Listening well,

, is something that few people master.

Begin with prayer
Listen
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Serve
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convert: to cause to adopt a different religion, political doctrine, opinion, etc.
bless: to enact good of any kind.

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry… —James 1:19 NIV

is a lost art.

³⁵As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. ³⁶When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. ³⁷They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” ³⁸He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁰Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, ⁴¹“What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied. ⁴²Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” ⁴³Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. —Luke 18:35-43 NIV

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“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” —David W. Augsburger

²²“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: ‘People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. ²³For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.’” ²⁴“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. ²⁵And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” —Acts 17:22-25 NIV

³²When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” ³³At that, Paul left the Council. ³⁴Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others. —Acts 17:32-34 NIV

Listening well requires us to be SILENT.

Challenge: Be silent and listen to one neighbor’s story this week.