A Listening Heart
By George Thurlow
Today I come before you Lord
To seek you face to face,
And to feel your awesome presence
In this quiet place.
I've left my cares and burdens
Right outside the door,
For I know that you'll take care of them
As you have always done before.
I come here just to be with you,
Free from distraction and from noise;
Just to sit and listen
For your still small voice.
Lord give me a listening heart
And still my rambling thoughts.
I put my mind under subjection
So I can hear you talk.
I come here just to worship
With no petitions or requests:
Just to commune and fellowship
And to seek your rest.
I've shut out the world Lord
And have left it far behind.
I give you my full attention
Spirit, body, mind.
I'll quietly sit and listen
And on you I will wait,
Till I feel your warmth surrounding me,
The Holy Ghost's embrace.
Lord give me a listening heart.
Drive hindering thoughts away,
So I am free to seek you,
To hear what the Spirit will say.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26
“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.” John 15:26-27
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. John 16:13
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26
“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.” John 15:26-27
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. John 16:13
1 Kings Chapter 19
11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake:12 And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 And it was [so], when Elijah heard [it], that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, [there came] a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
