How often in life we are not listening. Warnings come our way and we can ignore them at great cost. May we learn from Samuel, "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening."

Mark 6:7–11

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—9 but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.¹ 10 And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. 11 And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.”

Footnotes

[1] 6:9 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

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