THE STILL SMALL VOICE (2 OF 3)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: I Kings 19:1-8, I Kings 19
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The Still Small Voice (2 of 3)
Series: Hearing God
Jeff Strite
I Kings 19:1-8
Ever since there's been a Post Office, it seems that children have written letters to God. Here are just a few of them:
- A little girl named Jane wrote: ''In Sunday school they told us what you do. Who does it when you are on vacation?
- Another girl: ''Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.''
- Nan observed: ''I bet it is very hard for you to love everybody in the whole world. There are only four people in our family and I can never do it.''
- Norma asked ''Did you mean for giraffes to look like that or was it an accident?''
- Mickey said: Dear God, if you watch in church on Sunday, I will show you my new shoes.''
- Another child: ''I read that Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday School they said you did it. I bet he stole your idea.'' Sincerely, Donna
- Larry wrote: ''Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother.''
- And my favorite: ''Dear God, I think about you sometimes even when I'm not praying''
When children write letters like that, they reveal what we call a ''child-like'' faith. They may not understand the things - about life - that goes on around them, but they never doubt that God is there and that He cares for them.
But as we get older ... things change. Life can disappoint us, dreams get damaged. We experience pain and loss and rejection. And People... hurt us. When things like that happen, we tend to lose the innocence and trust we had as children.
That's why Peter wrote to adult Christians: ''Cast all your anxieties upon Him because He cares for you.'' I Peter 5:7
You see, as Christians we need to focus on the faith we had as children because - God hasn't changed. He's still the same God we knew as children, and He still cares for us.
Today we're introduced to a man who was one of great men of faith in Bible:
He perfor ...
Series: Hearing God
Jeff Strite
I Kings 19:1-8
Ever since there's been a Post Office, it seems that children have written letters to God. Here are just a few of them:
- A little girl named Jane wrote: ''In Sunday school they told us what you do. Who does it when you are on vacation?
- Another girl: ''Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.''
- Nan observed: ''I bet it is very hard for you to love everybody in the whole world. There are only four people in our family and I can never do it.''
- Norma asked ''Did you mean for giraffes to look like that or was it an accident?''
- Mickey said: Dear God, if you watch in church on Sunday, I will show you my new shoes.''
- Another child: ''I read that Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday School they said you did it. I bet he stole your idea.'' Sincerely, Donna
- Larry wrote: ''Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother.''
- And my favorite: ''Dear God, I think about you sometimes even when I'm not praying''
When children write letters like that, they reveal what we call a ''child-like'' faith. They may not understand the things - about life - that goes on around them, but they never doubt that God is there and that He cares for them.
But as we get older ... things change. Life can disappoint us, dreams get damaged. We experience pain and loss and rejection. And People... hurt us. When things like that happen, we tend to lose the innocence and trust we had as children.
That's why Peter wrote to adult Christians: ''Cast all your anxieties upon Him because He cares for you.'' I Peter 5:7
You see, as Christians we need to focus on the faith we had as children because - God hasn't changed. He's still the same God we knew as children, and He still cares for us.
Today we're introduced to a man who was one of great men of faith in Bible:
He perfor ...
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