1. DRAW NEAR THROUGH LISTENING TO THE LORD

2. I. LEARN TO LISTEN TO GOD.

3. Ecclesiastes 5:1-3- “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who

4. do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven

5. and you are on earth, so let your words be few. As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words.”

6. 1. Pick out a time when you can be alone with God and listen to Him before you speak a word.

7. 2. Take you Bible and read a Scripture and let the Spirit teach you what the Scripture means for YOU on THAT day.

8. 3. Come into our worship service and sit in a different place and close your eyes and wait to hear from the Lord.

9. II. THIS GROWS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD STRONGER.

10. “Love the Lord God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength.”

11. He desires to take away a lot of you ugly stuff you have now.

12. God desires to place a lot of beautiful stuff into your life.

13. God will reveal things about Himself and about His ways. Jeremiah 33:3, “He will show us great and mighty things, which we know not!”

14. He will give you the strength you need!

15. Isaiah 40:31 “Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not b weary, they shall walk and not faint.”

16. He will let us know His will for our life.

17. And He will give us the love we need.

18. Psalm 145:18-20: “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear

19. him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.”

20. He’s waiting for you. What are you waiting for? Draw Near!