HEAR it on Sunday. USE it on Monday.

On Sunday Pastor Michael talked about the messages we hear every day - thousands of messages telling us we need something more, something better, or something faster. Wow! Its easy to see how quickly the voice of God can get get drowned out by all the other voices. If you didn't get to hear Pastor Michael's sermon "Filtering the Sea of Spam - listen here.

We hear some amazing words about God's voice in the Gospel of John. John 10:1-18

Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it, he writes:

'I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he recalled in his book Stress Fractures. 'Before long, things around our home started reflecting the pattern of my hurry-up style. It was becoming unbearable.

'I distinctly remember after supper one evening, the words of our younger daughter, Colleen. She wanted to tell me something important that had happened to her at school that day. She began hurriedly, 'Daddy, I wanna tell you somethin' and I'll tell you really fast.'

'Suddenly realizing her frustration, I answered, 'Honey, you can tell me,and you don't have to tell me really fast. Say it slowly."

'I'll never forget her answer: 'Then listen slowly.'"

From: Bits & Pieces, June 24, 1993, pp. 13-14

Take some time to day to "listen slowly" for the voice of God. This means slowing down, taking some intentional time out, and going to God in prayers of confession, thanksgiving, and praise. When was the last time you heard the voice of God?

**This is a new weekly feature. You will find it each Monday Morning on our blog. Each week you can come here to find tools and resources to help you incorporate the things you hear in worship on Sunday to your daily walk of faith during the rest of the week. You will find a variety of scripture readings, questions, illustrations, prayers, and stories; they all connect to the themes from Sunday's worship. Hear it, Use it, GROW!