Ears to HearChurch Publishing, Inc., 2003 - 154 pages |
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... obedience . This was to be no short - term mission , no quick trip to a foreign country and back . God was command- ing permanent separation from everything Abraham knew . To this , God added a second command : " Go . " Step out and ...
... obedience . This was to be no short - term mission , no quick trip to a foreign country and back . God was command- ing permanent separation from everything Abraham knew . To this , God added a second command : " Go . " Step out and ...
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... obedient and costly faith . The old gods of Ur may have been comfortably reliable , easily placated . But the God who called Abraham was a God who loved and a God who demanded . Two thousand years later , the writer of the Letter to the ...
... obedient and costly faith . The old gods of Ur may have been comfortably reliable , easily placated . But the God who called Abraham was a God who loved and a God who demanded . Two thousand years later , the writer of the Letter to the ...
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... obedient to death — even death on a cross ! " ( Phil 2 : 6-8 ) . Yes , in the end Jesus rose from the dead , and " God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name , that at the name of Jesus every ...
... obedient to death — even death on a cross ! " ( Phil 2 : 6-8 ) . Yes , in the end Jesus rose from the dead , and " God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name , that at the name of Jesus every ...
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... obedience , we discover the faithfulness of God and a depth of friendship beyond our imagining . Tom and Eileen made this discovery . Their journey took them to a small town in northern California where , months later , they started a ...
... obedience , we discover the faithfulness of God and a depth of friendship beyond our imagining . Tom and Eileen made this discovery . Their journey took them to a small town in northern California where , months later , they started a ...
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... obedience from rebellion . God's persistence won in the end . God never let Jacob go , though he fought and ran and hid . God's relentless pursuit is a consistent biblical pattern . Look , for example , at the story of Saul the Pharisee ...
... obedience from rebellion . God's persistence won in the end . God never let Jacob go , though he fought and ran and hid . God's relentless pursuit is a consistent biblical pattern . Look , for example , at the story of Saul the Pharisee ...
Contents
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Gods Call to Ordinary People Bezalel and Oholiab | 38 |
The Fear of Gods Call Joshua | 47 |
Called by a Community Deborah | 56 |
Gods Call and Our SelfImage Gideon | 64 |
An Unlikely Call David | 82 |
Call Forwarding Elijah and Elisha | 91 |
Called in Brokenness Hosea | 100 |
Gods Intrusive Call Amos | 109 |
Called in Holiness Isaiah | 117 |
When a Call Becomes a Burden Jeremiah | 126 |
Restoring a Lost Call Zerubbabel | 135 |
Called by Circumstances Esther | 145 |
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Abraham Amaziah Amos anoint asked Baal Bakersfield Bezalel and Oholiab Bible Billy Graham blessing broken brothers C. S. Lewis Canaanite Christian church command commitment death Deborah declares the LORD divine Egypt Elijah Elisha Esther every-member ministry faith Father fear Gideon gift God's call God's persistence God's plan God's voice Haggai hear God's heard heart heaven Holy Spirit Hosea invitation Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jeremiah Jesse Jesus Christ Jews John Joshua Judah king kingdom knew Le Chambon leaders listen lives look LORD called Lord's Lugbara Midianites Mordecai Moses never NRSV obedience obey ordinary pain parish Paul Penuel person pray prayer promised prophet Questions for Discussion remember remind response Rokuemon Samuel Saul Scriptures self-image sense Shaphat simply sins Sisera someone speak spiritual story summons tells temple Testament things told transformed word worship Zerubbabel