II Chronicles‬ ‭32‬:‭7‬-‭8 “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.” II Chronicles‬ ‭32‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The Assyrian army was not a minor inconvenience. It was one of the most feared...

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...