1. A Lousy Connection?

3. Listening can: Enrich, protect, and save your soul!
Hear Him (Matt. 17:5)
Take heed how your hear (Lk. 8:18)
Take heed what you hear (Mk. 4:24)
Be slow to speak and swift to hear (James 1:19,20)

4. It prevents a lousy spiritual connection
What are the spiritual advantages of
being a listener?
It prevents a lousy spiritual connection
Hebrews 5:11
1 Samuel 3:10

5. What is the common reaction to dropped call or inability
to make a connection?
Material blockage
Distance from cell tower
Matthew 6:19-34/
Isaiah 59:1,2
Ephesians 2:12-18

6. It prevents us from misunderstanding God and His Will
What are the spiritual advantages of
being a listener?
It prevents us from misunderstanding God and His Will
2 Timothy 2:15
1 Corinthians 1:10
2 Peter 3:16

7. We can get so
caught up with
the things of the
world that we
become dull of
hearing
regarding our
allegiance to
God and His will.

8. It prevents us from acting foolish or from being thought of as a fool
What are the spiritual advantages of
being a listener?
It prevents us from acting foolish or from being thought of as a fool
Proverbs 18:7
Proverbs 19:1
Proverbs 29:11

9. Why do people do foolish things?

10. What is a danger of not listening to the right source? in the
secular world?
What is a danger of not listening to the right source?
1Kings 13:1-24
What is the right source?
Psalm 119:89
John 12:48
2 Peter 1:3,4
Who should we be listening to? (Matthew 17:5)
Why should we be listening? (John 6:68)