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Dear Young Christian,
I see them everywhere! Heads bobbing, shoulders swaying, toes tapping, fingers drumming. Children and young people, middle-aged and elderly, men and women! They can be found almost anywhere: jogging in the park, sitting in the airport, on the way to school and work, or just sitting idly whiling time away. They all have one thing in common — those little earphones connected to some device hooked on their belt or tucked in their pocket.
Of course, there are many things of spiritual profit that can be listened to, and we certainly don’t want to lessen the value of Scriptural hymns and the spoken Word of God.
Yet, if we were as in tune to the voice of the Lord as we are to that which the world has to offer, I suggest that we would be stronger Christians and that we would have greater joy and more spiritual fruit. We need to say, like Samuel, “Speak; for Thy servant heareth” (1 Samuel 3:10). In order to do this we need to take our ear-buds out and open our Bibles.
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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