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Next on In Touch, Walking in the Favor of God, Part 2.

Well, the Bible says that Noah found favor in the eyes of God.

And when I think about that, I think about what the Bible says in this Genesis chapter 6,

if you want to turn there for a moment.

And the reason he found favor with the Lord, first of all, is because he listened to God.

That's what we talked about last week. He listened to God.

He found favor in the eyes of the Lord. He not only listened to him, but the scripture says he also

trusted in him. And that's the part that I want us to deal with this morning in this passage.

He listened to God and then he trusted him. And so when you think

about yourself, ask yourself this question. Do you know how to listen to God? And would you say

that after you listen to him, that you are willing and ready to not only listen to him, but you're willing to trust him?

Think about this. You can pray all you want to pray. If you don't trust God, you're wasted your time.

Because faith is absolutely essential. It was absolutely essential to get you saved. It's absolutely essential to live the Christian life. And a lot of people say, well, do you ever listen to God? Well, not really, but I know I'm saved. Well, first of all, if you are saved, you had to listen to God because he's one who told you you needed to be saved. And once you listen to him, he's going to tell you what to do, so you trust Christ as your Savior. But many people don't listen to God. And if you don't listen to him,

how can you know whether you're doing the right thing or not? And then do you trust him when you

ask him something? When you ask God for something, do you close your prayer with a sense of

expectation of God answering your request?

Or do you do like most people do?

That is, they pray and talk to God about this, hat and the other, and say, amen.

Jesus' name amen, get up and walk away.

First of all, we must listen to him, and secondly, we must trust him. And that's

what this passage is all about, and this sermon is all about. So we talked about what is the favor

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