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There is a problem when we stop listening.  Some people can’t hear as they may have a health problem keeping them from being able to hear everything or maybe just certain sounds.

 

My sweet wife tells me that I have “selective hearing” where I hear only what I want to hear.  That is also a problem.  I should to be listening all the time, but we often teach ourselves who and what to listen to.

 

Think about listening to God.  If we are honest, many of us have at some point stopped listening to God.  He speaks all the time and for our good.  Yet in the middle of sin or stress and struggle we have stopped listening. 

 

Listen up.  God is always speaking.  Hearing what God says will change us and our situations.  Listen in as we can trust what God says.  His plan for us is perfect.

 

Acts 3:22  NLT

Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people.  Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’

 

Mark 12:29  NLT

Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord.

 

Proverbs 16:20  NLT

Those who listen to instruction will prosper; those who trust the Lord will be joyful.

 

Psalm 85:8  NLT

I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace to his faithful people. But let them not return to their foolish ways.

 

It is our choice to listen or not.  God is always speaking.  What He is saying is for our good and His glory.  So, listen up!

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