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For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  <\/em>Ephesians 2:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, \u201cHere I am.\u201d 5 And he ran to Eli and said, \u201cHere I am; you called me.\u201d But Eli said, \u201cI did not call; go back and lie down.\u201d So he went and lay down. 6 Again the Lord called, \u201cSamuel!\u201d And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, \u201cHere I am; you called me.\u201d \u201cMy son,\u201d Eli said, \u201cI did not call; go back and lie down.\u201d 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8 A third time the Lord called, \u201cSamuel!\u201d And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, \u201cHere I am; you called me.\u201d Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, \u201cGo and lie down, and if he calls you, say, \u2018Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.\u2019\u201d So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, \u201cSamuel! Samuel!\u201d Then Samuel said, \u201cSpeak, for your servant is listening.\u201d   <\/em>1 Samuel 3:1-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearing the Way for God’s Call<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away  <\/em>Ecclesiastes 3:5-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answering Gods Call<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.   <\/em>John 10:27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discerning God’s Call<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  Ephesians 2:10 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8669","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/8669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8669"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/8669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8690,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/8669\/revisions\/8690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=8669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}