Tell us how you have heard from God

We believe that God still speaks to His people today. God is relational and wants to communicate with us through His word, through our experiences, through His whispers and through each other.

We would love to hear how God has spoken to you.  What was the whisper? How did you respond? How did your walk with Christ grow because of that whisper?

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Everyday Promptings

Getting a whisper from God is an intense experience.  If you are like me, you wrestle with the whisper.  What does it mean?  How am I to respond?  What are the implications of the all powerful God speaking to me?  It takes guts to hear from God and it takes even more guts to respond.  When we respond, our hearts are opened and transformed by the power of Christ.

Remember the five-part filter of knowing a whisper is from God:

Is this whisper really from you, God?

Is this whisper scriptural?

Is this whisper wise?

Is it in tune with my wiring or character?

What do the people I trust think about it?

The real question is, do you want to hear from God?  Are you putting yourself in a position to hear from God….scripture, quiet, intentional relationship? 

I love the poem we shared last week:

Oh! Give me Samuel’s ear, an open ear, O Lord, alive and quick to hear

Each whisper of Thy word; like him to answer to Thy call and to obey Thee first of all.

Next Sunday we are going to look at Paul’s conversion in Act 9:1-19.  In that conversion experience, we see a few ways that God spoke.  What kind of whispers does God prompt us with in everyday life?  Come Sunday alive and quick to hear each whisper of Thy word.

Check out the link http://doesgodwhisper.com/

See you Sunday,

Alex

Does God still speak?

Does God still speak today? If so, how does He speak? How do we discern His voice amid all the other voices?  If the God of the universe speaks to people like you and me, would you do everything in your power to hear what He has to say?  Would you do what ever it takes to respond to what He was saying to you?  I think the majority of us would say yes.  I think the majority would say they want to hear from God.   The next four weeks we are going to teach on hearing God and having the guts to respond.  We believe that God does speak to His people today.  Come and tune your ear toward heaven.  Hear what is on God’s heart and catch a vision for building His Kingdom. In preparation for Sunday, read 1 Samuel chapter 3. 

P.S.

• Grow Group electives start up this Sunday at 9:15am

o   What about the Bible – taught by Dave Phillips and Paul Cochran in room 107 SW corner

o   Gifted- a course on spiritual gifts, passions and strengths – taught by Dr. Pat in the counseling center conference room

o   Real life/real faith – Scott will start a new round in the old toddler nursery.

•      Don’t forget about the all-church picnic Sunday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm
•     Youth group will be at the park starting at 6:30pm with two great games – battleship and seek and destroy. 

See you Sunday,

Alex

Fruit

Bonnie challenged us last week to do something radical for the mission of Christ.  I trust you felt her passion and are inspired to be radical yourself…..the kingdom of God is worth pouring our time, talent and treasure into. 

I go back to the picture of my son on the motorcycle ride…. wide open for God.  This last week I took my kids on a jet ski and they were not so excited to go wide open.  They were very scared and overwhelmed.  We are all at different stages in our journey.  What might look radical to one may be very comfortable to another.  The point is that you are taking your next step in growth toward following Jesus.  You may be going from a to b or m to n.  Please don’t feel like we are asking you to step from a to z overnight.  Each one of us needs a goal, but it takes a lot of encouragement and challenge over a period of time.  Remember, the formula is grace and truth plus time.

This week we are going to hear from Eric Dale.  Eric has been stepping out in faith to pursue the radical mission that Jesus gave us in Matthew 28.  Eric is the clerk of our missions committee and just recently went to Kenya, Uganda and Nepal to see what God has for the future of Wabash Friends Church missions program.  What kind of world impact will we make for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?  Eric has a fire in his core about pursuing the lost in the darkest areas of the world.

In preparation for Sunday read Isaiah 49:6, Acts 1:8 and Genesis 12:3.

See you Sunday,

Alex