Text: 1 Samuel 3 (p.227)

We are prepared by Jesus to be sent, , and in so doing fulfill the reason we’ve been placed on this planet.

(Mt. 20:28)

The great temptation of prosperity, the challenge of faith in the midst of success, is that we believe we no longer really .

In those days...everyone did what was .

(Judges 21:25)

Maybe the word of the Lord was rare not because God wasn’t speaking but that the people weren’t .

Samuel, even as a boy, carried an utterly , walked with a different attitude and heart than was the norm of that day.

Jesus says that the word of the Lord should in our lives.

(Jn. 10:3-5)

“ ” (here I am) is a statement, a prayer, of humility.

Humility is the of hearing.

Humility is not .

Humility on God.

Humility God.