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Prayer and meditation - what is the difference, anyway? To me one seems active and the other more passive. Prayer connotes words on our part - praise, petition, thanksgiving, etc. - just telling God what's on our mind, while meditation means listening - being quiet and trying to hear what's on God's mind! If we spend all our time with the Lord doing all the talking ourselves, it's hard for him to get in a word edgewise. It's rather like calling the wisest person we know seeking advice, counsel, guidance, and then doing all the talking ourselves, never giving them a chance to respond. Surely, it only makes sense to listen to what they may have to share with us! After all, isn't that why we made the contact to begin with? And what is even more likely is that God is trying to call us. If so, could He ever "catch us at home," would we be there to "pick-up?"

The voice of God comes gently down
It may not even make a sound
But you will know that it is there
If you will listen, love, and care.

Wm. B. Pournelle

Zephaniah 1.7 - Stand in silence in the presence of the Lord.

Ezekiel 12.2 - They could hear me if they would listen.

Isaiah 6.11 - Lord, how long will it be before they are ready to listen?

Romans 9.4 - God has given you so much, but still you will not listen to him.

Hebrews 5.11 - There is much more I would like to say, but you don't seem to listen, so it is hard to make you understand.

Hebrews 12.25 - How terrible our danger if we refuse to listen to God who speaks to us from Heaven.

Psalm 95.7 - Oh, that you would hear him calling you today and come to him.

Jeremiah 29.12-14 - Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Proverbs 4.20-21 - Pay attention to my words, listen carefully to the words I say; do not let them out of your sight, keep them deep in your heart.

Psalm 27.8 - My heart has heard you say, "Come and talk with me, O my people," And my heart responds, "Lord, I am coming."