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Hearing god's call
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- 2. When was thelast time you and God had a conversation? Where did it take place? How long did it last? Does it happen frequently or in-frequently? 3C: Vocation: how to help young people hear God’s call
- 3. All made inthe image of God...yet all unique, different and special •I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 •For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:13 •Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31 Are we open to God speaking to our young people in their own unique way, or do we presume that God will speak to them in the way He speaks to us? 3C: Vocation: how to help young people hear God’s call
- 4. God will bewith you wherever you go For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord Is that where we need to learn how to hear and discern God’s voice?
- 5. 2 groups...3 examples...20minutes... -Samuel - Esther -Jesus
- 6. Abi Thomas... I wouldsay very briefly that I feel that very rarely or even never have I heard God's call in the physical sense of a voice or a feeling that I have to do something. For me normally I get God's confirmation rather than his call ... this means that based on what I know from my relationship with God (what I have learnt in the bible, from friends, and previous experience) I try to make a decision based on that. It is normally after a decision or a step that I get God's confirmation of what I've chosen - be that a friend's encouragement or just a feeling of peace having taken a decision. Sometimes God doesn't give us specific directions, he gave us free will for a reason - so I would say that it is important sometimes to take a step of faith and know that God is with you wherever you go ... His call on your life is to follow his example, and that could be in all manner of directions, but don't worry, he will never lose sight of you even if you take a wrong turning once in a while.
- 7. Rebecca Hallam... • Godhad been speaking to me about joining Pais for a while, but I didn't really notice. The first time was simply receiving a leaflet but I didn't listen and went to sixth form instead. (Which went horribly wrong) When I got back on track with God and after going to college and getting a qualification I decided that I needed to pray about what to do next. I was all ready being mentored by a Pais worker which I believe was another part of God saying "maybe you could do this". but the BIG wake up call was when I was sat in a church service and this guy was talking about vision for his life and I said in my head "well God you haven't given me a vision for my life" and then God immediately showed me a vision of me in a Pais hoody talking to some girls. And I kinda all ready knew that was what he wanted me to do. So I applied that evening and then continued to pray and search the word. I got an interview. then got accepted! XD Another way God kinda checked that Pais was right was a few weeks later. I was at work and I got offered a full time Job with possible Managerial status. I refused and as soon as I did I got an email through telling me which team I was on!! which was my kinda confirmation. it wasn't quick or easy but it was worth it!!
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Editor's Notes
- #5 Bible says that God is with us wherever we go; whether we turn away from him or not, he will never leave him and he’s always close by. There’s also the sense that God has specific plans for us – Jeremiah 29:11 most famous – also in the Psalms David talks about knitting us together in our mothers womb, and gives me a sense that he has dreams, plans and visions for our lives. It’s important that we teach our young people a healthy balance between the two. Yes – God has got a plan for each of our lives. We’re here today, giving up a Saturday, because we all believe that God’s called us to work with young people. And yet we know there’s times when we fall away from that plan. We know that when the alarm clock went off this morning, we didn’t really want to get out of bed. We know that we let our young people down and let God down. It’s important to know that when we do so, we know that God is still with us and is waiting for us to turn back to him, say sorry and keep moving. At the same time, we can say to ourselves that God is always with us and therefore as long as we’re doing what we feel is right and trying our best then it doesn’t really matter what we do. And yet it might be completely different to the plans that God has for our lives. Hence why we spent quite a bit of time at the start of the course reflecting upon our calling to make sure that we’re doing what we’re doing because God wants us to. And it’s important to teach our young people that balance.
- #9 We want to end the day by giving us the chance to hear God’s voice for the young people that we work with; but maybe also for each other, and for other people in our world. So we’re going to do something risky; we’re going to give some space for silence for us to listen go God, and to let Him speak. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to do something like this with young people before…but if you were a group of teenagers who I was doing this activity with, I’d want you to know a few things first before we did it. If you don’t hear anything from God, that’s okay. You’ve done nothing wrong. Give it a go again tomorrow, or the day after. Don’t be afraid to get it wrong. None of us are perfect. If you think what God is saying sounds strange to you…it might not be strange to someone else. That picture of the orange apple getting married to a pink banana might seem strange to you, but to someone else whose considering popping the question this evening over dinner… Finally, if you feel God is wanting you to share something with someone, be humble and sensitive. You’re standing on Holy Ground. But share anyway. So in front of you, if it helps, you’ve got a blob tree. If it doesn’t help, don’t worry…just ignore it. Feel free to use the back to doodle on if that help better. But, if it does help…you might want to picture a young person, or yourself, or someone else you know, and picture where they’re at on their faith journey with God. You might want to reflect upon some of these questions on the powerpoint… Silence / song – in the quiet, in the stillness… Chance to share if people want. Time to pray together.