Some Christians use the phrase "God told me..." as if they were Facebook friends or texting on a regular basis. God did text, but He had it all combined into the same message and He forwarded it to everyone. It's called the Bible. For the most part that is how He chooses to keep in touch. We are free to message Him any time, but His response is not as obvious as an audible voice or written word. The thoughts He impresses in our minds through the study of His word and illumination of His Spirit are seldom about such trivial things as where to park the car or what to buy at the mall. And some Christians claim to have just this kind of mundane guidance. It seems dangerous to me. Claiming to speak from God is very close to claiming to speak for God. At the very least it is a way to exonerate yourself from any bad decisions by claiming they were all God's ideas, like Adam claiming the woman God gave him was what led him to sin.
Daily guidance comes from the daily discipline of studying His word. Listening to the thoughts in your head is easier but much more likely to be just your own thoughts, not God's. He is not much interested in making things easy for us. At least, that's what He told me.
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