Comments on: Have I Got Your Attention? http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/ A family, following Jesus, praying we will pave paths others will follow into a missional lifestyle Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:29:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bryan Riley http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 Bryan Riley Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:51:07 +0000 http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/04/have-i-got-your-attention/#comment-1481 Oh, thanks! Oh, thanks!

]]> By: Marcia http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Marcia Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:18:10 +0000 http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/04/have-i-got-your-attention/#comment-1477 Or maybe you really are just gettin' old. : ) Or maybe you really are just gettin’ old. : )

]]> By: Bryan Riley http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 Bryan Riley Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:04:50 +0000 http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/04/have-i-got-your-attention/#comment-1476 Too true, Greg. Satan doesn't mind at all if we are busy, does he? Too true, Greg. Satan doesn’t mind at all if we are busy, does he?

]]> By: greg http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 greg Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:17:44 +0000 http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/04/have-i-got-your-attention/#comment-1472 With so much information and entertainment available, it's easy to get sucked in. Driving from job to job in a service truck, I listen almost exclusively to an AM station that plays sermons and bible teachings. More recently however I've found myself station surfing over to NPR or other news stations. I thought it was all for the sake of being well-informed, but I sensed the Holy Spirit tell me to calm down on that. Sensory-overload should not be mistaken for education or productivity. We can spend so much time searching for some media source to stimulate us that we find ourselves not really listening to or learning anything at all. We've got to let the Spirit speak. With so much information and entertainment available, it’s easy to get sucked in.
Driving from job to job in a service truck, I listen almost exclusively to an AM station that plays sermons and bible teachings. More recently however I’ve found myself station surfing over to NPR or other news stations. I thought it was all for the sake of being well-informed, but I sensed the Holy Spirit tell me to calm down on that. Sensory-overload should not be mistaken for education or productivity. We can spend so much time searching for some media source to stimulate us that we find ourselves not really listening to or learning anything at all.

We’ve got to let the Spirit speak.

]]> By: Bryan Riley http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Bryan Riley Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:26:28 +0000 http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/04/have-i-got-your-attention/#comment-1469 Beth, I agree. We do run from reality and what lies within by being busy. Beth, I agree. We do run from reality and what lies within by being busy.

]]> By: Beth http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/have-i-got-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1466 Beth Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:01:51 +0000 http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/2007/12/04/have-i-got-your-attention/#comment-1466 I think a great deal of our being "busy" and distracted is actually us running away from reality, that we need God, that we have issues (sin issues), that one day we are going to die. Just keep busy and you can avoid all of that. We run from quiet and solitude out of fear, fear of what we might hear in the silence. Maybe a still quiet voice that's asking us to let Him come in. I think a great deal of our being “busy” and distracted is actually us running away from reality, that we need God, that we have issues (sin issues), that one day we are going to die. Just keep busy and you can avoid all of that. We run from quiet and solitude out of fear, fear of what we might hear in the silence. Maybe a still quiet voice that’s asking us to let Him come in.

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