Tag Archive for: Listen

Keep it Simple

Do you ever think about all the lessons you can learn in just one day?  How about all the lessons you learn in one week?  That’s what I’m sitting here thinking about right now.  Today I felt like there were at least 5 devotionals I could write off of things that happened throughout the day and that’s about average for me.  I’m constantly looking for ways to learn something new from God.  I desire to grow each and every day.  In fact, I hope at the end of the day I’m just a little bit stronger, a little bit wiser, and a little bit more dependent on my Heavenly Father.  I know I need more of God and less of me.  I pray at the end of each year, there is a whole lot more of God and a whole lot less of me.

This week I learned some interesting things about myself, I was convicted in some areas that needed to change, I saw God’s desire for healing in His people, I watched God work through my interactions with people, and so much more.  Let me take some time to share some of these lessons with you.  Let’s slow down and catch the lessons God has for us in each day!  Let’s keep it simple, God’s not about complicating things!  He can teach us the most amazing lessons in the most simple ways.  He will astound us, if we only let Him! Read more

Love through My Pores

The path of the righteous is like the gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. (Proverbs 4:19)

I imagine myself taking a nice quiet walk on a beautiful spring day with the sun glistening through the trees and the beautiful smell from the fresh flowers blooming.  Righteousness shines brightly as we walk in the Lord and His ways.  It cannot be denied as we walk forward in the Lord and His plans unfolded in the Word of God.  This reminds me of a story where one man was able to save his city through the wisdom he had.  Let me share this story with you.  I can only hope you will find the incredible treasure I see in it, as I do every time I read it.

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Take the Call

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)

I was spending some time with the Lord today in one of my favorite books of the Bible.  It’s amazing that no matter how many times I read the Bible, something new always appears.  God continues to make His Word so exciting and so relevant for me today.  I pray this passage and all of chapter 3 will be used in your life.

Have you ever been waiting for God to speak to you and heard nothing?  Have you waited time and again, yet there is no answer?  Samuel was in a place where he was still young.  He had been dedicated to the Lord by his mother Hannah and Eli was now taking care of him.

“…Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.” (1 Samuel 3:1)

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