Listen to Learn and Be Changed
- Listening Is the Primary Pathway of Personal Transformation
- God shapes us more through grace than striving, more through reception than toil.
- Listen well to those who are speaking.
- We cannot be formed by what we refuse to hear.
- “… Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak …” James 1:19 NIV
- Selective listening leaves us stuck and unchanged.
- Poor Listening Protects the False Self
- We often listen to confirm what we already believe.
- Defensive listening protects what we believe and resists exposure, correction, and growth.
- True listening requires humility and surrender.
- What we won’t hear determines where we won’t grow.
- “You will be ever hearing but never understanding…”
— Matthew 13:14–15
- Jesus Models Listening as Submission, Not Passivity
- Listening precedes clarity, authority, and fruitfulness.
- Jesus listened to the Father to align His actions.
- Listening is active alignment with God’s will.
- Listening Requires Slowing, Softening, and St...
On What Are You Fixing Your Attention?
There are so many things vying for our attention these days – ads, shows, tasks, roles, assignments, relationships.
There are also many voices – family, friends, workmates, God, conscience, self and the enemy.
Does anything or anyone really get your attention anymore?
Whatever gets your attention gets you.
With all the clammer, it is most important to give your attention is God –His voice is even more important than your own.
God is the Creator, Sustainer and the Interpreter of all things. He is life itself. We are all accountable to Him, whether we recognize Him or not. Our identity, worth and purpose are derived from Him. We must remind each other and encourage each other in this truth consistently.
In Christ we have been spiritually “raised” to understand the will and voice of God. We must give Him our attention. We are encouraged to “Set our hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God … to set our minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Co...
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