{"id":147,"date":"2008-06-27T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lrtministry.org\/listening-for-god\/"},"modified":"2008-06-27T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T11:43:00","slug":"listening-for-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesojournersgarden.org\/blog\/listening-for-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening for God"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am preaching this weekend in Wisconsin, and the title of my sermon is “Listening for God.” As I reflect back over the last 6-8 months this is spiritual discipline that has been drawing me closer into an intimate relationship with the creator God of the universe. What an wonderful thing.<\/p>\n

As I began to think about this topic I was drawn to the story of Elijah as Jezebel was moving to have him killed (the story can be found in 1 Kings 18,19). As I read and pondered I came up with three questions: Why should listen to God?, How do we hear God’s voice?, and How should we respond to what we hear? As I began “preaching” the sermon in my head, a lot of the thoughts that were forming sounded familiar. I then looked back through my blog and found that I have been reflection on answers to these questions in a number of my postings. I hope to record the message and get it posted so if you are interested you can listen to the sermon. I would post my sermon notes, but they wouldn’t do you much good, I don’t preach with more than a outline on paper and my Bible. I then just share what God has placed on my heart. How do I know what that is? As I prepare I am “Listening for God.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am preaching this weekend in Wisconsin, and the title of my sermon is “Listening for God.” As I reflect back over the last 6-8 months this is spiritual discipline that has been drawing me closer into an intimate relationship with the creator God of the universe. What an wonderful thing. As I began to … <\/p>\n

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