Who is Calling

LISTENING CAN BE HARD WORK

1 Samuel 3:1 NIV

The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.

Listen Up

1 Samuel 1:4 NIV

Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 3:4 NIV

Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 1:

The Voice of God Comes Through the Word

Joshua 23:6 NIV

“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

Psalm 119:130 NIV

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

Ps 119:130

Hebrews 4:12 NIV

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:16–17 NIV

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Tim 3:16-17

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Amos 8:11 NIV

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.

Amos

MidSomer Murders

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The story opens with everyone looking for this powerful magic book.

Lendge claimed people had died to preserve it. It was said, this book could turn the world upside down.

In the story three people loss their lives over this book.

What is revealed is this powerful book, that people who die to persue was pages of Tyndale’s first printed New Testament. This book can turn the world upside down.

Don’t Confuse the voice of God with the voice of man.

1 Samuel 3:8 NIV

A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.

10,000 Sermon Illustrations The Naval Officer

The Naval Officer

“Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee” (Job 12:8).

Matthew Maury served as a U.S. naval officer before suffering an injury which forced his retirement. He was then placed in charge of the Depot of Charts and Instruments of the Hydrographic Office of the Navy from 1841 to 1861. He was a Christian who loved the Word of God. One day, reading Psalm 8, he was struck by an important truth in the 8th verse. There he read that God had given man dominion over “the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.” He immediately saw the great practical significance of that verse, recognizing that there must be currents of waster in the oceans, just like vast rivers, as well as in the atmosphere (Ecclesiastes 1:6).

Maury, with confidence in the accuracy of the Bible, determined to discover the paths in the seas and the wind circuits, utilizing the charts and log books he had at his disposal. He did discover and plot many of the wind circuits and currents, such as the great Gulf Current, 40 miles wide and 2,000 feet deep that comes out of the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic; the Japanese Current, the California Current, and others. Utilizing this information, the sailing ships of his day plied these currents and wind circuits, reducing by as much as three weeks, the time required to cross some oceans.

On a monument erected by the state of Virginia to his memory is found a plaque that reads as follows: “Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas, the genius who first snatched from the oceans and atmosphere the secret of their laws. His inspiration, Holy Writ, Psalm 8:8, Ecclesiastes 1:6.” A genius? No. Just a simple Bible-believing Christian who trusted the inerrancy of the Word of God. - DTG.

Our Daily Bread, September 14, 1987.

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Invite God to speak into Your Life.

Invite God to speak.

1 Samuel 3:10 NIV

The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

Genesis 22:11 NIV

But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Isaiah 6:8 NIV

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

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Proverbs 8:17 NIV

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Proverbs 8:

Who is Calling You Today?

What is He Asking You to Do?

Here I am, SEND ME