IS GOD TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION?
Message Date: 6/25/23
Speaker: Pastor Renee Hidalgo

What would God have to do to get your attention?

Acts 7:58

Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named

.

Acts 8:1

And

approved of their killing him.

Acts 9:1-2

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as

to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:3

As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a

from heaven flashed around him.

Acts 9:4-9

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am

, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was

, and did not eat or drink anything.

We can wholeheartedly believe in something and be wholeheartedly wrong.

God took away Saul’s physical sight so that he could truly have spiritual sight!

2 Corinthians 5:7

“For we walk by faith, not by

.”

Is God trying to get your attention right now?

John 17:23

“My they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me.” —– Jesus

Acts 9:10-12

In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his

.”

Sometimes we need someone else to help us see!

Acts 9:13-14

“Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the

he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to

Reveal Answer

all who call on your name.”

Acts 9:17-19

Then Ananias

to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was

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, and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

What does God need to do to get YOUR attention?

2 Corinthians 4:18

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is

.”

“God, you have my FULL ATTENTION!”

Would you read the Bible Plan, Ssshhh… Can You Hear It? Listening to God’s Voice in Your Life, with us?

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