The Holy Spirit leads and guides us daily; and he does it in two principal ways...
1) He does it through the word of God. You need to look and read and study the word of God. It's got the principles for success in life. The ways of God are written in the words of God. Make the Bible something you love to study, and learn, and grow to know it. Many times you may not get a prompting, or any kind of big thing, but if you know the principle of the word, you can act from the principle, like the Bible says.
Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise - that it may go well for you, may live long. If you want life to go well, here's a principle: honor your parents. If you violate it, there's consequences; so very clearly, you need to learn what the word of God says.
The word of God's got a lot to say about Sexual Immorality. Those who practice these things shall not inherit the coming kingdom. You have to understand we live in a permissive culture, but what people don't understand is the great inheritance God has for those who will walk with Him.
2) The Holy Spirit wants to lead you. How is He going to do it? He's going to primarily do it from within, by bearing witness with your spirit. It'll be a guidance within.
He's got many channels he can use to speak to you. He could use the word of God; someone preaching; or He could use some person to speak to you, and in the middle of them speaking, suddenly you feel the witness inside that God is trying to get my attention on something. It could be an unsaved person, and they're having a rant at you, and suddenly as you're listening in the middle of it, you see God is showing you there's a character area He's wanting you to change. It could be a prophetic word that comes, and suddenly we witness God is wanting to lead you and direct you. It can come through so many channels. It can come through creation - just going out and being in nature, and in that time, suddenly as you become more aware of God, you start to become aware of the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Lots of avenues. It can be through music.
God is not limited how He gets the message to you. What you got to learn to do is tune in, in your spirit, to recognize it, that that is God speaking to me through. I can remember watching an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, and at the very end there was this dance, and when this music come on, I felt tears come. I thought, what is that? This is an Arnie movie, you don't cry in Arnie movies. What is this? I asked the Lord to show me what was the trigger for my feelings, and He brought me back to something when I was 18; and the pain associated with that music said: it's time to resolve it.
God can use many channels, but the key is not the channel He uses, but that you witness in your spirit, that you become aware in your spirit. This is the primary way God speaks to you, from within - in your spirit. There's lots of ways you can do it. If you want to be led by the spirit, there's a couple of things to do, and then this is how He does it...
1) Position yourself for God to lead you. Don't just assume He's going to lead you; position yourself for it. The primary thing is you're hungry for God. You have a hunger for God, and you spend time with him. That's how you get to be led by the spirit.
2) Build a strong spirit man. You're going to be led by something. If your soul is strong, you'll be led by your thoughts, feelings, and emotions; but if your spirit is strong, you can be led by the Holy Ghost. Build your spirit. If your body is the thing that governs your life, you'd be led by hunger, and whatever desire for this and that. In other words, you'd be led by feelings; so build your spirit. If you want to be led by the spirit, don't make this a random thing. This is a lifestyle, intentionally build your spirit man.
How could I build my spirit man? And how do I hear when God's speaking to me?
How do we build the spirit man? A few simple ways...