by Senior Pastor Denis Beausejour

Series: Imagine

Outlines are in your Imagine Journal.  Get your copy from someone at the Information Desk in the Parish Center lobby, or download a copy here. 

Message 3: Listening For Instructions

I Samuel 3:1–6: 1In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not manyvisions. 2One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” 5And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. 6Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” {NIV}

How do you hear God?
1. In _____________________________________________.

I Samuel 3:7: Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord. The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. {NIV}

I Samuel 3:8–10: The Lord called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for you servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” {NIV}

2. In _____________________________________________.

I Samuel 3:17–18: “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.” 18So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord, let him do what is good in his eyes.” {NIV}

3. In ______________________  _____________________.

I Samuel 24:24: “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God offerings that cost me nothing.” {NIV}

4. In ______________________  _____________________.