To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; Aquamarine; ...

Some thoughts with TWO DAYS TO GO

2 posted on 11/20/2006 11:34:50 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

3 posted on 11/21/2006 1:21:15 AM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...

November 21, 2006

Hearing Aid

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READ: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

It shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears.” —1 Samuel 3:9 Joshua, a precocious 2-year-old, watched his mother baking cookies. “Please, may I have one?” he asked hopefully. “Not before supper,” his mother replied. Joshua ran tearfully to his room, then reappeared with this message: “Jesus just told me it’s okay to have a cookie now.” “Jesus didn’t tell me,” his mother retorted. Joshua replied, “You must not have been listening!”

Joshua’s motivation was wrong, but he was absolutely right about two things: God longs to speak to us, and we need to listen.

In 1 Samuel 3, another young boy learned those same ageless principles. When Samuel followed Eli’s counsel and prayed, “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears,” he was open to receiving God’s powerful message (v.9). Like Samuel, we long to hear God speaking to us but often fail to discern His voice.

God spoke audibly to Samuel. Today He speaks to us by His Spirit through the Scriptures, other people, and our circumstances. But as a result of neglect and nonstop activity, some of us have become “hard of hearing.” We need a “spiritual hearing aid” like the one in Samuel’s prayer: “Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears” (v.9). This humble attitude is a real help for the spiritually hard of hearing. —Joanie Yoder

Adjusting Your Hearing Aid
Set a specific time to read God’s Word each day.
Meditate on what you have read.
Make prayer a priority throughout the day.

God speaks through His Word—take time to listen.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 16-17; James 3

4 posted on 11/21/2006 4:26:26 AM PST by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)

To: DollyCali; Mama_Bear

We are leaving for Massachusetts tomorrow morning to celebrate my Grams 100th birthday on Thanksgiving.

5 posted on 11/21/2006 4:28:06 AM PST by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)

To: DollyCali; The Mayor; no more apples; Billie; MamaB; Mama_Bear; All

12 posted on 11/21/2006 6:55:42 AM PST by Anne of DC (W-----Still my President!)

To: DollyCali; The Mayor; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Billie; Allegra; lonestar; ...

Good Morning To My Finest Friends

*Wishing You A Wonderful, Thankful Holiday*

13 posted on 11/21/2006 7:27:27 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)

Mornin Dolly! Nice graphic, puts a smile on my face!

14 posted on 11/21/2006 7:40:51 AM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18)

To: DollyCali; Billie; dutchess; fatima; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; La Enchiladita; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; ...

Happy Thanksgiving to the Finest! Went to the farm yesterday and picked up a freshly killed 28 lb. turkey for Thursday. Now I just have to cook it!

15 posted on 11/21/2006 7:54:43 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)

Beautiful thread, Dolly!!! Thank you for the "reminders" and thank you for YOU.

31 posted on 11/21/2006 12:45:49 PM PST by La Enchiladita (I will chill out when I'm dead . . .)

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