Do You Hear What I Hear?

 

The chaos can be too much at times~

One of the intriguing things about group Bible study is that we can all read the same verse of scripture and learn a totally different lesson pertaining to our individual lives at that time.  We may study the same passage years later in a totally different situation and be impacted by God's Words.

In a recent sermon at our church Romans 12:18  was cited pertaining to relationships we would be facing over Christmas break. 

Do your best to live at peace with everyone.

Following that service I received texts and had conversations with people who said, "Whoa! That really spoke to me"  (marriage related)

"Sometimes in the moment it's hard to understand what God is telling you."         (An  in- law relationship)

"Maneuvering relationships in prison can be testy."

"I wish my girlfriend would apply this to her heart."

"Pray I can apply this to my workplace."

All different life struggles, but the same few simple Words were weaving themselves into the hearts of mankind.

The important thing is that WE HEAR and as I told one person, be thrilled that not only we are hearing from God, but overjoyed that He knows the details of our lives and struggles of our hearts and is sending us solutions!

Below are verses confirming it is possible for us to hear from God.

1. Isaiah 30:21
“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.”

2. Jeremiah 33:3
“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

3. Psalm 29:3
“The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.”

4. Psalm 85:8
“Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.”

5. Psalm 119:105
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

6. Mark 4:24
“And he said to them, ‘Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.’”

7. John 8:47
“Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

8. John 5:30
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.”

9. John 10:16
“And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”

10. John 10:27
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

11. John 14:26
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

12. John 16:13
“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.”

13. Romans 8:14
“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.”

14. Hebrews 2:1
“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.”

15. Hebrews 3:15
“As it is said, ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.’”

16. Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

17. James 1:19
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.”

18. Revelation 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”

Let's get in ready position to hear what God wants us to say as He pours out his love and concern over us.

The Song

"Do You Hear What I Hear" Carrie Underwood 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQK8FWYJIxA

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