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What our Series "Antennas" is all About

God is speaking, but if we don’t have our antennas set to hear, we will miss it.  This series helps us all to know how to hear what God is saying to us.

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We all want to hear from God – to experience His presence and feel His direction – but sometimes things seem unclear.  Jesus says that there is a reason for that.  In Matthew 5:8, Jesus said “God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God” (NLT)  When we are pure in heart we can see God, but when sin clouds our vision everything becomes blurry.  It’s through repentance of sin, with the help of people around us like our families and our small group, that we can live our lives in such a way that we are truly ready to hear what God is saying to us.

At Home Suggestions

Talk to your teens about what repentance means to you.  Tell them about a time when you couldn’t hear God because your lifestyle drowned out His voice.  How did things get back on track for you?

Read Ephesians 4:1 Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. (NLT)

Ask: What does Paul beg his readers to do?  Why does He do that?  What does he say that indicates that he himself has done this?  If Christianity were a crime today, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

Explain that Paul asks us to live a life worthy of our calling, because we’ve been called by God.  This means that our lifestyle should reflect the call that God has placed on our lives when He saved us from our sin and brought us into a relationship with Him.  Paul writes this as someone who is in prison for his beliefs about Christ, so he proves that he has lived in such a way that everyone knows he is a follower of Jesus.

Pray that your family would be different because of your relationship with God.