HALL TALK [DEVOTION] - 10 July 2009

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HALL TALK

Do you ever walk down a hall and see someone coming towards you? It would be rude just to ignore them and breeze right by. You can't pretend you do not see them. There you are and there they are and so a conversation begins.

By that point, if you're lucky, you have passed the person otherwise you begin to discuss the weather, or some other meaningless nonsense. That, my friend, is hall talk. Sometimes, it lurks in other places - elevators, bathroom sinks, and grocery store aisles to name a few. These are the conversations we have when we'd rather not be distracted from some objective so we just talk on autopilot.

I bet most of us have a standard greeting, question, reply we use on people. Some of us may even have the exact same conversation with the same people every day.

How often do we try to get by with hall-talking God? Do you mumble the same shallow words to God as part of some morning routine? "God, thank you for another day. Help me to live for you. Amen" Do you pray the same words each night? "God - forgive me of my sins. Help me to sleep well tonight. Amen"

Meaningless drivel! Doesn't the one who made us, the one who redeemed us by his own agonizing bloody death deserve more attention than that? If all you said to your spouse was "Good morning. I love you. Hope you have a great day" and "Good night. Hope you sleep well", would you have a healthy marriage? Would you relationship be growing? Are you closer to the people you meet in the halls of life from all the chitchat?

No! If you want to get closer and if you want the relationship to be healthy, you invest the time to stop and talk. Do you invest time in God?

Psalms 62:8 - Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing.
1 Timothy 2:8 - I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

You can't spill your guts to someone in passing. Pouring out your heart to someone takes time. If you pray without ceasing and pray everywhere then you have the time to pour out your heart or listen to God pour out his to you. What an amazing feeling to know what God thinks and what concerns him. Jesus poured his out to the father for hours at Gethsemane (Mark 14). In addition, Luke 6:12 records as he listened to the Father pour out his heart to him regarding disciple selection.

You and I can have the same closeness with God that Jesus had, but it takes time. Is talking to God just killing time or your heart's desire? Is your purpose to be closer to him or just to do this and that? Actions speak louder than words, but few words can speak volumes about your heart.

From http://www.cfdevotionals.org/

QUOTES:
&#8220When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves." -- Katherine Mansfield

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -- Aristotle, philosopher

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Most men can handle adversity. Few can handle power." &#8211 Unknown

"Life is not a 'brief candle'. It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible before handing on to future generations." &#8211 George Bernard Shaw

"Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures." -- James C. Penney, retailer
"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." -- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." -- Diana Ross

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HALL TALK

Do you ever walk down a hall and see someone coming towards you? It would be rude just to ignore them and breeze right by. You can't pretend you do not see them. There you are and there they are and so a conversation begins.

By that point, if you're lucky, you have passed the person otherwise you begin to discuss the weather, or some other meaningless nonsense. That, my friend, is hall talk. Sometimes, it lurks in other places - elevators, bathroom sinks, and grocery store aisles to name a few. These are the conversations we have when we'd rather not be distracted from some objective so we just talk on autopilot.

I bet most of us have a standard greeting, question, reply we use on people. Some of us may even have the exact same conversation with the same people every day.

How often do we try to get by with hall-talking God? Do you mumble the same shallow words to God as part of some morning routine? "God, thank you for another day. Help me to live for you. Amen" Do you pray the same words each night? "God - forgive me of my sins. Help me to sleep well tonight. Amen"

Meaningless drivel! Doesn't the one who made us, the one who redeemed us by his own agonizing bloody death deserve more attention than that? If all you said to your spouse was "Good morning. I love you. Hope you have a great day" and "Good night. Hope you sleep well", would you have a healthy marriage? Would you relationship be growing? Are you closer to the people you meet in the halls of life from all the chitchat?

No! If you want to get closer and if you want the relationship to be healthy, you invest the time to stop and talk. Do you invest time in God?

Psalms 62:8 - Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing.
1 Timothy 2:8 - I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

You can't spill your guts to someone in passing. Pouring out your heart to someone takes time. If you pray without ceasing and pray everywhere then you have the time to pour out your heart or listen to God pour out his to you. What an amazing feeling to know what God thinks and what concerns him. Jesus poured his out to the father for hours at Gethsemane (Mark 14). In addition, Luke 6:12 records as he listened to the Father pour out his heart to him regarding disciple selection.

You and I can have the same closeness with God that Jesus had, but it takes time. Is talking to God just killing time or your heart's desire? Is your purpose to be closer to him or just to do this and that? Actions speak louder than words, but few words can speak volumes about your heart.

From http://www.cfdevotionals.org/

QUOTES:
&#8220When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves." -- Katherine Mansfield

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -- Aristotle, philosopher

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Most men can handle adversity. Few can handle power." &#8211 Unknown

"Life is not a 'brief candle'. It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible before handing on to future generations." &#8211 George Bernard Shaw

"Long-range goals keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures." -- James C. Penney, retailer
"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." -- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." -- Diana Ross

For more visit http://www.surrender.nl/scom and http://www.freewebs.com/scoministryscom

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