Hearing Vs. Listening

1 SAMUEL 3:2-10 msg

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LISTENING AND HEARING IS 

– HEARING IS ALWAYS OCCURING 

AND LISTENING IS ACTUALLY ACTION TAKEN BY THE LISTENER! 

THE PARABLE OF THE SCATTERED SEED / FARMER PLANTING THE WORD - MARK 4 

THE WAY YOU HEAR THE WORD, IS THE WAY YOU MEASURE AND RESPOND TO THE WORD

IS THE MEASURE THAT THE WORD WORKS IN YOUR LIFE! 

MATTHEW 10:27NIV 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.

YOU GO WHERE YOU’RE SENT 

YOU STAY WHERE YOU’RE PUT

YOU GIVE WHAT YOU’VE GOT UNTIL YOU’RE DONE 

PSALM 37:7 BE STILL BEFORE THE LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM 

PROVERBS 18:13MSG – ANSWERING BEFORE LISTENING IS BOTH STUPID AND RUDE

JOHN 10:27 MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE. I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME

JOB 33:14-15 FOR GOD SPEAKS IN ONE WAY, AND IN TWO, THOUGH PEOPLE DO NOT PERCEIVE IT. IN A DREAM, IN A VISION OF THE NIGHTS, WHEN DEEP SLEEP FALLS ON MEN

FIRST – FOR SOMEONE TO SPEAK WITH YOU – YOU MUST BE IN A RELATIONSHIP 

SECONDLY – YOU MUST HAVE A SERVANT TYPE ATTITUDE. KNOW YOUR PLACE BEFORE GOD 

THIRDLY – HAVE AN OPEN EAR TO HEAR WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO YOU AND REALLY LISTEN TO HIM 

LASTLY – ACT ON WHAT YOU HEAR FROM GOD