The Power of Listening

By Pastor Shawn Stoever, Pastor of Community Groups, Cypress Creek Church, Wimberley & San Marcos, TX, www.cypresscreekchurch.com In a world full of talking, tweeting, posting, and opinionating, the power of listening may have never been more in need. People seem...

Don’t try to be the Holy Spirit

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org  Most of us in ministry talk to others because we want to communicate something helpful. But what if the most important way to help people is to listen to them? When people tell us about an issue or problem, rather than telling...

Listening and Obedience

By Ángel Manuel Hernández Gutiérrez, www.misionmoderna.com Listening is often connected with obedience in Scripture, just like disobedience is linked with not listening. Pay attention, is the Hebrew word “casháb”, which means to listen. Saul did not want...

Watchman on the Walls

By Andrew Kirk, Director of Generation 2 generation, Website – www.G2gMandate.org, Social Media – @G2gMandate Habakkuk 2:1 says: “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am...

7 Keys to Listen

By Daphne Kirk, www.Gnation2gnation.com; Twitter: daphnekirk Listen to Him above all else I often ask leaders, “How much do people (adults, young people or children) listen to you in proportion to how much they listen to God? Usually there is a shocked silence. Eli...