Wanted: Week 6 - The HUGE Difference Between A Religion And A Relationship
Samuel
How God started then… and now:
1 Samuel 3
God’s epic plan of SALVATION does not depend on the state of a CULTURE or NATION.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-3, Romans 5:8-11, 8:5-17, John 15:1-5, 15:26-16:1, 16:7-11
Mary & Martha: Luke 10:38-42, The prodigal son: Luke 15:11-32
God will SPEAK to those who are willing to LISTEN.
God will only speak to those who MATTER, and I MATTER.
What Eli could teach but couldn’t do:
Be AVAILABLE.
Don’t be PRESUMPTUOUS.
Be willing to RESPOND.
Be a humble SERVANT.
Not listening to little PROMPTS creates big PROBLEMS.
There is a huge difference between doing SPIRITUAL things and being with the SPIRIT.