Welcome to the InTouch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, June 7th.

God is speaking, but sometimes we don't understand what he's saying.

Let's listen for help in sharpening your listening skills so you can understand and respond to the call of God.

Have you ever felt like that God had spoken to you very clearly, very personally?

Oftentimes we think that God only limits what he says to certain types of people.

God is interested in every single one of us, no matter who you are.

God has a personal interest in your life.

And what I want to talk about in this message is the call of God not limited to some particular staff member of the church,

but God's call to every single one of us.

And I want to, if you will, to turn the first Samuel and the third chapter,

and this is the event of God's call to a young man.

And in the process, God has chosen to call young Samuel to be a prophet in Israel.

And I want you to notice beginning in verse two.

And it happened at that time as he was lying down in his place.

Now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he couldn't see well.

And the lamp of God had not yet gone out and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was.

It was then that the Lord called Samuel and he said, here I am.

Then he ran to Eli and said, here I am for you call me, but he said, I didn't call lie down again.

So he went and lay down.

And the Lord called yet again, Samuel.

So Samuel rose, went to Eli and said, here I am for you call me, but he answered, I did not call lie down again.

So he went and lay down.

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