A NEW NORMAL

A Famine
For The Word

Amos 8:11-14
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“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
12 
People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the LORD,
    but they will not find it.
13 
“In that day
“the lovely young women and strong young men
    will faint because of thirst.
14 
Those who swear by the sin of Samaria—
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’
    or, ‘As surely as the god[a] of Beersheba lives’—
    they will fall, never to rise again.”

Amos 8:11-14
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Sinabi pa ng Panginoong DIOS, “Darating ang araw
na padadalhan ko ng taggutom ang inyong lupain.
Pero hindi ito pagkagutom sa pagkain o pagkauhaw sa
tubig, kundi pagkagutom at pagkauhaw sa aking mga
salita. 12 Pagod na pagod na kayo sa paghahanap ng
mga taong makakapagpahayag sa inyo ng aking
salita, pero hindi ninyo matagpuan kahit saan kayo
pumunta. 13 Sa araw na iyon na parurusahan ko kayo,
kahit na ang inyong magagandang dalaga at ang
inyong malalakas namga binata ay mawawalan ng
malay dahil sa matinding uhaw. 14 Kayong mga
nanunumpa sa ngalan ng mga dios-diosan ng
Samaria, Dan at Beersheba, lilipulin kayo at hindi na
makakabangon.”
Amos 8:11-14
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Amos 8:11-14

How the famine today is different...

 Not imposed on us by God
 God has provided for a feast, not famine
 Today’s famine is self-imposed
 We choose not to feed on the Word of God
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Amos 8:11-14

How the famine today is similar...

 Similar causes
 Material luxury Am 6:1-8; Deu 8:11-14,17; Lk 8:14
 Moral corruption Am 2:6-7; He 4:12-13
 Religious corruption Am 8:4-10
 Similar results
 Young people shall faint Am 8:13; cf. Isa 40:28-31
 Those who trust in false hopes shall fall and not rise
Am 8:14; cf. 2Chr 36:16
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Amos 8:11-14

Ending the famine in your life...

 Your soul is more important than all Mt 16:26

 You care for your body; why not your soul?

 Like newborn babes, long for the Word 1Pe 2:2

 Start the habit of daily Bible reading

 Meditate on it as you read Ps 1:1-3
 Pray for enlightenment, help to obey Ps 119:33-40
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End The Famine In Your Life!