Fasting Day 5 – 1/16/2009

Adult / Teen Journal

January 16, 2009

Day 5. Hearing the voice of God

    John 10:27-28

27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

Ready for a Baaaad joke – Why did the Mommy lamb spank her son? Because he was a baaaaaaaad boy! Can’t say I didn’t warn you. Hearing the voice of God seems to be one of the greatest challenges in the church world today. But it really is not that difficult. Think about kids for a moment. If they are just “hanging out” there can be a million of them in the front room all talking at once and they can all hear just fine, but let a kid and parent be the only ones in the house and the request to take out the trash cannot be heard, (really Mom, I didn’t hear you say . . .). The key is that they want to hear what their friends say and they despise the trash! Herein lays the key in hearing the voice of our Shepherd, paying attention and wanting to listen. It is ironic how much better we hear when we put ourselves in a listening position and focus our attention on His voice. The voice of our True Shepherd is not something He wants to hide from us. He wants to lead us into the best, but we must be in a spiritual state to listen and our focus must be on what He says, not what we want Him to say to us. Try to listen today – there is life there.

Children’s Journal

January 16, 2009

Day 5. God Tells Noah to Build an Ark

God will always provide for you when He tells you what to do. God will never leave you all alone. He will always help you to do what He tells you to do.

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