1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬-‭14 “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Just like a physical body has all kinds of different members, fingers, toes, legs, arms, a head, so the church is the...

Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭43‬ “Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭43‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Hearing is something we do with our ears. If our hearing is normal, we can’t help hearing sounds traveling within a certain range. Listening, however, involves the mind. Genuine listening is active. It involves putting the mind in gear to hear everything that’s said as if it has meaning to the listener. That’s how God calls us to...

Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5 ”Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Now, this is obviously a specific word from God to Jeremiah; that’s what verse four says, “Now, the Word of the Lord came to me saying.” But listen to the relationship that God describes in His word with a person, Jeremiah, before he was even formed in the womb. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before...