Tag archive: Listen
I Can’t Hear You
Put your hands over your ears and shout, “La la la!” Amos 7:1-17 Reference: “Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”” Amos 7:13 NIV Explore: I love watching children play when they do something very socially inappropriate but what many adults would like to do…
Miss The Mark
At times there just isn’t an easy fix and suggesting one only makes the person who is suffering feel more like a failure. Psalm 142:1-7 Reference: “Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.” Psalm 142:4…
Keeping My Mouth Shut
There are times when it is good for us to be silent and just listen Psalm 39:1-13 Reference: I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked.” (Psalm 39:1) Explore: “The biggest communication problem is we…
The Baby of the Family
My mother tried not to laugh Philippians 4:10-23 Reference: Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. (Philippians 4:14 NIV) Explore: My parents tell me of a time when I was a child, when I started to become emotionally removed from my family. I was sullen and downcast and they couldn’t seem to raise my…
I Hear You
“This was exactly what I needed to read today.” 2 Chronicles 36:1-23 Reference: The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. (2 Chronicles 36:15 NIV) Explore: If you’ve read any other of my blogs…