The Hearing God Podcast

Anthony Moore and Dan Lamos

Each week, for over a decade, Anthony Moore and Dan Lamos have met for coffee. They process, pray, follow rabbit trails, and talk openly about what it really looks like to hear from God. Now you're invited to pull up a chair. The Hearing God Podcast explores what it means to live a Spirit-led life in the everyday. The moments of clarity and the moments of confusion. The risk of stepping out and the grace that meets you when you do. Each episode blends prophetic insight with honest, practical conversation so you leave not just informed, but moved.If you're hungry to know God more deeply, not just know about Him, this is for you.

  1. 3d ago

    Heaven Responds

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! Some prayers feel like a thunderclap, and others feel like silence. We sit in that tension and refuse to settle for the idea that God is distant, annoyed, or withholding. From the opening moments, we’re honest about real life ups and downs, and how the Psalms keep inviting us back to humility, repentance, and a relationship God is committed to pursuing.  We also talk about intimacy with God that has no strings attached. What does it look like to enjoy God, not to get something from Him, but because He is near? Anthony shares a picture that’s hard to forget: being embraced by Jesus while our arms hang at our sides. Many of us believe “God loves me,” yet we struggle to actually return the embrace. We slow down and name the internal clutter that keeps us performing, striving, or timing out before we ever rest in His love.  Then we pivot into prayer and the theme that anchors everything: heaven responds when we pray. Daniel 10 shows us something stunning, that Daniel’s words were heard from the first day, even though the breakthrough arrived later. We compare delayed answers with moments of immediate response in Acts, and we talk about how disappointment can distort our theology when experience starts leading Scripture. Along the way we hit practical tools for Christian prayer, perseverance, spiritual warfare, remembering testimony, and surrendering timing with one powerful word: eventually.  If you’re hungry to hear God more clearly and pray with steadier confidence, listen now, share this with a friend who feels stuck, and leave a review so more people can find the podcast.

  2. Oct 8

    A Shift in Perspective

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know!  We talk candidly about the strange moment when you ask God for open doors, more opportunities, and a bigger “yes” to his plans, and then your calendar gets crowded, your routines get disrupted, and you wonder what happened to peace. Instead of interpreting that pressure as failure, we explore the possibility of a rising tide of hunger and divine momentum and how to stay grateful and aware while God moves in real time. From there, we shift into a practical leadership question that hits home for any church or ministry: why do some communities burn for prayer while others stall out? One line becomes a compass: you don’t have a prayer problem, you have an equipping problem. We unpack how people often don’t intuitively know why they should pray, and why “more prayer” isn’t the same as deeper prayer. The aim is a prayer life that grows deep and wide, forming maturity, cultivating spiritual gifts, and strengthening corporate prayer without turning it into empty religious effort. Then we open Matthew 6 and follow Jesus into a kingdom reorientation. Prayer is not just about getting provision; it’s about seeking first the kingdom of God and letting the Father reshape what we fear, chase, and trust. We connect Jesus’ words about the eye being the lamp of the body to a healthy spiritual perspective, and we name repentance from self-sufficiency as a central doorway into the Holy Spirit’s love, power, and gifts. If you want prayer that flips the light on and keeps it on, this conversation is for you.  Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the podcast.

  3. Oct 1

    Fully Known by God

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! You can’t keep anything hidden from God but you can spend years living like you have to. We talk about the moment prayer changes from control and performance into surrender: when we stop resisting being fully known and start welcoming God’s kind gaze. We begin with Ephesians 6 and the simple, demanding invitation to “be strong in the Lord,” learning what it means to draw strength from our union with Christ instead of our own drive. From there we get honest about the regret many of us carry about being needy, weak, or limited and why Scripture points us to a paradox that can feel almost offensive at first: boasting in weakness because God loves to work through frailty. Psalm 139 becomes our guide for hearing God with an open heart. God searches us, knows our motives, and understands what we are like before a word is on our tongue. The real question is whether we welcome that reality. We explore the “rooms” in our hearts we would rather avoid, how to bring God into those places without pretending, and how to pray when you know it’s best to surrender but you cannot yet force your heart to comply. If you’ve ever wondered why the Psalms sound so raw, this conversation will help you see prayer as a real relationship where God patiently untangles what we withhold over time. Subscribe for more conversations on Christian prayer, hearing God, surrender, and spiritual formation and if this helps you, share it with a friend and leave a review so more people can find it.

  4. Sep 24

    Renewed Passion for Prayer

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! Busy season doesn’t mean bad season. We’re talking about the kind of “neck deep” fall momentum many of us feel and why the kingdom of God often looks like real work: planning, building, inviting, organizing, and showing up. We unpack a simple framework we’ve lived by for years, “form and fire,” where we build the altar and trust God to bring the fire. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at “programs,” or felt guilty for being productive, we offer a different lens: healthy spiritual life can be active without becoming anxious. Then we pivot into prayer, because we’ve been sensing a fresh invitation to grow here, personally and as a church. A line landed in our hearts: we don’t have a prayer problem, we have an equipping problem. Sometimes we expect people to run before they’ve learned to walk. We talk about what’s actually happening when we pray: surrender, trust, being reshaped in what we call “good,” and getting close enough to hear what matters to God. Prayer becomes less about getting stuff and more about doing life with God. We also name a battle many people face: the lie that eloquence equals effectiveness. God isn’t looking for polished words as much as a humble, honest heart. If prayer has felt intimidating, transactional, or confusing, this is a grounded starting point and a hopeful reset.  Subscribe for what’s coming next, share this with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review so more people can find the podcast.

  5. Sep 17

    The Joy Of Discovering God

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! The fastest way to burn out spiritually is to treat hearing God like a test you have to pass. We slow things down and bring it back to the heartbeat of the gospel: a good Father who loves to speak, loves to lead, and loves to partner with ordinary people. We share a fresh story from a church renewal night where we pause in silence and pray, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening,” then we connect it to the bigger invitation of God’s mission in our cities and communities. Anthony also opens up about teaching a prophetic ministry training class and watching people step into “first time” discovery, including those who are new believers and those carrying baggage from unhealthy spiritual gift experiences. From there we get practical: we talk about a simple activation that dismantles performance and builds faith fast, asking, “Holy Spirit, what do You love about the person beside me?” We unpack why healthy prophecy never traffics in public shame, how “secrets of the heart” can point to identity, design, and destiny, and why Romans 2:4 (kindness leading to repentance) matters for prophetic ministry. We also name the difference between the “what” of revelation and the “how” of delivery, because stewardship and heart posture determine whether a moment becomes life-giving. Finally, we trace a choice every listener faces: a journey of fear or a journey of joy. If listening to God is producing anxiety, we talk about how to return to truth, dependence, and delight, until you rediscover that Jesus is better than your mind thought He was. If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can learn to hear God with joy.

  6. Sep 3

    Casting Your Cares on Jesus

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! Anxiety has a way of feeling responsible, like if we stop worrying then something will fall apart. We sit down and tell the truth about that pressure, how it grows when hard circumstances hit, and how quickly it can sneak into identity. We start with a personal reflection on recovery and “convalescing,” not as a dirty word, but as the process of getting stronger and stepping back into life with a healthier mindset. From there we go deep on a simple biblical invitation that is anything but automatic: “Cast all your cares on Him, because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). We talk about the real-life moment when you realize you have been ruminating for hours, the warning signs that show up as “fruit” in your heart, and why the fruit of an unburdened life looks like rest. We share two practical ways to pray when your mind won’t stop spinning: a breath prayer you can do in minutes, and a short releasing prayer we return to again and again, naming the people and situations we cannot fix while guarding peace. We also explore Philippians 4:6-7 and why gratitude becomes a declaration that shifts posture from under the weight to seated with Christ, helping us rule over the cares of life instead of being ruled by them. If you need a grounded Christian approach to anxiety, prayer, Sabbath rest, and hearing God in the middle of stress, this conversation is for you.  Subscribe, share this with a friend who feels weighed down, and leave a review so more people can find the podcast.

  7. Aug 27

    Breaking Up Fallow Ground

    Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! God can speak through a scent, a sentence, or a sudden inner knowing and sometimes it’s so unexpected we don’t even have a category for it. We start with why we’ve spent years having open, agenda-free conversations about hearing God, the prophetic, and the mystical, and why we think the Church needs more room for honest stories that don’t fit an “enlightenment-only” worldview. Then we tell a fresh prophetic story: a friend drives past a construction site, smells newly excavated earth, and hears the Lord say, “I love that smell.” That one line leads us straight into Hosea 10:12 and the call to “break up your fallow ground.” We explore what fallow ground can mean in Christian spirituality: places in the heart that are unplowed, places that were once worked but left untouched for a season, and places that became hard because of fear, pain, disappointment, distraction, or self-protection. We also talk about how God may revisit an old calling or dream you assumed was finished, not to shame you, but to bring rain and plant something new. Along the way we get practical about prophetic ministry, spiritual gifts, and why we believe every believer can grow in prophecy through relationship with the Holy Spirit. We name repentance as the doorway to change, trust as the thing our hearts most need, and partnership with God as the core invitation: he loves working with us, not around us. If you feel stuck, restless, or out of your depth, you’ll hear simple prayers and next steps that start with honesty and end in hope. Subscribe for more conversations on hearing God, share this with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a review so more people can find it. What part of your “fallow ground” is God inviting you to revisit?

About

Each week, for over a decade, Anthony Moore and Dan Lamos have met for coffee. They process, pray, follow rabbit trails, and talk openly about what it really looks like to hear from God. Now you're invited to pull up a chair. The Hearing God Podcast explores what it means to live a Spirit-led life in the everyday. The moments of clarity and the moments of confusion. The risk of stepping out and the grace that meets you when you do. Each episode blends prophetic insight with honest, practical conversation so you leave not just informed, but moved.If you're hungry to know God more deeply, not just know about Him, this is for you.

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