2. Joe Leach 14 th February 2016 Listen up! God is at work Mark 4v1-36

3. What were/are your expectations in coming to church this morning?

4. Mark 4v1-20 Sower: primarily Jesus but also anyone who presents the word of God to anyone else Seed: the word of God Dirt: me and you

5. CAUTION: Watch how you hear! Seed scattered on the path Seed scattered on stony ground Seed scattered among the thorns Seed scattered on good soil Watch how you hear!

6. 3 Practical Tips for Listening 1.Get yourself in a place to physically hear 2.Hear with an open and humble heart 3.Give your finance sacrificially

7. God is at work! Operation Eagle Claw God’s Rescue Mission

8. God will see fruit from his rescue mission God uses little things to do big things God’s artillery will not crash and burn – The word of God will not return empty

9. ““For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11

10. God will see fruit from his rescue mission God uses little things to do big things God’s artillery will not crash and burn – The word of God will not return empty – The word of God is alive

11. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12

12. God will see fruit from his rescue mission God uses little things to do big things God’s artillery will not crash and burn – The word of God will not return empty – The word of God is alive God’s Rescue Mission is no man’s rescue mission God’s Rescue Mission is something to shout about

13. What were/are your expectations in coming to church this morning? Let’s expect to hear God Let’s expect to see God at work