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Noise

Noise. Why is . silence. so hard to deal with ? . `. noise. 183 million people are regularly exposed to. levels. labeled as excessive by the Environmental Protection Agency. Do you have a cell phone ?. A pager ?. Voice-Mail ?.

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Noise

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  1. Noise

  2. Why is silence so hard to deal with ?

  3. ` noise 183 million people are regularly exposed to levels labeled as excessive by the Environmental Protection Agency

  4. Do you have a cell phone ?

  5. A pager ?

  6. Voice-Mail ?

  7. Do You have a cell phone with voice-mail and email?

  8. Do you have a TV ?

  9. More than one TV ?

  10. Do you have a radio on all day ?

  11. On at the office, in the car, at home ?

  12. noise Is there such a thing as visual ?

  13. ` Do you wish there were more billboards along the roads you drive ?

  14. Do we have enough strip malls yet ?

  15. distant Do you feel that God is ?

  16. louder Do you wish God’s voice would be in your life ?

  17. noise A bedlam of shocks the senses and perverts that which if conducted aright might be a blessing. Ellen White, 2SM p. 36

  18. SUV’s and minivans come now come with separate CD and DVD systems for the back seats

  19. You can buy “wired” clothing now coats and jackets equipped with cell phones and MP3 players

  20. Try this

  21. Make yourself comfortable in your chair and begin breathing slowly as you read

  22. Then Moses and the priests, who are Levites Said to all Israel, “Be silent , Oh Israel, and listen” Deuteronomy 27:9

  23. Search your hearts and be silent Psalms 4:4

  24. But the Lord is in His holy temple Let all the earth be silent before Him. Habakkuk 2:20

  25. Come to Me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Jesus in Matthew 11

  26. still If I am not and if I don’t listen, How is Jesus going to give me rest ?

  27. silence Have you spent the same amount of time worrying and talking about your difficult, confusing situations as you have spent in listening to what God might have to say ?

  28. listening Why is talking so much easier than ?

  29. withdrew But Jesus often to a lonely place and prayed. Luke 5:16

  30. Those were regular disciplines that Jesus had Silence Solitude

  31. When was the last time you were in a solitary place ?

  32. What is it about silence that is so difficult ?

  33. Why is it easier to surround myself with noise and keep moving Than to stop, be silent and listen ?

  34. How much noise do I voluntarily subject myself to ?

  35. Does my schedule, my time, my life look like that of a person who wants to hear God’s word ?

  36. healing Maybe the and guidance we desperately need Is not going to come from one more meeting or seminar or sermon or self-help book

  37. But from simply listening for the voice of God

  38. Do you really believe that God’s voice is more interesting than the voices around you ?

  39. Is it possible that you have been searching for God in the winds,

  40. the earthquakes and fires

  41. And He is waiting to speak to you in the silence ?

  42. silence

  43. By Richard Carey

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