Giovanni 15: 10, 11 – Se osservate i miei comandamenti, dimorerete nel mio amore, come io ho osservato i comandamenti del Padre mio e dimoro nel suo amore. Vi ho detto queste cose, affinchè la mia gioia dimori in voi e la vostra gioia sia piena. Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, presentazione di Simona Esposito Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQAnNYi-MXM
Tuesday: Willingness to Listen
“The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Then Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening’” (1 Samuel 3:10, NIV).
Have you ever heard that still small voice of the Holy Spirit but ignored it? Consequently, everything went wrong, and you thought to yourself later, Oh no, why didn’t I listen?
First Samuel describes a story of an old man and two wicked sons who didn’t listen to the Lord and a little boy who did. Though there were strong warnings from God, those who needed to change their course didn’t.
Read their story in 1 Samuel 2:12-3:18. What contrast is made apparent here between those who listen to God and those who don’t?
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Eli’s sons had other things on their minds than the things of God. And even when Eli, after hearing what God wanted, spoke to his sons, he didn’t seem to do anything else. And his sons were obviously not ready to submit the details of their lives to God’s will. What a contrast with the young Samuel!
Preacher Charles Stanley describes how essential it is to cultivate openness to God’s voice in what he calls “shifting into neutral.” He says: “The Holy Spirit … does not speak for the sake of passing along information. He speaks to get a response. And He knows when our agenda has such a large slice of our attention that it is a waste of time to suggest anything to the contrary. When that is the case, He is often silent. He waits for us to become neutral enough to hear and eventually obey.” — The Wonderful Spirit-Filled Life, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992), Pages 179, 180.
| What do you think Stanley means by becoming “neutral enough”? When you think about your openness to God, what things often prevent you from being “neutral enough to hear and eventually obey”? What do you need to do in your life to cultivate openness to God’s voice and a decisiveness to be obedient to His direction? |
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The Queen is Dead; Long Live the King
by Alvin Masarira | 12 September 2022 | As I write this article, I am traveling across the African continent on a trip that has taken me from Southern Africa to the beautiful East African country of Ethiopia, then across the continent to Ghana (in West Africa) and then to the small nation of Liberia. […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-queen-is-dead-long-live-the-king/
How to Maintain Your Identity and Faith in the Face of Adversity #sermon #shorts
Who are you when you are separated from those most familiar to you? Do you go with the flow or do you maintain your identity? This #short clip from the message, “Faith Under Pressure: From Jerusalem to Babylon”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ0vkdN4Dm0&list=PL-k2Gb-DBYo8kAAnXb5LSCVP23mIe5NcF&index=3 by Dr. David Tasker shows how Daniel and his three friends preserved and retained their identities in the face of hardship and temptation. We can only find our genuine identity by being faithful to God. Can you keep your identity in the face of pressure and temptation? Watch the video to find out how Daniel and his three friends were able to keep their identity in God even in the face of adversity. ————————————————————————————
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12.3 Willingness to Listen – DYING LIKE A SEED | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series IN THE CRUCIBLE WITH CHRIST with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
12.DYING LIKE A SEED
Even the dying of a seed produces fruit. It is transformed from a seed into a fruit-bearing plant.
Memory Text: John 12:24 – Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; . . . but if it dies, it produces much grain.
12.3 Willingness to Listen
Have you ever found time to be together with God?
My God bless you today and always.
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