How well do you listen? When you are in conversation, do you really listen to the other person or are you formulating your response? Are you missing meaning in your conversation due to not listening well? Are you listening for God to speak to you? We often see, hear, or experience people who do notContinue reading “Are You Listening?”
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First Thought and Action
How many times a day, a week, a month do you argue with God? How many times do you think you know what’s better for you than God does? Do you ever find yourself wondering why things didn’t go as you thought they would? Have you seriously considered why? We like to think we knowContinue reading “First Thought and Action”
See God’s Glory
How attentive are you to your surroundings? Do you use your peripheral vision for awareness? Do you listen for those small sounds that occur all around you? Have you been trained to be aware? Have you trained yourself to be aware? Have you thought about what you are missing? As I have observed people overContinue reading “See God’s Glory”
Something Special
How well do you follow instructions? Do you listen for all the instructions to be given? Or do you assume you know what is going to be said and head off on a task before receiving all the instructions? Do you recognize the moment? Or does it take someone to point it out to you?Continue reading “Something Special”
Humility and Wisdom
How do you display wisdom? Do you display it through your decisions and choices? Do you display it in the way you live? Do you consider humility to be a portion of your wisdom? Does humility come as a result of wisdom? Would others consider you humble and wise? I venture to guess that mostContinue reading “Humility and Wisdom”
Be a Worker of the Harvest
What does it mean to work in the Lord’s harvest? Are there expectations for the workers? Who should be working in the harvest? Shouldn’t all of us? The gospel of Jesus continues to be spread. It is not only spread on Sunday morning in a church building, but throughout the week. How is it spread?Continue reading “Be a Worker of the Harvest”
Hear
How well do you hear? How well do you listen? How well do you understand? How well do you pay attention? Are you wondering why all these questions? We’ll get to that shortly. Our current interpretation of what it means to hear is simply to perceive the sound of something. We don’t put as muchContinue reading “Hear”
Reflections
Do you ever step back and evaluate your experiences? Have you looked back over your life and see how it has changed over the years? Do you take in the changes and learn lessons from past decisions? Have you looked back to see how God has moved in your life? I venture to say thatContinue reading “Reflections”
In Step With God
Where do you see God in your life? Do you see Him at all? Do you see Him in your friends? Is He revealed in what you see around you? Can you see Him in the people you interact with? Or, do you feel as though God is hiding from you or has abandoned you?Continue reading “In Step With God”
Building Correctly
Who built your house? Do you know? Should you know? Who are you working with to build your eternal home? Are you building with the right One? Have you invited Him in to work beside you? Are you willing to follow His instructions? There are many builders in this world. Some good, some not soContinue reading “Building Correctly”
Marty Pressey 