The Holy Spirit Has a Sign for You Right Nowby Kathryn Kuhlman, sermon transcript, youtube.com
0:00 - 4:15 Introduction: A Message for Your Spirit
4:16 - 11:30 How the Holy Spirit Sends You Signs
11:31 - 19:45 Identifying and Breaking Spiritual Blockages
19:46 - 26:10 The Promise of Divine Alignment and Purpose
26:11 - 31:53 Your Activation Prayer and Step Into Victory
Have you ever had the feeling … a feeling that you’re missing something? That just beyond the edge of your hearing, just outside the corner of your vision, there is a message, a word, a signal meant specifically for you? You feel it, don’t you? A holy restlessness.
That feeling is not an accident. It is not a symptom of a distracted mind. It is that first stirring of the Spirit Himself within you, awakening you to a profound and simple truth that religion has often complicated. God is not a silent God. He has never been. From the very beginning, His voice has been the music of creation, singing the stars into their sockets and breathing life into the dust. And that same voice, the very breath of God, the Holy Spirit is speaking right now in this very room to you. To you sitting there wondering if it’s possible, to you carrying that burden you think no one sees, He is speaking.
We have been conditioned to believe that God’s communication is a rare and spectacular event. We look for the burning bush, the parting sea, the voice that shakes the foundations of the house. And so, while we are looking for the earthquake, we miss the gentle tremor. While we are listening for the thunder, we miss the whisper.
We have our spiritual radios tuned to a station that only broadcasts in times of crisis or mountaintop experience. And we have turned the dial away from the frequency that is broadcasting life and direction and comfort and conviction every single moment of every single day.
The signal is not the problem, my friend. The receiver is. The static is not in the heavens. It is in our own souls, cluttered with worry, with schedules, with the relentless noise of a world that screams for our attention.
Let me tell you what the Holy Spirit is doing right now at this very moment. He is not folded away in some heavenly cupboard waiting for you to recite the perfect prayer or achieve a certain level of holiness before He will make contact. Oh no, that is a lie from the pit. He is active. He is hovering. Just as He hovered over the face of the deep at the very dawn of time, He is hovering over the chaos of your life. Over the unanswered questions, over the quiet desperation, He is sending out wave after wave of divine communication. It is a constant, loving, persistent broadcast of grace. Can you feel it?
That sudden unexplainable sense of peace that just washed over you. That was a wave. That scripture that popped into your mind a minute ago, the one you haven’t read in years, that was a wave. That compelling gentle nudge to come to this service tonight, a nudge you almost talked yourself out of. That, my dear, was a wave from the throne of God sent by the Holy Spirit to bring you to this exact spot at this exact hour for a divine appointment. This is the great invitation to awareness. It is an invitation to step out of the deafening crowd and into the quiet place of the Spirit. It is an invitation to tune your heart to change the station from the news of the world to the good news of the Spirit. It requires a decision. It requires you to say, “I believe that God is speaking. I believe that the Holy Spirit is active, and I am going to quiet my soul to listen.”
This is not a passive waiting game. It is an active expectant seeking. It is the posture of a child who knows their Father is about to speak, and so, they lean in. They watch His face. They listen for the first syllable. That is what God is asking of us right now … to lean in, to expect, to believe that the sign we have been begging for on our knees has already been dispatched and is at this very second breaking through the atmosphere of our lives.
You see, the problem is never on His end. The connection is never down. The line is never busy. He is the Great I Am, not the great I was, or the great I will be. His name is present tense. His voice is present tense. His power is present tense. And if you can grasp that, if you can truly get a revelation that the God of the universe is communicating with you in the now, it will revolutionize your entire walk with Him. You will stop living on the memories of what He did years ago. And you will start living in the miracle of what He is doing today. You will stop begging for a word, and you will start hearing the word that is already being spoken over your situation. The Holy Spirit is not sending you a sign in the future. He is not preparing a sign for you to receive next week when you feel a little more worthy.
The title of this message is not a prophecy. It is a declaration of a present reality. The Holy Spirit is sending you a sign. Right now, the only question that remains is this: Are you aware enough to receive it?
So quiet yourself, be still, and know. So, you’ve decided to listen. You’ve quieted the noise. You’ve tuned your heart to Heaven’s frequency. And now you’re waiting for the sign. You’re expecting a flash of lightning, perhaps a voice from the ceiling, a writing on the wall.
Oh, my dear friend, if you are waiting for that, you may miss the entire love letter God is writing to you. You see, the Holy Spirit is the master of the personal touch. He does not speak to all of us in the same way because He knows each of us intimately. He knows what will capture your attention. He knows what will melt your heart. He knows what will convince your mind. And so, He speaks a language that is uniquely yours. A language woven into the very fabric of your daily life. A language of circumstance, of relationship, of the quiet whispers in your own spirit.
Think of a mother communicating with her newborn child. She doesn’t use lofty words or complex sentences. She uses a gentle touch, a soft lullaby, the comfort of her presence. That is how the Spirit often speaks to us, His children. He uses the language of a mother’s love.
That sudden overwhelming sense of comfort that wrapped around you in the middle of your deepest grief. That was not just an emotion. That was a syllable in the Spirit’s language. That was Him speaking the word, “Comforter,” directly into your brokenness.
Let me make this practical for you. Look at your life right now, today. Not at what you wish was happening, but at what is happening. The Holy Spirit is a master of using the ordinary to convey the extraordinary. Have you found that a particular verse of scripture keeps coming back to you from different places? A sermon, a song on the radio, a card from a friend. That is not a coincidence. That is a targeted delivery. The Spirit is highlighting that word for you. It is a signpost saying, “This way.” This truth is your truth for this moment. Pay attention to the recurring themes.
What about the people He brings across your path? That stranger who spoke a word of encouragement that felt like it was meant just for you. That was not merely a kind person. That was a divine messenger, an angel unaware sent by the Spirit to deliver a package of hope to your doorstep. And what of the closed doors? The disappointment you’ve been praying away. Could it be that the Holy Spirit is speaking through the “no” as clearly as He speaks through the “yes”?
A blocked opportunity is not always an attack of the enemy. Sometimes it is the protective hand of the Spirit steering you away from a path that would lead to destruction, and toward the narrow way that leads to life. He speaks through the red light as clearly as the green.
But perhaps the most profound dialect in the Spirit’s language is the one He speaks in the sanctuary of your own heart. That gentle inner pressure, that compelling urge to do something that seems illogical to the natural mind. To forgive when everything in you wants to hold a grudge, to give when everything in you screams to hold on. To step out in faith when everything you see tells you to stay put.
That, my friend, is the voice of the Holy Spirit. It is a sign of divine direction. It is not a scream. It is not a force. It is an invitation. And on the other side of that obedience is a miracle waiting to be unveiled.
And do not forget the world He has made. The relentless faithfulness of the sunrise proclaiming His mercies are new every morning. The intricate design of a single leaf whispering of His attention to detail. The vast star-filled sky shouting of His power and majesty. All of creation is a megaphone for the Spirit’s voice. If we have ears to hear, He is sending you a sign through the bird outside your window, through the flower pushing up through the crack in the concrete, reminding you of resilience and hope and life that conquers death.
This is not a secret code for a select few. This is the living, breathing language of a God Who is deeply personally involved with His creation. He is not a distant landlord. He is a present Father. And a good Father communicates with His children in ways they can understand. He uses the events of their day, the people in their lives, the whispers in their hearts, and the world outside their window.
So I say to you tonight, stop looking for a generic sign in the heavens and start recognizing the personalized message in your present moment. The sign you are waiting for is not somewhere out there in the future. It is hidden in the circumstances of your life today, waiting for you to see the Father’s hand in it all. Open your eyes. The message is all around you.
But now we come to the most delicate part … the part where so many stumble. You feel a nudge. You sense a leading. A thought enters your mind. A feeling stirs in your heart. And immediately the question begins to fly like tormenting spirits. Is this God or is this just me? Or is it my own wishful thinking, my own fear, my own imagination running wild?
The noise of our souls can be a deafening thing, a cacophony of conflicting voices. And we cry out, “How can I know? How can I be sure?” I will tell you how. I will give you the key. The most profound sign the Holy Spirit will ever give you is not something you see with your eyes or hear with your ears. It is something you know in the depths of your spirit. It is the inner witness. It is a divine settlement, a holy confirmation that resonates in the deepest part of your being where you end and He begins. It is not a shout that frightens you. It is a peace that settles you. It is not a turmoil that confuses you. It is a clarity that anchors you.
You must learn to distinguish between the voice of condemnation and the voice of conviction. This is perhaps the most critical discernment you will ever make. The enemy, the accuser, speaks in the language of condemnation. His voice is a shrill pointing finger. It speaks in generalities. You are a failure. You are unworthy. You are a disappointment. God could never use you. It speaks to your identity. It brings a crushing weight of shame that pushes you away from the presence of God. It tells you to hide. Just as Adam and Eve hid in the garden.
Oh, the Holy Spirit! He speaks in the language of conviction. It is a surgeon’s scalpel, not an executioner’s axe. His voice is specific, gentle, and full of hope. He does not say, “You are a terrible person.” He whispers, “That specific word you spoke was unkind. Go and make it right.” He does not scream, “You are a failure.” He prompts, “You have neglected your time in prayer. Come back to Me and I will restore you.”
Do you see the glorious, life-giving difference? Condemnation speaks to who you are and drives you from God. Conviction speaks to what you did and draws you to God. It always, always carries with it the promise of forgiveness and the power to change. The sign from the Holy Spirit always leads to life. Always. If what you are feeling leads you into despair, into hiding, into a sense of hopeless worthlessness, that is not the voice of your Comforter. That is the lie of the destroyer.
And what of your own desires? What of your own thoughts? How can you tell the difference? I will tell you. The thought that comes from the Spirit will often surprise you. It will be something you would not have conceived on your own. It will carry a supernatural peace that transcends your human understanding. It will align with the nature of God as revealed in His Word. It will be holy. It will be loving. It will be righteous. It will be good.
Your own fleshly desires are often frantic, demanding, and self-serving. They scream for immediate gratification. The Spirit’s prompting is patient. It is persistent, but it is not panicked. It is a quiet knowing that will not let you go. You must become a student of your own spirit. You must learn the landscape of your own inner world. Spend so much time in the presence of God, in the quiet place that when a foreign thought, a divine suggestion enters your mind, it stands out like a single clear note in a silent hall; you will know it because it carries the fragrance of Heaven. It feels like Him. It bears the mark of His character. It is the still small voice that spoke to Elijah, not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, but in the sound of a gentle whisper.
That is where you will find your confirmation. Not in the thunder of dramatic signs, but in the quiet unshakable witness of the Spirit with your spirit. So when you feel that prompting, that nudge, that thought that will not leave you alone, I want you to do something. I want you to quiet the other voices. Quiet the voice of fear that says, “What if you’re wrong?” Quiet the voice of logic that says, “This doesn’t make sense.” Quiet the voice of the past that says, “You failed before.”
Come into the holy stillness. And there in that secret place ask Him, “Holy Spirit, is this you? Confirm this in my heart.” And then wait, wait for that settlement. Wait for that deep resonating, yes, that brings a peace the world cannot give and cannot take away.
That is your sign. That is the divine authentication, the greatest sign. Now there is a safeguard. There is a foundation that cannot be shaken. A rock upon which you can build your life and your understanding of every sign, every whisper, every prompting. For we do not wander in the darkness hoping to stumble upon a flicker of light. No, we have been given a lamp, a sure word, an unchanging eternal standard against which every single thing must be measured. That standard, my dear friend, is the holy, infallible Word of God.
You may feel a peace. You may have a deep inner witness. You may see circumstances align in a way that seems miraculous. But I tell you tonight, if that peace, that witness, those circumstances contradict one single principle of the Scripture, they are not from God. The Holy Spirit will never ever violate His own Word. He is not a God of confusion or contradiction. He wrote the Book. He is the author. And He will never send you a sign that tells you to do something that the Bible in its clear and holy pages calls sin. He will never lead you into something that denies the lordship of Jesus Christ. He will never guide you into a path that exalts your flesh and not His Spirit.
Let me be as clear as I know how to be. The Bible is your filter. It is the divine sieve through which you must pour every impression, every vision, every feeling, every so-called sign. If you have a thought that tells you to leave your marriage because you are unhappy, throw it in the filter of the Word. The Word says, “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” That thought, no matter how compelling, no matter how much peace it seems to bring in the moment, is not from God. It is a counterfeit.
If you have a prompting that tells you that your material gain is more important than your integrity, throw it in the filter. The Word says, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” That prompting is a deception. The Spirit and the Word agree. They are one. They are in perfect holy harmony. The Word of God is the permanent objective record of the character and will of God. The Holy Spirit is the personal subjective application of that character and will to your life. He will use the Word you have hidden in your heart to speak to you in the moment of your need.
He will bring to your remembrance the words of Jesus. He will illuminate a passage you read weeks ago and make it leap off the page alive and active, speaking directly to your situation. That is how you know it is Him.
When the inner witness agrees with the outer Word, you have an unshakable confirmation. Do not trust a feeling that stands alone. Feelings are fickle. They are like the waves of the sea tossed by the wind. Your circumstances can change in a moment. The opinions of people are like shifting sand. But the Word of the Lord, the Word of the Lord endures forever.
It is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It is the solid ground beneath your feet when everything else is giving way. So when you believe you have received a sign, I implore you. Take it to the Book, open it, search it. Not with a heart looking for a verse to justify what you already want to do, but with a humble, hungry heart, crying out, “Lord, show me Your Truth. Let Your Word be the final authority in my life.”
If the sign leads you to love more deeply, to forgive more freely, to pursue righteousness, to proclaim Christ, to serve the broken, to walk in humility, then you can be sure it has passed through the filter of Scripture and it bears the mark of Heaven. But if it leads to selfishness, to division, to pride, to impurity, to any form of unbelief, cast it aside. It is a foreign fire. No matter how angelic its appearance, the Holy Spirit is sending you a sign right now. And the first place He will lead you is not to a new experience, but to an old truth. He will lead you back to the Rock of Ages. He will lead you back to the eternal unchanging Word. Let this Book be your final authority.
So you have heard the whisper. You have felt the nudge. You have the inner witness. And it aligns perfectly with the holy Word of God. You have your sign. It is clear. It is confirmed. And now, now comes the moment of truth. The moment that separates the spectators from the participants in the kingdom of God. The moment where faith must become action. For a sign is not a museum piece to be admired and analyzed. It is not a theological concept to be discussed. A sign from Heaven is a divine command to move. It is an invitation to step out of the boat of your comfort, your fear, your analysis, and onto the turbulent waters of obedience.
I can feel the fear in this room. I can feel the hesitation, the questions that are screaming in your heart. What if I am wrong? What if I fail? What will people say? The enemy of your soul has one primary goal tonight. To paralyze you with the spirit of “what if”. He wants to keep you in the safety of the boat, in the misery you know, rather than let you risk the miracle on the waves.
But I’m here to tell you that the final confirmation, the ultimate proof that the sign was real, often does not come before you step out. It comes as you are stepping. The cloud does not part until Moses lifts his staff over the Red Sea. The water does not become solid until Peter’s foot leaves the boat. The oil does not flow until the widow begins to pour.
Faith is not the absence of fear. It is the obedience in spite of it. It is the courage to say, “This inner witness is real. This word is true. And even though my knees are knocking, and my heart is pounding, I will speak the word of forgiveness. I will make the phone call. I will write the first check. I will raise my hands in surrender. I will say ‘yes’ to God.”
That first step of obedience is the key that unlocks the floodgate of divine power. It is the moment your faith becomes a tangible force in the natural realm. Do not wait for the feeling of absolute certainty. You will never have it. Do not wait for every single detail to be perfectly arranged. It will never be. That is not faith. That is sight. And the Bible says we walk by faith and not by sight.
The Holy Spirit gives you enough light for the step you are on, not for the entire staircase. He requires you to trust Him enough to take that first trembling step into the unknown, holding only His hand and His promise. Look at what is in your hand right now. What is the one thing the Spirit has been prompting you to do? It may seem small, insignificant. It may seem foolish to simply go and be reconciled to that person. To finally commit to that ministry, to surrender that habit you’ve clung to for so long. To believe God for your healing, not just as a theological fact, but as a present-tense reality. And to begin to thank Him for it. That is your step. That is your point of obedience.
The sign has been given. The direction is clear. The safety net is the character of the God Who called you. He will not let you fall. He will not lead you out to drown. His signs always lead to a greater revelation of His faithfulness.
The altar is not just a place for prayer. It is a place of departure. It is the shoreline where you leave the boat behind. It is the line in the sand between a life of passive belief and a life of active, daring faith.
That prompting you feel right now, that is not me. That is the Holy Spirit issuing the call one last time. He is asking for your response. He is asking for your obedience. He is asking you to prove His Word true by acting upon it. The sign has been given. The responsibility is now yours. Do not just stand there. Step out. And now, now we come to the glorious, breathtaking conclusion of it all.
You have heard the whisper. You have heard the word. You have tested it by the Word. You have stepped out in trembling obedience. And you wait for the external sign, the grand finale, the thunderclap from Heaven that will prove it was all real.
But my dear, dear friend, can you not see the greatest sign, the most undeniable miracle is not something that happens to you? It is something that happens in you and then shines through you. The ultimate purpose of every touch from the Holy Spirit, every word of direction, every gentle nudge is to transform you into a living, breathing, walking sign of His presence to a world that is blind and deaf to His reality.
You, you are to be the sign. When you walk out of this place, you are not just a person with a testimony. You are a living epistle known and read of all men. Your life is the parchment. The Holy Spirit is the ink. Your transformed character is the message. The world does not need another theological argument. It does not need another clever book. It is sick and dying for a lack of one thing. A genuine, tangible manifestation of the life of God.
And that, my friend, is what He has called you to be. Think of it, the fruit of the Spirit. That love that loves the unholy. That joy that sings in the prison. That peace that calms the storm around you. That patience that endures the unbearable. That kindness that disarms the cruel. That goodness that shames the wicked. That faithfulness that never wavers. That gentleness that tames the wild. That self-control that masters the flesh.
This is not just a list of nice qualities for a religious person. This is the evidence. This is the sign. When a person who was once full of bitterness now radiates a love that makes no earthly sense, that is a miracle more stunning than the parting of a sea. It is a signpost that points directly to the resurrected Christ.
Your healed heart is a sign to the brokenhearted. Your sustained joy is a sign to the despairing. Your unwavering peace is a sign to the anxious. Your supernatural forgiveness is a sign to the captive.
You become a walking advertisement for the grace and power of God. The world can argue with your theology, but it cannot argue with a transformed life. They can doubt your words, but they are powerless against the evidence of a spirit that has been made whole, a soul that has been set free, a countenance that shines with the light of another world.
This is the final, glorious purpose of it all. The Holy Spirit did not send you a sign merely for your own comfort, for your own private blessing. He sent it so that you could be equipped, empowered, and emboldened to become that same sign for someone else.
The love you receive, you are to give. The comfort you are given, you are to extend. The freedom you have found, you are to proclaim. You are to be a conduit of the very same power that raised Christ from the dead, not a reservoir that hoards it for itself.
So when you leave this place tonight, do not simply go back to your life. Go back as an ambassador. Go back as a living miracle. Go back as a walking testimony. Let your hands be the hands that heal. Let your words be the words that bring life. Let your presence in a room be the presence of Christ. Stop asking God to send a sign to your city, to your workplace, to your family. He already has. He sent you. Filled with His Spirit, equipped with His power, marked by His love.
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