gotchu.
God never spoke to me audibly. so therefore i never heard His voice.
God has spoke to me thru visions, dreams, planted thoughts that would never go away.
one example; last year I had a vision along with four other of my friends. we were all praying together at the same time. while we were praying, all five of us had a vision that we were performing musically on stage in front of hundreds of people. we shared it with each other and thought how dope would that be. but we said that wouldn't be possible. we don't even have a full band. but, we prayed about it and asked God, "if this vision is true, you will make it happen" ... then we started getting new members to the church. one person was a singer, then next month another singer, then a electric guitarist two months later, then a third drummer after that. God provided.
then finally, then last month we, ( my youth group FUSED) held a concert entitled, "A Night of Worship". it was only expected to be around 75 people to attend. it ended up being over 250 people in a very tight hall. and there was people who accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior that very night.
God held true to His promise to me and my friends.
by God's grace man, i can go on and on...
how do i know it's Him? shoot, the Big Homie never failed me when He spoke to me.
of course, faith comes into play, and that's where people say, "nah son, you buggin.."
sidenote:
real talk, no matter how many times i tried, i couldn't stop smoking. no matter how many times i tried, i couldn't stop drinking. no matter how many times i tried, i couldn't stop cursing. it wasn't until i accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior on May 18th, 2009 that i literally stopped ALL that non-sense.
that's how i know He's real.
it was by the grace of God. when He died on the cross, he OVERPAID the price.