The following information, based upon work done by MEUM, can apply to any time human beings have difficulty in the listening portion of communication. When we should be listening to an individual, how many of these activities shape our pattern of “how” we listen? Listening for facts Preparing my answer Problem solving Motor running Pacifying…
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Tough Words
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will…
Where Do You Stand?
George Barna, over six years beginning in 2011, contacted 15,000 people and interviewed them regarding where they were in their walk with God. People tended to find themselves in these various categories: Condition of the People Population(North America) SpiritualStatus Unaware of Sin 1% “Lost” Indifferent to Sin 16% Worried about Sin 39% Forgiven from Sin…
What’s Wrong With Looking?
“You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you…
Privileged
Article by Kyle Korver, originally published on April 8, 2019, in The Players’ Tribune. When the police break your teammate’s leg, you’d think it would wake you up a little. When they arrest him on a New York street, throw him in jail for the night, and leave him with a season-ending injury, you’d think…
Why You Should Persevere
Consider these words of Jude: Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt…
Endurance and Patience
Why would we need endurance? Why would we need patience? Could it be that even though we have peace by being reconciled to God, that trouble still finds our doorstep? What kinds of challenges would we face that we would be ready for them to be over? When Paul wrote to the Colossian believers, he…
Full Of It! What Is “It”?
Have you ever witnessed behavior that surprised you? Did someone say something completely unexpected? Where did such speech come from? Contrary to what we may wish to be the case, no mortal can make us utter words against our will. The only speech that can come out of us is speech that is already within….
What Do Good And Evil Have In Common?
What is one thing that both friends and enemies of God have in common? In evaluating the lives of those who deliberately disobeyed and those who faithfully followed God’s lead, what theme could both narratives share? Whether one lives to fight God or to follow God, ones life ultimately reveals this unyielding truth: Do not…
Super Villain Survey
So you’ve always wanted to be a bad guy, huh? Here is your chance to see how you would stack up to the competition! What is your preferred mode of transportation? (Broom, Starship, Pirate Ship, Dragon, Sports Car, other) ____________________ What do you want to take control of? (Home, Neighborhood, Job, County, Tri-State Area, Credit…
Food for Thought 