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Lawfare Against Trump Crumbles: Legal Battles Fail to Derail Former President’s Return to White House
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Lawfare Against Trump Crumbles: Legal Battles Fail to Derail Former President’s Return to White House

by Wendell Husebo, Breitbart: Opponents waging lawfare against former President Donald Trump are failing to prevent him from completing the greatest political comeback in history, establishment media reports recently acknowledged. The numerous indictments against Trump were meant to politically sabotage his reelection campaign, many Republicans believe, buoyed by reports of multiple meetings between the Biden administration and […]
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A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision – Your Daily Prayer – May 13
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A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision – Your Daily Prayer – May 13

A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision By Ashley Moore  "And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left." – Isaiah 30:21, ESV When I was younger, it was much easier for me to distinguish between right and wrong. Doing what God commanded was right, and giving in to sin was bad. In the early days after my conversion, my sins were evident and easy to recognize. But now, I spend less time struggling with God to avoid committing terrible sins and more time wondering what He wants me to do. Do you feel that way too? Do you want to make the right decision about how to educate your children? Do you want to know whether you need to stay at your current job or take a chance on starting a business? Or maybe you wonder if now is the right time to start leading a small group or hosting a Bible study. The struggle to make the "right" decision is real when choosing between two seemingly good options.  But as we see in our key verse, God provides direction for us. He shows us the way to walk when things are unclear. Here are a few ways we can make decisions that honor the Lord when we are unsure of what to do: Pray & Read the WordPrayer and reading Scripture are the most obvious answers, but when we need direction, we have to talk to God. We talk to God by praying. We can pray and ask for wisdom, and the Word says the Lord gives it generously (James 1:5). We can fast and see what the Lord reveals to us during that time of abstaining from food or other distractions. When we want to hear from God, we open His Word and listen to what He has to say. Hebrews 4:12 says God's Word is alive and active. These timeless truths have a way of coming to life right on the page, often illuminating principles that help us make decisions in our present moments.  When we read, God speaks to us through His Spirit, and He illuminates the truth we need to hear. However, this does not occur every time we open His Word. This is why we must make it a daily discipline, training and familiarizing ourselves with God's Word a little at a time. John 10:12 says that God's sheep know His voice, and they follow Him. It gets easier to discern God's voice over the noise in our heads when we have practiced listening to Him daily!  Seek Wise CounselSometimes, even though we are in God's Word continuously, we still experience periods of silence for whatever reason. Those seasons when God is quiet are why we must be in regular community with people who love God and bear His fruit. When facing decisions we are unsure about, it is wise to reach out to a few trusted friends and mentors to ask them to pray and help you think through the options. Proverbs 19:20 says that when we listen to advice and accept instruction, we gain wisdom in the future. Many of our mentors and friends likely have some experience they can share with us to help us take our next step. Even if they don't have specific wisdom, these friends can join in praying and possibly fast alongside us as we weigh our options.  Look for Confirmation & Move Forward Sometimes, we do everything possible and still need more clarity. As we wait patiently to hear from the Lord, we can tune our hearts to His Spirit and seek confirmation. I have often experienced reassurance in the form of little signs that don't mean much to other people but are very meaningful to me. These confirmations remind me that the Lord sees me and wants me to take the next step. There are other times when I never receive confirmation. I often compare these situations to what it would be like to parent my kids when they are adults. I will no longer be managing their every decision. Instead, I have invested years of principles, wisdom, and guidance in them, and I am trusting them to use that knowledge to make the best decision for their situation. Sometimes, God may want us to move forward in faith without much reassurance from Him or others.  Psalm 16:6 says, the boundary lines have fallen for us in pleasant places. The boundaries of sin are often obvious. But when the options are neutral or good choices, we can experience fear of making the wrong decision. Rest assured, we are not alone. The Lord will show us the way to walk through abiding in Him, the counsel of others, or tapping into our faith reserves. May we move forward without fear in light of these truths. Let's pray: Jesus, you see that our heart's desire is to honor you with our decisions. Tune our hearts to hear when you offer us directions through your word, answered prayers, wise counsel, or some other confirmation. Thank you for directing our steps even when there is no obvious reassurance. Help us rest in your sovereignty, and know we can't mess up your purposes for our lives as long as we try our best to obey you. In your name, Jesus, amen.  Image credit: Image created using AI technology with DALL.E2024/ChatGPT Ashley Moore is a writer and host of be the twopodcast. She is known for her relatability and for passionately writing and speaking about mental, emotional, and relational health from a biblical worldview. She has written for Kingdom Edge Magazine, Guideposts, Crosswalk, The Secret Place, enLIVEn, The Bubbling Brook and more. If Ashley isn’t writing, you can find her with her husband, three children, and two floppy-eared Goldens on their south Georgia farmland. The best way to connect with Ashley is to grab a free devotional or Bible study and join her newsletter at free.ashleynicolemoore.com. Teach Us to Pray is a FREE prayer podcast hosted by iBelieve writer Christina Patterson. Each week, she gives you practical, real-life tips on how to grow your faith and relationship with God through the power of prayer. To listen to her episode on What to Pray in the Morning for a Worry-Free Day, click below! Now that you’ve prayed, are you in need of someone to pray for YOU? Click the button below! Visit iBelieve.com for more inspiring prayer content. The post A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision – Your Daily Prayer – May 13 appeared first on GodUpdates.
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What’s Really Important in Life? – Senior Living – May 13
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What’s Really Important in Life? – Senior Living – May 13

What's Really Important in Life? May 13 "‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." – Matthew 22:37-40 British statesman and financier Cecil Rhodes, whose fortune was used to endow the world-famous Rhodes Scholarships, was known as a stickler for correct dress. His convictions on attire, however, were second to his care for someone else's feelings. This became apparent one evening when a young man invited to dine with Rhodes arrived on a late train and had to go directly to Rhodes' home in his travel-strained clothes. He arrived, embarrassed to find the other guests wearing full evening dress. Just then, Rhodes appeared in a shabby old blue suit. He heard about his guest's dilemma and wanted him to feel comfortable. Most would argue that convictions are a good thing. It's crucial, however, to prioritize our convictions and focus on what's really important. Take, for example, music in our churches. Many feel convicted that this or that kind of music is the best, so they decide to fight that battle to the death – destroying relationships and breaking fellowship over the issue. But the truth is we can have convictions without letting those convictions override our biblical duties to love others and seek unity. Keep your convictions prioritized and remember what's most important in life: loving God and loving people. Prayer Challenge Ask God to help you prioritize your convictions and be humble enough to not let them destroy relationships. Questions for Thought When you think about the arguments you've had over your convictions, were your convictions biblical or simply based on a preference? What's one conviction you have that maybe you've allowed to overtake something that's really more important? Visit the Senior Living Ministries website The post What’s Really Important in Life? – Senior Living – May 13 appeared first on GodUpdates.
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A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision – Your Daily Prayer – May 13
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A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision – Your Daily Prayer – May 13

A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision By Ashley Moore  "And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left." – Isaiah 30:21, ESV When I was younger, it was much easier for me to distinguish between right and wrong. Doing what God commanded was right, and giving in to sin was bad. In the early days after my conversion, my sins were evident and easy to recognize. But now, I spend less time struggling with God to avoid committing terrible sins and more time wondering what He wants me to do. Do you feel that way too? Do you want to make the right decision about how to educate your children? Do you want to know whether you need to stay at your current job or take a chance on starting a business? Or maybe you wonder if now is the right time to start leading a small group or hosting a Bible study. The struggle to make the "right" decision is real when choosing between two seemingly good options.  But as we see in our key verse, God provides direction for us. He shows us the way to walk when things are unclear. Here are a few ways we can make decisions that honor the Lord when we are unsure of what to do: Pray & Read the WordPrayer and reading Scripture are the most obvious answers, but when we need direction, we have to talk to God. We talk to God by praying. We can pray and ask for wisdom, and the Word says the Lord gives it generously (James 1:5). We can fast and see what the Lord reveals to us during that time of abstaining from food or other distractions. When we want to hear from God, we open His Word and listen to what He has to say. Hebrews 4:12 says God's Word is alive and active. These timeless truths have a way of coming to life right on the page, often illuminating principles that help us make decisions in our present moments.  When we read, God speaks to us through His Spirit, and He illuminates the truth we need to hear. However, this does not occur every time we open His Word. This is why we must make it a daily discipline, training and familiarizing ourselves with God's Word a little at a time. John 10:12 says that God's sheep know His voice, and they follow Him. It gets easier to discern God's voice over the noise in our heads when we have practiced listening to Him daily!  Seek Wise CounselSometimes, even though we are in God's Word continuously, we still experience periods of silence for whatever reason. Those seasons when God is quiet are why we must be in regular community with people who love God and bear His fruit. When facing decisions we are unsure about, it is wise to reach out to a few trusted friends and mentors to ask them to pray and help you think through the options. Proverbs 19:20 says that when we listen to advice and accept instruction, we gain wisdom in the future. Many of our mentors and friends likely have some experience they can share with us to help us take our next step. Even if they don't have specific wisdom, these friends can join in praying and possibly fast alongside us as we weigh our options.  Look for Confirmation & Move Forward Sometimes, we do everything possible and still need more clarity. As we wait patiently to hear from the Lord, we can tune our hearts to His Spirit and seek confirmation. I have often experienced reassurance in the form of little signs that don't mean much to other people but are very meaningful to me. These confirmations remind me that the Lord sees me and wants me to take the next step. There are other times when I never receive confirmation. I often compare these situations to what it would be like to parent my kids when they are adults. I will no longer be managing their every decision. Instead, I have invested years of principles, wisdom, and guidance in them, and I am trusting them to use that knowledge to make the best decision for their situation. Sometimes, God may want us to move forward in faith without much reassurance from Him or others.  Psalm 16:6 says, the boundary lines have fallen for us in pleasant places. The boundaries of sin are often obvious. But when the options are neutral or good choices, we can experience fear of making the wrong decision. Rest assured, we are not alone. The Lord will show us the way to walk through abiding in Him, the counsel of others, or tapping into our faith reserves. May we move forward without fear in light of these truths. Let's pray: Jesus, you see that our heart's desire is to honor you with our decisions. Tune our hearts to hear when you offer us directions through your word, answered prayers, wise counsel, or some other confirmation. Thank you for directing our steps even when there is no obvious reassurance. Help us rest in your sovereignty, and know we can't mess up your purposes for our lives as long as we try our best to obey you. In your name, Jesus, amen.  Image credit: Image created using AI technology with DALL.E2024/ChatGPT Ashley Moore is a writer and host of be the twopodcast. She is known for her relatability and for passionately writing and speaking about mental, emotional, and relational health from a biblical worldview. She has written for Kingdom Edge Magazine, Guideposts, Crosswalk, The Secret Place, enLIVEn, The Bubbling Brook and more. If Ashley isn’t writing, you can find her with her husband, three children, and two floppy-eared Goldens on their south Georgia farmland. The best way to connect with Ashley is to grab a free devotional or Bible study and join her newsletter at free.ashleynicolemoore.com. Teach Us to Pray is a FREE prayer podcast hosted by iBelieve writer Christina Patterson. Each week, she gives you practical, real-life tips on how to grow your faith and relationship with God through the power of prayer. To listen to her episode on What to Pray in the Morning for a Worry-Free Day, click below! Now that you’ve prayed, are you in need of someone to pray for YOU? Click the button below! Visit iBelieve.com for more inspiring prayer content. The post A Prayer When You’re Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision – Your Daily Prayer – May 13 appeared first on GodUpdates.
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Historical Events for 13th May 2024
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Historical Events for 13th May 2024

641 - Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon 1364 - Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven 1877 - Caesar Franck's symphonic poem "Lesson Eolides" premieres 1946 - US sentences 58 camp guards of Mauthausen concentration camp to death 1949 - 1st British-produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its 1st test flight 1975 - "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances 1982 - Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy 1996 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. 2018 - China's first domestically built aircraft carrier begins sea trials in Dalian, China 2023 - 67th Eurovision Song Contest: Loreen wins for Sweden, for the second time, singing "Tattoo", in Liverpool, England, hosting on behalf of Ukraine More Historical Events »
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Watch Dave Grohl and Wolfgang Van Halen prank an entire festival with cover of Van Halen's Eruption
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Watch Dave Grohl and Wolfgang Van Halen prank an entire festival with cover of Van Halen's Eruption

In which, for a brief moment, Dave Grohl is the best guitarist the world has ever seen
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WATCH: You Won't Believe What Miami Beach Police Are Using To Lure New Recruits!
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Understand Church Hurt’s Source
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Understand Church Hurt’s Source

Twice now, my husband has been called to pastor a hurting church. When our family arrived, we found believers who were confused, angry, and sad. The circumstances in each congregation were complex—a series of hard events, many without resolution. These congregation-wide difficulties came on top of individuals’ personal struggles and past experiences, meaning each member was enduring a slightly different set of hurts. Trouble in the church is one of the most painful experiences a believer can have, and the complicated nature of these situations makes them hard to navigate. Neglect, miscommunication, disappointment, conflict, and mistreatment are often tangled up, leaving believers bewildered and overwhelmed. At such times, examining and understanding hurt’s causes can help us grieve rightly, take appropriate action, and then move forward. In Scripture, we see at least four sources of church hurt. An experience of hurt may result from just one of them; more likely, it’s a combination of a few. Consider how each affects us. 1. We live in a fallen world. When sin entered the world, it had far-reaching effects. Not only did humankind fall under its curse, but the rest of creation suffered too. Under “its bondage to corruption . . . the whole creation,” Paul explains, “has been groaning together” (Rom. 8:21, 22). Your basement floods, the neighbor’s dog snarls at you on your morning run, and a poison-ivy rash creeps up your legs. Nothing is quite as it should be in the world God made. Nothing in the church is quite as it should be either. When your infertility or unwanted singleness makes church feel hard, this is the legacy of Adam’s fall. When a collapsing regional economy means your church plant has to close, you can point the finger at Genesis 2. Some difficulties in the church aren’t the result of a specific sin but of sin’s presence in the world. Some difficulties in the church aren’t the result of a specific sin but of sin’s presence in the world. When we suffer under these kinds of hurts, we can turn to the Lord in lament. These hardships aren’t caused by someone’s malicious actions, but they’re still painful. We can cry out with the psalmist, “O LORD, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you” (Ps. 38:9). And we can allow our sadness to point us toward that better country where we “shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isa. 35:10). 2. Satan hates the church. Without spiritual eyes, we’ll be unable to recognize the second cause of church hurt. Some painful things in the church result from an epic conflict happening in the unseen, spiritual places. In Revelation 12, John receives a vision of the great red dragon who attempts to thwart God’s plan of redemption. When his attack against the male child born of the woman fails, he turns his attention elsewhere: “Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus” (v. 17). Who is this dragon who wars against Christ’s followers? He is “that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world” (v. 9). Satan is a “roaring lion” trying to destroy the church (1 Pet. 5:8). He seeks to disseminate lies (John 8:44), twist our doctrine (2 Cor. 11:3), prevent us from understanding the preaching of the Word (Matt. 13:19), manipulate our anger for his own ends (Eph. 4:26–27), cause controversy in the church (2 Tim. 2:23–26), keep gospel workers from ministry (1 Thess. 2:17–18), magnify offenses to cause us to sin (2 Cor. 2:10–11), trap vulnerable Christians (1 Tim. 5:11–15), destroy new believers (3:6), and incite church members to neglect each other (1 John 3:10). As we experience such difficulties, we mustn’t be naive about their source. When church hurts, it’s often the pain of battle wounds inflicted by Satan. In response, we must fight back. Along with the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, we take up prayer—asking God to give his church boldness and victory against the Evil One (Eph. 6:16–20). And we seek the Spirit’s help to stand on guard, “watchful” (1 Pet. 5:8) and “alert” (Eph. 6:18) lest we fall into Satan’s snares ourselves. 3. People are weak. “We urge you, brothers,” wrote Paul, “admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all” (1 Thess. 5:14). Not every problem caused by a church member is attributable to willful sin. Sometimes people are just weak. An immature believer may want to offer you words of comfort, but his muddled theology makes things worse. Your pastor may want to minister to you, but he doesn’t know the whole story about what you’re going through. A church member may want to befriend you, but her chronic illness and young children make it impossible for her to commit. Each one of us is limited: by our finite progress in holiness, by our lack of knowledge, by our frail bodies. These human limits can be the source of hurt in the church as we feel neglected or misunderstood by people who simply cannot do better than they’ve done. Christ, too, suffered neglect from weak believers in his hour of greatest need. In Gethsemane, when he asked his disciples to pray with him, they fell asleep—not just once but three times. In his response, our Savior models compassion: “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41). Even when hurt, we, too, can believe the best of others (1 Cor. 13:7) and seek the Lord’s help to “be patient with them all” (1 Thess. 5:14). 4. People sin. The fourth cause of hurt in the church is the most obvious: people sin. “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?” James asks the first-century congregations. “Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?” (James 4:1). Christ has set us free from sin’s penalty and power, and yet we battle against indwelling sin, even in the church. Conflict, slander, unkindness, partiality, and abuse in the church come from the sin in people’s hearts. In these situations, the believer’s comfort is that the Lord doesn’t ignore hurt. Under God, every sin is dealt with—either laid on Christ at the cross or paid for by the sinner in eternity. Without error, he “forgiv[es] iniquity and transgression and sin, but . . . will by no means clear the guilty” (Ex. 34:7). Under God, every sin is dealt with—either laid on Christ at the cross or paid for by the sinner in eternity. When we’ve been sinned against, we can cry out to God, asking him to do what’s right. We can pursue peace and reconciliation as far as it depends on us (Rom. 12:18; see Matt. 18:15–20), knowing we, too, are sinners in need of mercy. And where appropriate, we can seek justice—appealing to church courts and civil magistrates to act as the agents of God’s own justice. We may be wounded, but we aren’t without hope. Through every kind of hard situation, we look in faith for Christ to complete his work in the church so that “he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish” (Eph. 5:27). He will surely do it.
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12 Easy Ways to Improve Your Listening
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12 Easy Ways to Improve Your Listening

Not many habits communicate love more powerfully than listening. David Augsburger observes, “Being heard is so close to being loved that most people cannot tell the difference.” True listening isn’t just hearing words but selflessly seeking understanding. It’s the quietest way to shout, “I love you.” Good listeners are a heavenly respite in a world full of chronically under-encouraged and under-heard people. Jesus said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). Applying Jesus’s words to conversations, we might say, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you listen to one another.” Listening Is a Habit Someone once told me, “I’m a bad listener,” as if it were a hopelessly unchangeable attribute like eye color. But listening is a habit more than a fixed trait. Save for rare exceptions, we can all be good listeners with practice. We can all be good listeners with practice. Consider 12 ways to improve your listening and make others feel heard. (My advice: Pick one or two to apply in your next interaction. Once you’ve done that, return to this article and pick another one or two to add.) 1. Look people in the eye. Attentive eyes communicate, “You’re the most important thing to me right now.” They give a visual representation of the God who sees. Meanwhile, wandering eyes usually make the other person feel unheard (or not fully heard). 2. Face people. As the other person is talking, ask yourself, Does my body language communicate I’m all in on this conversation or that I’m more interested in something else? Every time we turn our face toward someone in love, we reenact the gospel in miniature form. 3. Put down your phone. I once heard someone say, “I’m able to look at my phone and listen at the same time.” I’m not sure that’s possible. But even if it were, remember: just because you’re listening doesn’t mean the other person feels heard. 4. Ask engaging questions. Question-asking is the oil and the sweetener of all meaningful dialogue. If you struggle to think of good questions, keep the acronym FORKS in your tool belt. Ask the other person about these topics: Family (e.g., What’s one quality you admire in each family member and why?) Occupation (e.g., What’s your favorite part of your job and why?) Recreation (e.g., What’s your favorite way to use your free time and why?) Knowledge (e.g., What have you been learning about recently?) Spirituality (e.g., What’s one high and one low in your faith right now?) (For further tips on asking great questions, see another article I wrote for The Gospel Coalition.) 5. Ask clarifying questions. Clarifying someone’s words shows your interest in the conversation and desire to understand. These are two of the best questions to ask: “What did you mean by [insert one specific word or phrase she said]?” and “Are you saying that [insert what you think she’s saying in your own words]?” 6. Smile. Smiling shows you enjoy the other person’s presence. You don’t need to smile for the entire interaction (that could get weird!). But if you spend an hour with someone and never smile, what does this communicate about your interest in him and what he has to say? 7. Give nonverbal feedback while he’s talking. Facial expressions (e.g., nods, raised eyebrows, smiles, frowns) and other nonverbal or short verbal affirmations (“Mhmm.” “Yes!” “Oh wow . . .”) show you understand and are actively listening. 8. Don’t assume you already know what she’s going to say. Too often we listen for a few seconds, assume the main idea, then tune out and wait for our turn to talk. Stephen Covey observes, “Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Resist this urge. By shifting your attention from formulating your response to tracking the other person’s words from start to finish, you’ll discover more, love better, and stand out (in a good way) from the masses. 9. Write down key details. It can be easy to forget important parts of a dialogue (e.g., the names of her kids, the anniversary of his mom’s death, her prayer requests). Immediately after a conversation ends, take note of these things. Remembering sensitive details will go a long way in making someone feel heard and loved. The older I get, the more I realize the people who remember key details aren’t those with the best memories. They’re those with the best notes. 10. Set aside time for undistracted listening. It’s understandably difficult to listen well as you’re rushing out the door, about to take an important phone call, or falling asleep after a long day. Make listening easier by setting aside time to engage without distraction. If you cannot give someone your full attention, say, “I’d love to hear more about this, but I’m distracted right now. Could we discuss this [insert a specific day and time]?” This communicates you care about the other person’s thoughts enough to ensure you can give them your full attention. 11. Pray. Before you meet with someone (or walk inside to see your spouse), pray, “Lord, help me to listen well.” This glorifies God, honors the other person, and puts your mind in the right place. And you better believe God loves to answer this prayer. 12. Follow up. Whenever you circle back to a detail or event someone cares about, you communicate, “I heard you, care about you, and want to hear more.” After a meaningful conversation, set a “follow up with [insert name]” reminder on your phone for a couple of days later. Reminders aren’t cheating; they’re loving. You can assume whoever you interact with today is under-encouraged and under-heard and would benefit from your listening. By incorporating these habits into your conversations, you’ll communicate Christ’s knowledge and love in rare and refreshing ways.
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