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Week 3: Listening to the Father
Listen to Who He is,not just What He says
Week 3, Day 2
Be still and know that He is God.
Cease striving.
Stop fighting.
Psalm 46:10 expresses each of these sentiments. God is in control. And if we will be still, cease striving, and stop fighting, we will know and remember that He is God.
However, my spirit is often far from still. I feel anxious. Questioning. Doubtful. Focused on listening to the Father’s voice, I have been disturbed by some of what I hear. Have I been so focused on my own thoughts and driven by my own desires—an interpretation of what I think God’s will is for my life—that I have ceased listening? Henri Nouwen said, “How sad it is that thinking often makes prayers cease.” And prayer is listening as much or more than it is speaking.
So I will be still. I will cease striving. I will stop fighting the war within me.
And I will KNOW that He is God.
Week 3: Listening to the Father
Listening through the Word
Week 3, Day 1
This week, we will be listening to God, the Father. Can we listen to the Father without going to His Word?
As we listen to and for the voice of God, let us remember the following truths:
Isaiah 40:8 (NIV)
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.
2 Peter 1:20-21 (NIV)
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
