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God whispers

This is from our family devotion last night.  We most often use the reading plans from bible.com, and this one is taken from Mark Batterson’s book  Whisper . I pray this will encourage you has it has me… God has an outside voice, and He’s not afraid to use it. But when God wants to be heard, when what He has to say is too important to miss, He often speaks in a whisper just above the absolute threshold of hearing.  My dictionary defines  whisper  as “speaking very softly using one’s breath without one’s vocal cords.” The use of breath instead of vocal cords is significant. Isn’t that how God created Adam? He whispered into the dust and named it Adam.  Adam was once a whisper. So were you. So was everything else. Whispering is typically employed for the sake of secrecy. No form of communication is more intimate.  So why does God so often speak in whispers? When someone speaks in a whisper, you have to get very close to hear...

let's chase this lion together

One of my favorite authors, Mark Batterson , is about to share his newest book Chase The Lion .   You might remember that when The Community Fellowship began one of our biggest pushes came after we read one of Batterson’s earlier books In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day.   That book and the inspiration pushed us a great deal. Since that time I have shared the book make times, and that with the power of the Holy Spirit has changed lives.   It has been incredible. That is why I have walked back a bit and reread some of the things I shared almost 10 years ago.   Isaiah 55:8-9   nlt My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the Lord. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.  For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.    That verse and the following paragraph known as “the lion chaser’s manifest” says...