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1 Samuel chapter 3, verse 10, and the Lord came and stood calling as at other times

Samuel Samuel Samuel said speak for your servant hears what a scene Samuel laying down to go to sleep

and God speaks directly audibly to him calling his name.

And Samuel is confused at first.

He thinks someone else is calling his name.

And then with wise instruction, he realizes, this is God speaking to me. And he responds, says, speak for your servant

hears. And as I read this verse, I think about the necessity and beauty and wonder of hearing from God.

And I just want to encourage you.

So we live in a different day than Samuel did in many ways.

I'll just mention two.

One, we have the Bible.

We have 66 books of spirit-inspired God-breathed words to hear from at any time, anywhere.

Samuel didn't have that.

I want to encourage you to hear, to listen to the Word of God on a day-by-day basis

in a Psalm one kind of way to meditate on his word day and night

to listen to God speaking to you. I, what I'm about to say, I do not want to sound cliche or

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