Noise & discernment

We watched Nooma #5 last night at Life Group, entitled 'Noise'. How much noise do you have in your everyday life? It was thought-provoking. So here are some of the quotes and questions we looked at, they are sure worth some further meditation!

"If I'm not still, and if I don't listen, how is Jesus going to give me rest?"

"Have you spent the same amount of time worrying and talking about your difficult, confusing situations as you have spent in silence, listening to what God might say?"

"Does my schedule, my time, my life, look like that of a person who wants to hear God's voice?"

So much of the 'noise' we are bombarded with is from the media. God calls us to be wise and to discern what we put before our eyes. Click here to see a list of helpful things to think about when choosing what movies, TV, etc to watch.

• What makes silence so hard to deal with?
• Do you surround yourself with noise intentionally?
• Do you wish God's voice would be louder in your life? Does all the noise make it hard to hear Him?
• What are some of the things in your daily life you could change to eliminate some of the noise?

"A great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart, and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper."
(1 Kings 19:11-12, NIV)

(all quotations and questions courtesy of Nooma)