Whispers From God Part 2 | Jentezen Franklin

if you have your Bibles I invite you to

open it up to the book of First Samuel

chapter 3.

I’ll begin reading in verse 8 and the

Lord called Samuel again a third time so

he arose and went to Eli and said here I

am for you did call me then Eli

perceived that the Lord had called the

boy therefore Eli said to Samuel go lie

down and it shall be if he calls you

that you must say everybody say these

words please

Speak Lord for your servant hears

so Samuel went and laid down in his

place now the Lord came

and stood

and called as at other times Samuel

Samuel and Samuel answered

speak for your servant hears then the

Lord said to Samuel behold I will do

something in Israel

at which both ears of everyone who hears

it will tingle

I want to preach to you for a few

moments about how to discern The

Whispers

of God

The Whispers of God how to discern them

how to hear the voice of God because

John 10 is very clear that God still

speaks

maybe not audibly

but he does to our spirit he does

absolutely have a voice John 10 Jesus

said my sheep will know my voice you can

learn to hear God’s voice if he could

speak to somebody

like me

he can speak to you

he can speak to you about your purpose

right now he can speak to you about the

season of life that you’re in he can

speak to you about your future and what

he has for you

a lot of people are counting on you

hearing his voice

a family is waiting on you to hear his

voice

the plan of God is all dependent upon

you hearing his voice we must begin to

ask God for Samuel ears

Speak Lord

somebody needs to pray that sincerely

from your heart

and with an attentive

uncluttered ear Speak Lord

thy servant hear it

Jesus said in Matthew 4 that man shall

not live thy bread alone but by every

word notice this word that proceedeth

from the mouth of God

it simply means that

as you keep praying in the different

times in life that God sends proceeding

it means don’t proceed until you get my

direction in your life

the preceding word is beautifully

how to proceed is what it means it’s a

word that teaches you and shows you how

to proceed how do I move forward how do

I go on I’m telling you I’m begging you

to hear this message today this is not

another normal Sunday

I believe the Lord has every person

listening to me today

ready to speak a new Fresh proceeding

word from God

and he needs you to pray and yearn for

Samuel ears

at this point at this intersection

at this transition

in your life

think about Abraham for just a moment

God told him everybody say God told him

take your son and go up on the mountain

and build an altar and raise the knife

and kill him

sacrifice him to me

and he did what God Said and he goes up

the mountain and the boy lays down and

he ties him down and he raises the knife

watch this this is the preceding word

did God tell him to do it yes but thank

God he had Samuel ears

that he could hear

when God said as he raised the knife

stop

now I know that you’re willing I was

testing you I don’t want you to kill

your son

I just wanted to see if you would obey

me like the heathens sacrifice their

children I wanted to know if you trusted

me with your Generations like you claim

you do

the greatest thing a parent can do is

put a child on the Altar and say they’re

yours you love them more than I love

them

and I’m going to trust you with them

it’s hard

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that moment that’s when the next part of

that verse is so interesting to me God

said I swear I’m sorry I’m sorry but God

sweared one time in the Bible he said I

swear

I will bless you it goes on to say I

will in blessing I will bless you I’ll

bless you exceedingly because you passed

this test and what was the test that you

could hear my voice change your

direction even though you were doing

what I told you to do I had a new word

for this season

New Direction when you have

The Whispers of God God is going to send

New Direction in new orders to people

under the sound of my voice and it will

take you down the path and the plan and

the will of God for your life

I remember

when we were as a church

um we we had

we needed to grow and we were packed and

we couldn’t get any more people in and

and so we began to make plans and you do

what you know to do we prayed about it

and felt okay about it and we hired an

architect and this was many years ago

and we were going to take out that wall

right there and expand out about 2 000

more seats it would have just fanned

around and downstairs it was going to

require all kinds of children’s

facilities and some things that we

needed to do

in the expansion is the 40 million

dollar building project that was to be

right there 40 million and we had the

resources and we had the the the things

that we needed to get it all lined up

and I just felt like

I didn’t when it got down to making it

time to go let’s go start it break the

ground do it I could not get the peace

of God

it it just something wasn’t right

and I just it was very humiliating a

little bit or humbling but would be a

better word because I went to the board

and I went to this church some of you

were here and I apologized

and I said

I know that we’ve told you

but I just don’t feel peace about that

right now can we just shelf it

and the I think the people were a lot

smarter than I was they all started

clapping saying yeah

I’m like wow

but within a few weeks one of our board

members was over in Gwinnett

and there was a building on Interstate

85 21 acres of land with it right on the

interstate

and it had been empty for two years it

was brand new brand new building brand

new roof all of it was closed in but all

it had was sheetrock inside all the

floors were cement and it was just an

unfinished building and it had set

unfinished for two years parking lot

paved everything sitting there brand new

church never been used

and what had happened is two churches

had had joined together and they agreed

that they were going to build a bigger

church and then something happened and

the pastor decided to leave and he went

up north somewhere and left and the

church fell to pieces and the bank

repossessed it

and it had set for two years it was

originally offered with the 21 acres for

16 million and then it went down to 9

million and the bank had it and then

they went down to six million and I’m so

glad for The Whispers of God

and and and God led us he didn’t tell

because I would I would have bought it

at 9 million come on went down to six

million and then one of the board

members and all the board said let’s

just offer them 2.8 million and we got

the whole thing Gwinnett campus for

2.8 million dollars

God thank God for the preceding word

God’s way is not our way and his plan is

not our plan but one whisper Can Touch

generations one whisper can touch

thousands of lives and they’re there and

I ought to hear Gwinnett shouting all

the way in Gainesville cause God knew

you would be there today isn’t that

amazing isn’t that amazing only God Only

God to God be the glory

you see when God speaks and gives you a

whisper it’s about others it’s about

eternity it’s about souls one whisper

from God when he when Elijah was

depressed and he went in a cave and the

and the Bible said God called him out of

the cave and in verse in First Kings 19

the scripture said that an earthquake

came but God was not in the earthquake

and a whirlwind came but God was not in

the Wind and Fire fell but God was not

in the fire

but then

after the fire

a whisper

a steal

small

voice

Elijah

go anoint Elisha

one whisper

affected three generations

one whisper from God has the power one

word maybe you’re in a storm and Simon

Peter in the middle of the storm he

heard one whisper and all the whisper

did was say come

Lord if it’s you bid me to come and he

heard a whisper they all should have

heard it but he was the one who had the

ear and he said come

come and he stepped out of the boat

there’s only two kinds of people both

people and Water Walkers

and you’ll never have the courage to

walk on the water

until you learn how to hear him in the

middle of a storm in the middle of and

don’t listen to the boat people they’ll

talk you out of it only listen to him if

he tells you to get out of that boat get

out of that boat and if you step out

he’s going to make sure that he holds

you up and if you mess up and start to

sing you can take his hand and he says

let’s do together what you can’t do by

yourself and they walk back to the boat

somebody Praise Him in this room right

now that voice is that power for one

word can make you walk on top of the

storm

and here’s what I came to say in closing

now

and that don’t mean run for the exit

that means

that means get your ears ready

because

when I was in Jerusalem a few weeks ago

I was in my hotel room and and I was by

myself on that trip I only just had the

crew from two or three from the church

that filming crew

and I was thinking about this message

The Whisper of God and how that God

whispered to Simon Peter specifically

and I heard the Lord I’m telling you

come strong in my spirit and he said to

tell the people this

and I say it to every one of you and if

you’ve got an ear to hear this will go

off in you and if it doesn’t then that’s

all right

but I wrote these words down and I’ll

hold on to this little piece of paper

because I believe it and I remember

where I was and when it happened and

it’s just so real I preached the other

week about moments that Marcus

and the Lord said tell the people

your greatest Whispers

are not in your past

it’s not too late

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your greatest assignments and Direction

and blessings are not in your past

your greatest whispers are in your

future

one of these days

I was with my dad when he passed away

but he heard his greatest whisper on his

Deathbed

one of these days

I’m going to hear that whisper and the

Bible said in Revelation to them to him

that overcomes I will call out his name

one of these days

he’s going to call my name out

and I won’t be afraid of that voice

when it calls me to another world

I’m not afraid to die today

I’m not afraid of what’s beyond life I

know what’s beyond life Heaven my home

Jesus my Savior

the lamb is the light and streets of

gold and walls of Jasper and Gates of

pearl

mansions on the other side of Glory

where we’ll have no sorrow no pain no

sickness no tears no Brokenness no Hurt

No Pain No disease no death

one of these days I’m going to hear that

voice

say Jensen

let’s go

my sheep know my voice you know who I am

take me by the hand

and Lead Me Through The Promised Land

what a day that will be

and I feel like telling somebody in this

under the sound of my voice

I feel a heavy uh

like I feel the Lord just

push that’s how I know sometimes it’s

just like there’s just this push

feel boldness to tell you your greatest

Whispers

are not in your past

raise your hands all over this room

and thank him that the greatest Whispers

concerning your life concerning his plan

concerning his Destiny concerning I

don’t care about the past rip the rear

view mirror down stop living in the past

your greatest whispers are in your

future

just lift those hands like

like like satellite dishes

say oh God

I want a fresh whisper I want new

direction for this season

you said the greatest whispers are in my

future so I’m asking you I’m ready to

break the plow I’m ready I’m ready to do

what you want me to do I’m serious about

it God

I don’t want to waste my life

speak to me about my children some of

you parents need to start getting that

kind of ear concerning Lord give me a

burden for my grandchildren speak to me

and speak through me I need an ear I

need Samuel ears so that I can anoint

them for the purpose for which you had

in mind when you gave them to us

now just stand up on your feet at every

campus and lift your hands high and just

for a moment just for a moment I want

you to raise those hands and I want you

to invite God to give you Samuel ears

right where Dad you need it sir you need

it I know this may not be your bag of

tea as they say or you don’t you know

but but I’m gonna tell you you’re a good

man you’re a good father you love your

family and you need the voice of God in

your life you need you don’t have to be

like me you don’t have to be like

somebody but you need the your wife

needs you your children need you to have

those kinds of ears that every once in a

while you are not only the provider of

that home but you are the priest of that

home and God can speak to you about that

home it’s a powerful thing when God has

your ear so give him your ear

give it to him

oh

to Jesus

Jesus

I Surrender

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ah

we will never trust

me

his

presence did

everybody’s singing now

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us surrender

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if you know that the Lord is speaking to

you this morning get out of your seat

and come stand down in this Altar and at

every campus I want you to do it

raise your hands one more time all over

this room

and pray this prayer say Lord Jesus

I need you

and I have come today

and I want those ears

those Samuel ears

that can hear your voice again

I want your voice louder than any other

person’s voice

I want you to guide me

I want you to free me I want you to wash

me I want you to cleanse me I want you

to unclutter my ears

and let me be sensitive again

I received by grace

I receive by the blood of Jesus Christ

a washing

a cleansing of freeing

from the old nature from the old life

from the old ways

my greatest Whispers

are in my future

and you have new Whispers new directions

new guidance

in my life I open up I say yes Lord to

your will

and to your way in Jesus name

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