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Jeremiah chapter 43, verse 8.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

Now, we see this phrase all over the book of Jeremiah.

It almost seems just so basic and we kind of fly over it.

But I want us to pause, meditate and pray according to this, just simple reality,

that Jeremiah was sensitive to hear the word of the Lord when it came to him.

This whole book that we have in the Bible and other books we

have in the Bible are there because people heard God speak and did what he said to do, wrote what

he said to write, said what he said to say, but they all listen to God's word. This is the whole

job of a prophet. Hear the word of God

and speak the word of God. And when I read this, I just think, oh, I want my life to be like Jeremiah's

in this sense, to be sensitive to God's voice. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to

sleep, to be sensitive to hearing from God, listening to God's voice. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep, to be sensitive to hearing from God, listening to God, doing what God says, saying what God wants me to say, thinking according to God's word, desiring according to God's word, speaking, living, loving, serving according to God's Word. So I want to need us to pray

for that reality in all of our lives, knowing that in a greater way than even Jeremiah had, we have

the Holy Spirit of God living in us to speak to us. We have His word revealed to us 66 books in the Bible. Jeremiah didn't have that.

We have the Word of God. We can hear the voice of God anytime we open up our Bibles and His spirit

dwelling in us, guiding us, directing us all day long. So all the more so, God, we pray that you

would help us to be sensitive to your voice.

Through your word, God help us to meditate on your word day and night, to hide it in our

hearts, to turn it over in our minds all day long, to fill our minds with your word.

God, we pray knowing that we have unprecedented access to your word. In our language, God, we pray, knowing that we have unprecedented access to your word in our language.

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