OUR DAILY BREAD             Wed., June 21, 1995   
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READ:  1 Samuel 3:1-10   
  
        
                ARE YOU LISTENING?
                  
         "Speak, for Your servant hears."

                      -- 1 Samuel 3:10  

One of the happiest memories of my childhood is
that of my mother reading Bible stories to me at
bedtime.  Many of them made a great impression
on me, expecially the incident in the life of
Samuel described in 1 Samuel 3.  I can still 
hear my mother reciting the young boy's response
to the call of God:  "Speak, for Your servant
hears" (v. 10).

We need to be like Samuel, willing to pause in the
midst of life's turmoil to hear the voice of the
Lord.  And we have this opportunity if we prayer-
fully read and study the Bible regularly.  You see,
God's Spirit communicates to us through the Word.

Thomas a' Kempis (1379-1471) summed it up well when
he wrote:  "Blessed indeed are those ears which 
listen not for the voice sounding without, but for
the truth teaching inwardly.  Blessed are the eyes
that shut to outward things but intent on things
inward.  Blessed are they who are glad to have time
to spare for God, and who shake off all worldly
hindrances.  Consider these things, O my soul, and
hear what the Lord your God speaks."

How long has it been since you've asked the Lord to
make your heart receptive to His Word?  He wants
to hear you say, "Speak, Lord, I'm listening."

                        -- Richard W. De Haan

        Speak, Lord, in the stillness,
            While I wait on Thee;
          Hushed my heart to listen
               In expectancy.

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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY            
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             God speaks to those    
           who take time to listen. 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Psalms 82-84

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