God Conversations with Tania Harris

Growing up in church, we would make fun of Gideon. Everyone knew that this was a man who did not have enough faith. He kept asking God for signs or in his case, ‘fleeces’ to confirm what God had clearly asked him to do. I have since revisited that story and now I see it in a very different way. In this podcast, I am going to answer the question; ‘Is it okay to ask God for a sign?’ by looking caref...

Is God’s will a narrow path where I must hear from God specifically for my life, then do exactly what he says? Or is it a 6-lane freeway where it doesn’t matter what I choose, as long as my heart follows Jesus, he will make it work for good. So which is it? How much influence does God have or should he have in our decision making? In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes...

God tells you to move from one country to another. Pack up your home, leave a secure job, uproot your family. How would you know if it was God? In this podcast, the dynamic and innovative Pastor Björn Schäfer shares the story of how God called him to leave his homeland of Germany and become the leader of the ICF College based in Zürich, Switzerland, where he oversees branches of the College in a g...

Hearing God’s voice is easy when we rely on God’s ability to speak rather than our ability to hear. Think about it. God is an expert communicator. He has all of heaven’s and earth’s resources at his disposal. He can and does use a whole host of creative techniques to get his messages through and he is totally committed to doing so because of his intense desire for intimate relationship with us. (L...

It’s a line I hear often. I heard it again recently chatting with a friend. I’d just shared one of those stories of how God had spoken – a prophetic dream that miraculously came to pass. She looks at me and says; “Oh, but I don’t hear from God like you do..” The look of disappointment: the shoulder shrug of resignation. That feeling like it’s all too hard. What she said bothered me then and it bot...

We read the story every year at Christmas time, but I wonder how it would have felt as a fourteen year-old girl to receive an impossible message from an angel in the middle of the night? One conversation between God and Mary initiated God’s plan for salvation of the world. One conversation changed everything. But, Why did God chose to speak to Mary? How did Mary know the message was from God?  Wha...

If God said it, will it always happen? If I've received a promise from God, does that mean it will come to pass? I remember asking myself that question during my Bible College studies. I came across a journal article with the heading: ‘When Prophecy Failed…’ To be honest, it freaked me out. The author discussed a scenario in biblical history when a prophet delivered a word from God, but then it di...