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Scripture: I Samuel.3;

INTRO: THE DAYS OF ELI WERE A DARK PERIOD IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY. THERE WAS NO STABtE GOVERNMENT. ANARCHY SWEPT THE LAND AND MEN DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES. IDOLATRY HAD LARGELY REPLACED THE WORSHIP OF GOD. RELIGIOUS AND SOME WERE EVEN CORRUPT. THE REMAINED BUT WORSHIP HAD BECOME MEANINGLESS AND HOLLOW.

GOD STILL LOVED HIS AND LONGED TO SPEAK TO THEM. BUT HOW COULD HE DO IT? MEN HAD GROWN COLD AND IT SEEMED AS IF THERE WERE ONLY ONE IN ISRAEL WHO WOULI LISTEN AND SO GOD SPEAKS TO HIM.

GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE . IN A TIME WHEN MEN NEED MORE THAN EVER BEFORE TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD THERE ARE SO FEW WHO WILL RE ALLY IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WILLING TO LIST.lffl", CAN ASSURE YOU THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING SAY. "BUT HOW -- flt,w 'GOD TO US ?"

God Speaks:

I. THROUGH A GUILTY CONSCIENCE --Prov. 28:1 "The wicked flee when no man pur:-sueth. 11

-- John 8:9 "And they which heard it, eing convicted by thei. own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at eldest, even unto the last •. . 11

--ILLUS: Prod. Son; not designed to destroy but to redeem. -

- -ILL US: For 1 Americans have been sending morfe~>,ro -C-~1s. Treasury Departlreilt in Washington. The fund now totals approximately million dollars.

The first -- s ix dollars -- came in 1811 from a taxpayer who s aid he was "s uffering the most painful

of conscience . " Another explained, "About twenty­five years ago I didn't pay enough t axes. 11 He enclosed

$50. Methoa ist p_astor sent $200 for an old soldier who had stolen a mule from the go'vernment while serving in Army.

II. THROUGH A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY -15:1 "We then that are ought

to bear the infirmities of the weak." · John 3: 16 "We ought to lay down our lives for the

brethern . 11

--I John "If God so loved us, we also to love one another. 11

--ILLUS: S . S . teacher visit ; personal witness; being responsible toward your church job; time; a Christian

III. THROUGH A COMPASSIONATE HEART - -Prov. 25 :21 "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to

eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. 11

- -Zach. 7:9 r.cy and every man to brother. "

--ILLUS: The Samaritan -- didn 't need God to s peak out of a cloud. The fact the beaten Jew had a need

and he had the capacity for compassion constituted a call to service.

- -ILLUS: Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, . onc:e wrote an editorial about a kind of sickness which

plagues the American tourist in the Orient . Mr . Cousins called this illness, "compassion fatigue "

or "conscience sickness . 11

touring visitor is at first o ed by seeing poverty and hunger first hand. His

conscience aches at the of so many millions who live without . .•

But tourist becomes to the sad:!,,, thi1 faces and crippled bodies . He as sures himself there nothing he can do about it. nen he goes on hi s way, seeing the sights and enjoying his travel vacatio

- - ILLUS : A Baptist Medical Missionary recently wrote home, "We know that one drop of water cannot quench the thirst of everyone in a desert, but it can prove there is such a thing as water. All the world's medical needs c an never b

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thing as compassion. And Christlike compassion wins men to fait h in Him . " (Hef. , p . 252 .) 11

I •• . I IV. THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR OF SERVICE

over into Macedonia and help us. 11

--ILLUS: Car after car swerved around the pickup truck blocking one lane of a busy two-lane highway near Eureka, California. ome of the drivers must have noticed a man slumped behind the steering wheel of the truck . Bu nobody stopped until 2 :30 p. m. By then the t .n:rck d · er, forty-year-old Kenneth E. Frank , had died from a heart attack.

the truck had been blocking the l ane of traffic. Had someone bothered to stop earlier a life might have been saved.

--NOTE: Your door 11 may not be the victim of a heart attack in a truck, it may well be a place of service our Bus Ministry; V. B. S.; Crusade organization; a class that needs a teacher or a department that a homes to be visited. yw~ .

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--Isa. 8 :11 "For the Lord spake thus to me with a hand, arid instructed me that I should not walk in t he

of this people." --ILL US: John Wesley in storm at sea. 1-11f /~v1 4 ,1.,

US: Sorrow . . . ; . Temptation . Defeat . . .. "P.'l:' $~'/"'f- ~ a'e-..,:r, ~ I we

Through LIFE'S BLESSINGS --Ps. speaks of God as one "Who crowneth thee with

loving kindness and tender mercies. " - -ILLUS: Rich fool. (God had much rather speak thru blessin

than adversitie s . . . --NOTE: Good job; health; friends; Christian family;

positton; influence.

VII • THROUGH THE CHALLENGE OF BIG - -The pessimistic report of the survey committee and then:

13 :30 "And Caleb stilled the people before Moses',, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. 11

· - -40 years passed by -- Caleb now an old man BUT: --Joshua 14 :10-14a (READ) By --ILLUS: 'lding; Crusade -- reach everyone in San Angelo

with ,pel; phone everyone in directory; visit every l ost people that attend Crusade over the

6 day 250 per night July 29-August 2. L. t,

1lll[_THROUGH HIS WRITTEN WORD - -NOTE: This i s the most reliable way God speak s

I :1 "God ... spake in time past unto the fathers the . 11

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--"Study to thyself. approved ... II

into the highways and hedges and compell. 11

- - "Men o ught always to and not to faint." ,J --"The tithe is holy unto the Lord."

so loved the world ... 11 (Ev . appeal.) God is saying something to you right now. Listen ! He may be speaking thru ... but he is speaking. Doubtles i for many of you God is calling you to make an open and

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God Speaks:

I. THROUGH A GUILTY --Proverbs 28:1 "The wicked flee when no man

' --John 8:9_ "And they which heard it, being convicted by their own .. . "

II. THROUGH A SENSE OF .. --Romans 15:1 "We then that are strong to bear the

infirmities of the weak." --I John 3: 16 "We to lay down our lives for the

brethren."

--!John 4:11 "If God so loved us, we b+ also to love one another."

III. THROUGHACOMPASSIONATE --Proverbs 25:21 --Zach. 7:9 "Show and man to

his brother."

The good is an example of this.

Norman Cousins points out that American tourists in the Orient and other needy areas often experience "compassion fatigue."

One drop of water cannot quench the thirst of everyone in a desert, but it can prove there is such a thing as

IV. THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR OF --Acts 16:19 "Come over into Macedonia and ."

Your "open door" may be A

V. THROUGH LIFE'S --I Kings 19:11

Some of these may be _____________ _

VI. THROUGH LIFE'S --Psalm 103:4

VII. THROUGH THE CHALLENGE OF BIG --Numbers 13:30 & Joshua 14:10-14a

VIII. THROUGH HIS D This is the most reliable way God speaks to us.

--Hebrews 1:1 "God spoke in time past unto the fathers by the pro phets ."

A Truth: God is saying something to you right now. Listen!

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WAYS GOD SPEAKS TO US

]Samuel 3:8-10

God Speaks:

I. THROUGH A GUILTY ----------Proverbs 28: 1 "The wicked flee when no man ------John 8:9 "And they which heard it, being convicted by their own " ------

II. THROUGH A SENSE OF ------------Romans 15: 1 "We then that are strong ______ to bear the infirmities of the weak." -I John 3:16 "We ________ to lay down our lives for the brethren."

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-I John 4:11 "If God so loved us, we _______ also to love one another."

Ill. THROUGH A COMPASSIONATE -------

-Proverbs 25:21 -Zach. 7:9 "Show and ------ --------every man to his brother."

Thegood ______________ 1san example of this.

Norman Cousins points out that American tourists in the Orient other needy areas often experience "compassion fatigue."

~ One drop of water cannot quench the thirst of everyone in a iesert, but it can prove there is such a thing as ______ _

[V. THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR OF ---------Acts 16:19 "Come over into Macedonia and ----

Your "open door" may be _

V. THROUGH LIFE'S --------------1 Kings 19:11

> Some of these may

THROUGH LIFE'S --------------Psalm 103:4

THROUGH THE CHALLENGE OF BIG

-Numbers 13:30 & Joshua 14:10-14a

VIII. THROUGH HIS --------This is the most reliable way God speaks to us.

-Hebrews 1:1 "God spoke in time past unto the fathers by the "

4 Truth: God is saying something to you right now. Listen!