Spiritual deafness occurs when you find it difficult or impossible to hear the voice of the LORD. Have you fasted and pray to hear from the Holy Spirit and no response? You visited Pastors and Prophets so that you can hear spiritual messages but to no avail? Don’t be frustrated because today’s message will tell you the causes of spiritual deafness and how to overcome it.

Six Signs of Spiritual Deafness

1. Not understanding the word of GOD

2. Carelessness about living a practical holy life

3. Blasphemy or careless talk is a sign of spiritual deafness

4. Difficulties with personal relationship with the LORD

5. Such Christian cannot lead any successful spiritual task

6. Can’t distinguish the voice of the LORD from that of the Devil

10 Causes of Spiritual Deafness

1. The ‘toxin’ in sins that spill into the spiritual ear to destroy.

2. Spiritual deafness occurs when you give your spiritual ears to the blasting sound of worldliness – enjoyment of civilization and modernization…

3. When the heart is empty of the word of GOD.

4. Spiritual blindness can also cause spiritual deafness.

5. This can occur to a Christian who does not submit all his or her life for GOD’s control.

6. Seeking for supernatural powers and miracles from false prophets or satanists.

7. Imitation of popular beliefs that do not come from the LORD.

8. Wrong use of your power of choice.

9. Generational curse: For instance, the Pharisees were spiritually deaf to the Gospel.

10. Impatience.

Bible Verses about Spiritual Deafness

1. “And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.” Luke 8:10

2. “Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, And blind as the LORD’S servant? Seeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear.” Isaiah 42:19-20

3. “saying, ‘Go to this people and say: “Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; And seeing you will see, and not perceive.” Acts 28:26

4. “For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So, that I should heal them.” Matthew 13:15

5. “To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Indeed, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it.” Jeremiah 6:10

10 Powerful Ways to be Healed from Spiritual Deafness

I have enjoyed deliverance from spiritual deafness and steps below are practical solutions that can help you to hear from GOD every day.

1. Take your spiritual life hot with the LORD and not lukewarm.

2. You will always hear from GOD if you always follow the Will of the LORD in the Bible.

3. Deliverance from spiritual deafness involves daily activities of listening to inspirational gospel music and audio Bible.

4. Don’t engage in prayers with the mindset that GOD should speak the response you want to hear. If God speaks otherwise you won’t hear.

5. You hear GOD easily when you engage in a daily personal fellowship with the LORD through praise and worship mood.

6. Stay away from all forms of distractions including technological gadgets.

7. Fasting and prayers that yield results are best done in a secluded place and not getting engaged in your daily job or business routines – Learn from Jesus Christ, Prophet Elijah and Moses.

8. You must be ready to go through the spiritual and physical disciplines you read in the Bible.

9. If you follow the point above then the Holy Spirit will dwell in you and the process of hearing from the LORD is on course.

10. Identify the spiritual gift(s) given to you and use the gifts for evangelism by helping people around you and your online audience too. The more you do this, the more your spiritual ears open and you will hear from the LORD always just as I do.

 3 Dangers of Spiritual deafness

1. Such Christians can remain stagnant forever in the state of lukewarm.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.”

“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” (Revelation 3:15-16)

2. Less faith in the power of GOD and faithfulness to worldliness, idolatry and occult.

3. Missing eternal Heaven due to unbelieve.

I advise you to follow the ten practical steps of deliverance above and you will be healed from spiritual deafness and you will be able to hear from GOD every day. I pray the power of the LORD will come upon you in Jesus’ name.