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if you have your Bibles I invite you to
open it up to the book of First Samuel
chapter 3.
I’ll begin reading in verse 8 and the
Lord called Samuel again a third time so
he arose and went to Eli and said here I
am for you did call me then Eli
perceived that the Lord had called the
boy therefore Eli said to Samuel go lie
down and it shall be if he calls you
that you must say everybody say these
words please
Speak Lord for your servant hears
so Samuel went and laid down in his
place now the Lord came
and stood
and called as at other times Samuel
Samuel and Samuel answered
speak for your servant hears then the
Lord said to Samuel behold I will do
something in Israel
at which both ears of everyone who hears
it will tingle
I want to preach to you for a few
moments about how to discern The
Whispers
of God
The Whispers of God how to discern them
how to hear the voice of God because
John 10 is very clear that God still
speaks
maybe not audibly
but he does to our spirit he does
absolutely have a voice John 10 Jesus
said my sheep will know my voice you can
learn to hear God’s voice if he could
speak to somebody
like me
he can speak to you
he can speak to you about your purpose
right now he can speak to you about the
season of life that you’re in he can
speak to you about your future and what
he has for you
a lot of people are counting on you
hearing his voice
a family is waiting on you to hear his
voice
the plan of God is all dependent upon
you hearing his voice we must begin to
ask God for Samuel ears
Speak Lord
somebody needs to pray that sincerely
from your heart
and with an attentive
uncluttered ear Speak Lord
thy servant hear it
Jesus said in Matthew 4 that man shall
not live thy bread alone but by every
word notice this word that proceedeth
from the mouth of God
it simply means that
as you keep praying in the different
times in life that God sends proceeding
it means don’t proceed until you get my
direction in your life
the preceding word is beautifully
how to proceed is what it means it’s a
word that teaches you and shows you how
to proceed how do I move forward how do
I go on I’m telling you I’m begging you
to hear this message today this is not
another normal Sunday
I believe the Lord has every person
listening to me today
ready to speak a new Fresh proceeding
word from God
and he needs you to pray and yearn for
Samuel ears
at this point at this intersection
at this transition
in your life
think about Abraham for just a moment
God told him everybody say God told him
take your son and go up on the mountain
and build an altar and raise the knife
and kill him
sacrifice him to me
and he did what God Said and he goes up
the mountain and the boy lays down and
he ties him down and he raises the knife
watch this this is the preceding word
did God tell him to do it yes but thank
God he had Samuel ears
that he could hear
when God said as he raised the knife
stop
now I know that you’re willing I was
testing you I don’t want you to kill
your son
I just wanted to see if you would obey
me like the heathens sacrifice their
children I wanted to know if you trusted
me with your Generations like you claim
you do
the greatest thing a parent can do is
put a child on the Altar and say they’re
yours you love them more than I love
them
and I’m going to trust you with them
it’s hard
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that moment that’s when the next part of
that verse is so interesting to me God
said I swear I’m sorry I’m sorry but God
sweared one time in the Bible he said I
swear
I will bless you it goes on to say I
will in blessing I will bless you I’ll
bless you exceedingly because you passed
this test and what was the test that you
could hear my voice change your
direction even though you were doing
what I told you to do I had a new word
for this season
New Direction when you have
The Whispers of God God is going to send
New Direction in new orders to people
under the sound of my voice and it will
take you down the path and the plan and
the will of God for your life
I remember
when we were as a church
um we we had
we needed to grow and we were packed and
we couldn’t get any more people in and
and so we began to make plans and you do
what you know to do we prayed about it
and felt okay about it and we hired an
architect and this was many years ago
and we were going to take out that wall
right there and expand out about 2 000
more seats it would have just fanned
around and downstairs it was going to
require all kinds of children’s
facilities and some things that we
needed to do
in the expansion is the 40 million
dollar building project that was to be
right there 40 million and we had the
resources and we had the the the things
that we needed to get it all lined up
and I just felt like
I didn’t when it got down to making it
time to go let’s go start it break the
ground do it I could not get the peace
of God
it it just something wasn’t right
and I just it was very humiliating a
little bit or humbling but would be a
better word because I went to the board
and I went to this church some of you
were here and I apologized
and I said
I know that we’ve told you
but I just don’t feel peace about that
right now can we just shelf it
and the I think the people were a lot
smarter than I was they all started
clapping saying yeah
I’m like wow
but within a few weeks one of our board
members was over in Gwinnett
and there was a building on Interstate
85 21 acres of land with it right on the
interstate
and it had been empty for two years it
was brand new brand new building brand
new roof all of it was closed in but all
it had was sheetrock inside all the
floors were cement and it was just an
unfinished building and it had set
unfinished for two years parking lot
paved everything sitting there brand new
church never been used
and what had happened is two churches
had had joined together and they agreed
that they were going to build a bigger
church and then something happened and
the pastor decided to leave and he went
up north somewhere and left and the
church fell to pieces and the bank
repossessed it
and it had set for two years it was
originally offered with the 21 acres for
16 million and then it went down to 9
million and the bank had it and then
they went down to six million and I’m so
glad for The Whispers of God
and and and God led us he didn’t tell
because I would I would have bought it
at 9 million come on went down to six
million and then one of the board
members and all the board said let’s
just offer them 2.8 million and we got
the whole thing Gwinnett campus for
2.8 million dollars
God thank God for the preceding word
God’s way is not our way and his plan is
not our plan but one whisper Can Touch
generations one whisper can touch
thousands of lives and they’re there and
I ought to hear Gwinnett shouting all
the way in Gainesville cause God knew
you would be there today isn’t that
amazing isn’t that amazing only God Only
God to God be the glory
you see when God speaks and gives you a
whisper it’s about others it’s about
eternity it’s about souls one whisper
from God when he when Elijah was
depressed and he went in a cave and the
and the Bible said God called him out of
the cave and in verse in First Kings 19
the scripture said that an earthquake
came but God was not in the earthquake
and a whirlwind came but God was not in
the Wind and Fire fell but God was not
in the fire
but then
after the fire
a whisper
a steal
small
voice
Elijah
go anoint Elisha
one whisper
affected three generations
one whisper from God has the power one
word maybe you’re in a storm and Simon
Peter in the middle of the storm he
heard one whisper and all the whisper
did was say come
Lord if it’s you bid me to come and he
heard a whisper they all should have
heard it but he was the one who had the
ear and he said come
come and he stepped out of the boat
there’s only two kinds of people both
people and Water Walkers
and you’ll never have the courage to
walk on the water
until you learn how to hear him in the
middle of a storm in the middle of and
don’t listen to the boat people they’ll
talk you out of it only listen to him if
he tells you to get out of that boat get
out of that boat and if you step out
he’s going to make sure that he holds
you up and if you mess up and start to
sing you can take his hand and he says
let’s do together what you can’t do by
yourself and they walk back to the boat
somebody Praise Him in this room right
now that voice is that power for one
word can make you walk on top of the
storm
and here’s what I came to say in closing
now
and that don’t mean run for the exit
that means
that means get your ears ready
because
when I was in Jerusalem a few weeks ago
I was in my hotel room and and I was by
myself on that trip I only just had the
crew from two or three from the church
that filming crew
and I was thinking about this message
The Whisper of God and how that God
whispered to Simon Peter specifically
and I heard the Lord I’m telling you
come strong in my spirit and he said to
tell the people this
and I say it to every one of you and if
you’ve got an ear to hear this will go
off in you and if it doesn’t then that’s
all right
but I wrote these words down and I’ll
hold on to this little piece of paper
because I believe it and I remember
where I was and when it happened and
it’s just so real I preached the other
week about moments that Marcus
and the Lord said tell the people
your greatest Whispers
are not in your past
it’s not too late
[Applause]
your greatest assignments and Direction
and blessings are not in your past
your greatest whispers are in your
future
one of these days
I was with my dad when he passed away
but he heard his greatest whisper on his
Deathbed
one of these days
I’m going to hear that whisper and the
Bible said in Revelation to them to him
that overcomes I will call out his name
one of these days
he’s going to call my name out
and I won’t be afraid of that voice
when it calls me to another world
I’m not afraid to die today
I’m not afraid of what’s beyond life I
know what’s beyond life Heaven my home
Jesus my Savior
the lamb is the light and streets of
gold and walls of Jasper and Gates of
pearl
mansions on the other side of Glory
where we’ll have no sorrow no pain no
sickness no tears no Brokenness no Hurt
No Pain No disease no death
one of these days I’m going to hear that
voice
say Jensen
let’s go
my sheep know my voice you know who I am
take me by the hand
and Lead Me Through The Promised Land
what a day that will be
and I feel like telling somebody in this
under the sound of my voice
I feel a heavy uh
like I feel the Lord just
push that’s how I know sometimes it’s
just like there’s just this push
feel boldness to tell you your greatest
Whispers
are not in your past
raise your hands all over this room
and thank him that the greatest Whispers
concerning your life concerning his plan
concerning his Destiny concerning I
don’t care about the past rip the rear
view mirror down stop living in the past
your greatest whispers are in your
future
just lift those hands like
like like satellite dishes
say oh God
I want a fresh whisper I want new
direction for this season
you said the greatest whispers are in my
future so I’m asking you I’m ready to
break the plow I’m ready I’m ready to do
what you want me to do I’m serious about
it God
I don’t want to waste my life
speak to me about my children some of
you parents need to start getting that
kind of ear concerning Lord give me a
burden for my grandchildren speak to me
and speak through me I need an ear I
need Samuel ears so that I can anoint
them for the purpose for which you had
in mind when you gave them to us
now just stand up on your feet at every
campus and lift your hands high and just
for a moment just for a moment I want
you to raise those hands and I want you
to invite God to give you Samuel ears
right where Dad you need it sir you need
it I know this may not be your bag of
tea as they say or you don’t you know
but but I’m gonna tell you you’re a good
man you’re a good father you love your
family and you need the voice of God in
your life you need you don’t have to be
like me you don’t have to be like
somebody but you need the your wife
needs you your children need you to have
those kinds of ears that every once in a
while you are not only the provider of
that home but you are the priest of that
home and God can speak to you about that
home it’s a powerful thing when God has
your ear so give him your ear
give it to him
oh
to Jesus
Jesus
I Surrender
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ah
we will never trust
me
his
presence did
everybody’s singing now
[Music]
us surrender
[Music]
[Applause]
if you know that the Lord is speaking to
you this morning get out of your seat
and come stand down in this Altar and at
every campus I want you to do it
raise your hands one more time all over
this room
and pray this prayer say Lord Jesus
I need you
and I have come today
and I want those ears
those Samuel ears
that can hear your voice again
I want your voice louder than any other
person’s voice
I want you to guide me
I want you to free me I want you to wash
me I want you to cleanse me I want you
to unclutter my ears
and let me be sensitive again
I received by grace
I receive by the blood of Jesus Christ
a washing
a cleansing of freeing
from the old nature from the old life
from the old ways
my greatest Whispers
are in my future
and you have new Whispers new directions
new guidance
in my life I open up I say yes Lord to
your will
and to your way in Jesus name
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