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How Do You Hear God?


ccording to Americans, Jesus speaks to them in multi-faceted ways. At least one out of every six adults contends that He communicates with them in the following manner:


52%


by infl uencing or connecting directly with their mind, emotions or feelings


36% cumstances or outcomes 31% 18% 31%


through words spoken to them by someone else who was speaking for God


through a passage they read in a book other than the Bible 16%


through an audible voice or whisper that they could hear


41% 34%


through the content of a Bible passage they read or that was read to them


by providing a sign through sermon or teaching


content concerning their immediate situ- ation or need


through miraculous or inexplicable cir- T Calling All Kids


he age children are receiving their fi rst cell phone is dropping rap- idly and now stands at about 9 or 10. Almost 60% of 12-year-olds have their own cell phone, a fi gure that increases to 83% by age 17. On average, 75% of all 13- to 17-year-olds have a mobile phone, 93% go online (76% with broadband), and 80% have a console gaming device (Pew Research).


Source: millennialmarketing.com Future World Changers


IN A SURVEY of recently graduated high school students, teens are showing a more idealistic outlook on their futures with more service-oriented career goals. 80% believe they will have a job where they can “make a difference” by the age of 25; while 48% say they would rather work in service to their communities than to be famous or well known in their lifetime.


Source: The Barna Group, May 10, 2010


Source: The Barna Group, April 26, 2010 79/48


Percentage of conserva- tives versus liberals who connect with Jesus


70/52


Source: The Barna Group, April 26, 2010


Percentage of older (46 -64) versus younger (18-26) Americans who claim an active and infl uential bond with the Savior


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