Minty: "You mentioned listening to the Voice that tells you to calm down and not stress. In the quiet of that blank space, when the writer in you is itching to produce something, how do you distinguish that voice from your own thoughts?"
Minty: "As an author who is so used to hearing the voices of your characters, how did you learn the frequency of the Holy Spirit's voice? Was it a sudden clarity, like a bell ringing, or was it something you had to practice—learning to be still enough to realize that the peace you were feeling wasn't coming from Iboni, but from someone much bigger?"
[Minty watches Iboni, leaning her chin on her hand. The audience is locked in, many of them looking like they are trying to find that same frequency in their own lives.]
Iboni: "It definitely comes with a lot of practice of allowing your spirit to be still and asking for the Holy Spirit to clear other voices from my head that only have intention to harm me. Oh, and especially reading the Holy Bible to know the voice of Adonai and what His intentions are."
[A few people in the audience can be seen nodding vigorously. Iboni's mention of voices that have intention to harm resonates deeply; they can tell many people there have struggled with that internal critic or the lies of the adversary. By pointing to the Bible as the baseline for the Father's intentions, Iboni has given them a concrete way to filter their own thoughts. The atmosphere feels focused and intentional now, like a training ground for the soul.]
Minty: "A voice recognition manual... I love that. It's like you're saying that the more we read His heart on the page, the easier it is to hear His whisper in the room. It stops being about hearing voices and starts being about recognizing the character of the One who is speaking."