Michael Harrison's e-devotion

  Sometimes you just know that God is speaking to you.  It is obvious.  You don’t have to question.  In fact you need to stop questions and listen in a bit more. Yesterday was one of those days for me.  I began a new sermon series at The Community titled “Give THANKS” and spoke from 1 Chronicles 16 of a psalm of thanks from David.  Last night I attended a meeting and heard an awesome sermon by a missions leader.  Guess what passage he used.  It was 1 Chronicles 16. Stop right there.  I had to ask (and I still and asking) God what He wants me to hear and learn.  I have already come away with a few things. The message I shared was about deciding to give thanks before other things or people led us away from being thankful.  The missions sermon from the same passage was about the people of God sharing with the world God’s message.  Both have a good foundation in the Scripture.  Both are pretty clear. I walk away with two verse...

  Psalm 66:16 NLT Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me.   Jeremiah 33:3 NASB Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'   It is time to listen but sometimes it is hard to hear.  Remember that verse we have all heard about "being still" and hearing from God.  Sometimes being still is the only way we can hear.   There are some other ways to from God as well.  My prayer is that I will hear some things from God specifically.  Direction.  Leadership.  Courage.  Ideas.  Compassion and strength.  The list goes on.   You can pray this prayer or a similar one too, but then we must start listening.  God is always speaking.  Fear God.  Respect God more than ever, and His voice will get clearer and stronger.  Ask Him and listen for the things that you don't know.   Set our pride aside.  Set our agen...

Hebrews 1:1-4  NLT Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. 2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. 3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. 4 This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names. God is speaking.  Always.  Are you listening?  What have we heard Him saying. Actually, God speaks in many different ways, but it is always through the person of Jesus, our Savior and friend.  There is more for us to hear, more for us to enjoy, more for us to treasure, and there is more for us to...