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\u201cListening to the Spirit\u2019s leading is our most unused faith muscle. We must learn to exercise it,\u201d says Jessie Cruickshank, a nationally recognized expert in disciplemaking and the neuroscience of transformation, in her book Ordinary Discipleship<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Jessie, God is personal and speaks to each of us individually in a way we can hear. While that makes us feel special, it also makes the experience of hearing God\u2019s voice hard to validate (scientifically speaking). Hearing God is much more art and heart than science and mind<\/strong>. And the more we are in the Bible, learning what God says, the easier it will be to recognize his voice among all the others in our head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help recognize the Spirit\u2019s voice\u2014and to help others do the same\u2014she relies on five principles you\u2019ll find on this free download.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download “Making a Choice that Aligns with the Holy Spirit”<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Jessie Cruickshank<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jessie Cruickshank<\/strong> holds a\u00a0M.Ed.\u00a0from Harvard in Mind, Brain, and Education. She is an ordained minister and a nationally recognized expert in disciplemaking and the neuroscience of transformation. She has spent two decades applying neuroeducation research to discipleship, ministry training, experiential education, and organization development. Jessie is respected globally as a missiological thought-leader and a church and denominational consultant and is the founder of Who-ology. Jessie lives and adventures with her family in Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cListening to the Spirit\u2019s leading is our most unused faith muscle. We must learn to exercise it,\u201d says Jessie Cruickshank, a nationally recognized expert in disciplemaking and the neuroscience of transformation, in her book Ordinary Discipleship. According to Jessie, God … <\/p>\n

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