• Created for intimacy with God.

• Trust brings intimacy.• Grace as the basis of our

relationship with God.

Review

There are times in our lives that we want God to fix something or do something.

What if from God’s perspective ‘that thing’ doesn’t need fixing? It needs listening.

If we listen more to God there will be less fixing.

Talking and Listening

Communication

That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door. And Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.

Mark 1:32-34 NIV

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up…

Mark 1:35 NIV

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 1:35 NIV

Simon and his companions went to look for him and they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”

Mark 1:36-37 NIV

Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

Mark 6:45 NIV

After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

Mark 6:46 NIV

Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sickness.

Luke 5:15 NIV

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

Luke 5:16 NIV

What was Jesus’ top one priority in his life?

A.Teaching the people.B.Healing and casting out

demons.C.Solo time with the Father

Why is Listening to God important?

1. Listening keeps your relationship with God relational.

2. Listening brings a higher sense of accountability to God.

IF YOU WON’T LISTEN…

• You won’t grow spiritually.• You will treat God like a

genie.• You will magnify the

weaknesses of others and overlook your own.

In order to have intimacy,listening to God should be your priority.

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