What does Tribe teach about god's voice?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on God's voice starts with honest context: there are seasons, personally and historically, when words from the Lord feel rare. Amanda Lack, who is on staff at Tribe, opened her message on 1 Samuel 3 by grounding it in one of the darker stretches of Israel's history, a time when the priesthood was corrupt, the lamp in the tabernacle was nearly out, and every man did what was right in his own eyes. Her point was that God's relative silence in that moment was not indifference. He was waiting for a willing and attentive heart, and he found one in a twelve-year-old boy sleeping next to the Ark of the Covenant.
Amanda drew a sharp distinction between hearing and listening. As she put it, "Hearing and listening are very different. You can hear your mom call you to dinner while you're playing video games, but are you listening to her?" Listening, she taught, is not a passive thing. It requires your whole posture to be oriented toward the one speaking. When God called Samuel three times and Samuel each time ran to Eli, that was not failure on Samuel's part. It was a picture of someone who had not yet learned to recognize the voice, and God's patience in calling again and again was a sign of his kindness, not his weakness. The fourth time, God came and stood and called Samuel's name twice, the same doubling of a name found with Abraham, Moses, and Paul on the road to Damascus, carrying urgency and personal intention.
What Amanda wanted the congregation to carry home was that God's voice is not reserved for public figures or polished leaders. She noted that "before Samuel is ever called to a public ministry, he is marked by private obedience." The posture of "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening" is not a one-time phrase. It is a way of living, available to anyone whose heart is open and available to God. John 10:27 sat underneath the whole message as its quiet anchor: Jesus says his sheep hear his voice.
Taught from 1 Samuel 3:1-21 · 1 Samuel 1 · John 10:27 · Judges 17:6 · 2 Timothy 4:3
“Hearing and listening are very different. You can hear your mom call you to dinner while you're playing video games, but are you listening to her?”
From “Here I Am” – Samuel's Obedience
The passage taught · 1 Kings 21:25
25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- May 11, 2026 “Here I Am” – Samuel's Obedience Amanda Lack teaches on 1 Samuel 3, tracing Samuel's call from a young boy sleeping near the ark to a prophet whose every word came to pass through private obedience.
- May 11, 2026 Speak Lord, Your Servant Is Listening Amanda Lack teaches from 1 Samuel 3 on Samuel's call, exploring what it means to say "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening" and live a life of private obedience.