Learning to Live for God

By Beth Ann Summitt

"...you must listen carefully, for often God whispers in your ear. Always pray and study God's Word. Keep Him on your mind and in your heart. Then you will hear Him when He calls. If you spend your time always being busy, you will not hear His still small voice."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257528974

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Learning to Live for God

BethAnn Summitt

9781257528974

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

The Voice in the Night

Dedications and Acknowledgments

My Encouragement to You

Day One: Seeking God

Day Two: Depending on God

Day Three: Trusting in God

Day Four: Following God

Day Five: Waiting on God

Day Six: Listening to God

Day Seven: Resting Day

Day Eight: His Plans

Day Nine: Never Left Alone

Day Ten: Comfort in Tribulation

Day Eleven: Daily Renewal

Day Twelve: Unchanging God

Day Thirteen: Not Forsaken

Day Fourteen: Resting Day

Day Fifteen: Begin with Prayer

Day Sixteen: Speak Encouragement

Day Seventeen: Give Encouragement

Day Eighteen: Comfort One Another

Day Nineteen: Take Care of the Weak

Day Twenty: Use Generosity

Day Twenty-One: Resting Day

Day Twenty-Two: Working Together

Day Twenty-Three: Love One Another

Day Twenty-Four: We are One Body

Day Twenty-Five: The Golden Rule

Day Twenty-Six: God’s Directions

Day Twenty-Seven: Now is the Time

Day Twenty-Eight: Resting Day

Afterward

Scriptural Reference

Author’s Note

About the Author

In Loving Memory

Of Our Son

Johnny Dale Summitt

February 5, 1972 –

November 21, 2006

Son, We love you and miss you.

See you on the other side!

The Voice in the Night

I feel it is important to tell about how this book has come about. Then One night I had an unforgettable experience happen to me. I will try to relate it to you as best as I can.

As I lay sleeping, something woke me up. At first, I did not know what it was. I knew I had heard something as I lay there in bed listening. Was it the neighbor’s dogs barking again? No. Maybe an owl had hooted. (My husband often teases me and says I can hear an owl hoot five miles.)

I lay very quiet and very still. That is when I heard the words, You will write a book. The words were very audible in my mind. They were very, very clear. That is when my heart stopped for a second. I knew that voice. It was the Lord’s! I will admit I was a lot like Abraham when the angel told him Sarah would have a child. I laughed and said, You have got to be kidding! Me write a book?

The voice came again, never acknowledging my disbelief and sarcasm. It said, It will be on Encouragement. There was a moment of silence and then This is needed in the world today. My people need to be reminded of the importance of this. It is time.

Another moment of silence, then