when her 30 seconds was up. The girl was next and she bought her head and took a little step forward and close her eyes and said: he wants me to tell you that he loves you. He says be good. He says honor him. Says he'll never leave you. He says be My Messenger. Then the instructor said next. I don't really remember what anybody else said after that I was just waiting for it to get back to her turn again. And when it did she stepped forward again and said: he just wants me to tell you that he loves you again.
That experience has changed my trajectory in life and has given me peace beyond my understanding wish I share with other people to hopefully increase their faith and expectations and block out the world and listen for that soft quiet voice it's definitely better than what's going on in the world today.