God is a listener!
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ – Jeremiah 33:3
At Llandudno Youth for Christ, we are currently working through a teaching series at our Sunday evening Bible study ‘Redefine‘; titled “God is…”
In this series, we are focussing on certain aspects of the nature and character of God; and how God call us to walk in His ways; and demonstrate more of His nature and character to those around us.
Last Sunday night, we looked at “God is a fighter“; how God fights for us; how He champions us and fights battles for us that we do not have the strength to win. The main passage we looked at was..“Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” – Exodus 14:13-14. Here we see that God is going to do all of the fighting for the Israelites; all they had to do was be still and see God’s deliverance. Psalm 46 God says to us “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”(In fact the whole of Psalm 46 is a song of praise to God for His greatness, and well worth reading)
One of the best ways for us to ‘Be still and know..‘ is in prayer. In taking time to speak with God; to pour out our hearts to Him about what we are going through. To share with Him our hopes, dreams & struggles. To talk openly and honestly with this amazing all-powerful god, who knows us intimately and loves us unconditionally.
Prayer is us, stopping all that we are doing. Sometimes getting off the merry-go-round of life and all its busyness and making time to spend with our ‘Abba’ Father. He loves to hear us and listen to us. He is never to busy for us, or asleep, or unavailable. “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.” – 1 John 5:14-15 God enjoys listening to His children.
He also loves speaking to us. Giving us words of encouragement, love, rebuke, correction & peace. His is our number 1 ‘go-to’. He is our harbour in the storm. He is our all in all.
This coming Sunday night with the young people at Redefine, we will be looking at how God is a listener; and then putting that into practice by spending time with Him in prayer.
We will also be holding our monthly prayer meeting for all of the work we do a Llandudno Youth for Christ. This, just like our Redefine Bible study, will be held at Ty Llywelyn Community Centre, Ffordd yr Orsedd, Llandudno, LL30 1LA. We will be meeting at 7pm for an hour to spend time with God talking with Him about all of our needs as a ministry that wants to see the lives of young people changed by the good news of Jesus.
We would love it if you could come along and join us in prayer to the God who listens. The God who hears. The God who responds to our whispers of faith.
We hope to see you here: Sunday 22nd January, 7pm at Ty Llywelyn Community Centre.
Be still and know….
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