Like any skill, active listening can be practiced and cultivated.
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On the other hand, research shows that active listening - putting your full focus on your conversational partner to truly understand their message - can help us anticipate problems, resolve conflicts, expand our knowledge and build trust. Most of us have been on both sides of this scenario, and while it may seem harmless, these kinds of distractions during our everyday interactions can make people feel unheard or unimportant, fragment our attention, and hurt our relationships. Their eyes shift to the screen, and they slide their device into their lap to send a reply. You’re in the middle of sharing an anecdote when their phone dings. It’s happened to all of us: You’re sitting down for dinner with an old friend to catch up. It is seriously the best book I have ever read on the power of prayer.This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community browse through all the posts here. I have been reading Release the Power of Prayer by George Muller. Thank God that He is working, and ask Him to give you peace as you trust in Him for the outcome. Ask God what He would like you to do: rest? be still? share His love with someone? How?ģ. Ask God to help you notice what He is up to.Ģ. In what areas do you see God working in your life or the lives of others? What are some signs that He is at work? If nothing comes to your mind, let this idea sit with you this week. If you are so inclined, use these questions for a devotional time today or throughout the week.ġ. I had forgotten she recorded this!) Digging Deeper: Questions for Reflection His Eye Is on the Sparrow ( Selah, or if you prefer, Whitney Houston. As you are working, Lord, help us to live with peace in our hearts. Come, Lord Jesus! Fill our homes and our hearts and work your divine purposes in them. So can you work your will and your way in all the hard things in our lives. Help us trust that you’ve got it: You rebuke the wind, you speak to the waves, and they obey you. Keep us steadfast in you, and may all the people we know and love come to know your enormous love for them. Thank you, Lord! You are so good to your children. Let me encourage you today: Live in faith. His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches out for you and me. The wind and the sea–and the situation you are facing–they all obey Him, because He is Lord of all. The wind ceases, and there is a great calm. With one command of His voice, one sweep of His hand over the raging sea, He brings peace. “Peace! Be still!” He rebukes the waves, He directs our situation.
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He knows and remembers our prayers, even those we stopped praying long ago because we had given up.īut He has not forgotten, nor has He given up! “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”Īnd he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Where are you, God, and what are you doing? Why are you allowing this to happen? Perhaps you have penned similar profundities in your journal or asked them with a not-so-nice voice in your head.
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You have no idea how to do this new or hard thing.The wayward child keeps making questionable decisions.
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In His provision, God has led me back to Mark 4. Is God really expecting you to do this new or hard thing?.What will be the consequences of the wayward child’s choices?.Will the white blood cell count be high enough for your loved one to receive chemotherapy?.How will that important relationship develop?.Perhaps you, too, sit not knowing an outcome: But the story is still being written, and so here I sit, in the middle of a sovereign story that seems to have so much at stake in so very many areas, and, yet, I don’t know the outcomes! I wish I could tell you the details of it all. “I’ve never seen you move like I’ve seen you move this year.” I wrote other equally insightful thoughts this spring: Inside: Are you living in the middle of unresolved circumstances? Has life thrown you a curve ball? Where can you find peace in the middle of the storm?
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Devotion 1 in the series Peace: Resting in God's Sovereignty Where Can You Find Peace in the Middle of the Storm?