CHILDLIKE LISTENING (2 OF 4)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-21
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Title: Childlike Listening (2 of 4)
Series: The Faith of a Child
Author: Dave Gustavsen
Text: 1 Samuel 3
We're spending the first six weeks of this fall to focus on children in the Bible. Jesus said, "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." So Jesus is inviting us to be childlike. Not childish; childlike. We said last week that that starts with humbling ourselves and receiving God's gift of eternal life through simple faith. That's how we enter the kingdom of heaven. But that's just the beginning-because in order to keep growing spiritually, we need to take on certain childlike qualities. So for the next few weeks, we're going to look at some examples of children and youth in the Bible who display those qualities. So let's humble ourselves and learn from the children.
Today, we're going to talk about Childlike Listening. I'm not suggesting that children listen well all the time. But sometimes they do. I can remember times when my kids were young, and I casually told them I would do something for them: "Yeah-we'll probably go to Disney World next year." And then it was next year-months and months after I had so flippantly uttered those words, and long forgotten that I spoke them. And one of my kids would say, "So dad-have you made the plane reservations for Florida yet?" Apparently they listen quite well when they want to. I also learned when my kids were little that when I spoke, my words carried unquestioned authority. So when I told them facts about science or history or the Bible or anything else, they believed it because dad said it. It was nice while it lasted.
But you see my point. Kids have the capacity to listen extremely well when they want to. And today we're going to look at the story of a child who was an incredibly good listener-specifically, he listened to the voice of God. And because of that, he grew up to become a powerful spiritual leader in Israel. It all traced back to his lis ...
Series: The Faith of a Child
Author: Dave Gustavsen
Text: 1 Samuel 3
We're spending the first six weeks of this fall to focus on children in the Bible. Jesus said, "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." So Jesus is inviting us to be childlike. Not childish; childlike. We said last week that that starts with humbling ourselves and receiving God's gift of eternal life through simple faith. That's how we enter the kingdom of heaven. But that's just the beginning-because in order to keep growing spiritually, we need to take on certain childlike qualities. So for the next few weeks, we're going to look at some examples of children and youth in the Bible who display those qualities. So let's humble ourselves and learn from the children.
Today, we're going to talk about Childlike Listening. I'm not suggesting that children listen well all the time. But sometimes they do. I can remember times when my kids were young, and I casually told them I would do something for them: "Yeah-we'll probably go to Disney World next year." And then it was next year-months and months after I had so flippantly uttered those words, and long forgotten that I spoke them. And one of my kids would say, "So dad-have you made the plane reservations for Florida yet?" Apparently they listen quite well when they want to. I also learned when my kids were little that when I spoke, my words carried unquestioned authority. So when I told them facts about science or history or the Bible or anything else, they believed it because dad said it. It was nice while it lasted.
But you see my point. Kids have the capacity to listen extremely well when they want to. And today we're going to look at the story of a child who was an incredibly good listener-specifically, he listened to the voice of God. And because of that, he grew up to become a powerful spiritual leader in Israel. It all traced back to his lis ...
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