God speaks to us in a number of ways, each distinct and different. But regardless of how He chooses to speak, everything He says and does is in response to your prayers. According to the Word of God, when we call upon Him, He will answer  Psalm 91:15.

When we call upon Him in prayer, He may choose to respond in only one way, or He may choose to employ several different ways to reveal His will to us, including these:

«in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to fthe word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.»  Daniel 9:2

#1. God speaks through His Word.
Daniel understood this principle, for he wrote, “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet” Daniel 9:2. The avenue through which God most often speaks to us is through His Word.

I have read the Bible cover to cover many, many times, and with each reading I discover new meaning in even the most familiar passages. What a difference it makes when the logos (written) Word becomes the rhema(revealed) Word. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been reading a familiar passage of Scripture and suddenly the words seem to leap off the sacred pages and burn themselves into the depths of my being as I see it in an entirely new light and God speaks to me about a specific matter for which I am seeking His direction.