tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post879377463807679904..comments2023-10-07T03:53:30.709-04:00Comments on old men planting churches: On the Primacy of Listening to GodKit McDermotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818705153986043363noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-55969389362147457692010-02-06T11:13:52.990-05:002010-02-06T11:13:52.990-05:00Thanks, Nate. Returning has been a blessing - like...Thanks, Nate. Returning has been a blessing - like coming home, really.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-35135840393356437522010-02-06T11:13:07.236-05:002010-02-06T11:13:07.236-05:00Hey Nathan, Glad it was of help to you, bro! Hope ...Hey Nathan, Glad it was of help to you, bro! Hope you are well.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-5814856450589309722010-02-06T11:12:01.377-05:002010-02-06T11:12:01.377-05:00Hi Destiny Coach, there is never a time like today...Hi Destiny Coach, there is never a time like today to return to listening to God. I will pray you do and soon! Thanks for commenting.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-43696282426613092122010-02-06T11:07:31.788-05:002010-02-06T11:07:31.788-05:00Bob, you speak to the ease with which all of us ca...Bob, you speak to the ease with which all of us can merely attend to the needs and responsibilities of our lives as if they are always necessary. Action without contemplation becomes like a ship without an anchor many times. We just go.<br /><br />I hope this year will be a year of more listening prayer for you.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-68566078346178610992010-02-06T11:04:48.536-05:002010-02-06T11:04:48.536-05:00Yeah, Judy. We neglect what brings us life more of...Yeah, Judy. We neglect what brings us life more often than we like to admit.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-26776499270452366732010-02-06T11:03:43.067-05:002010-02-06T11:03:43.067-05:00Hey Susannah,
I see and have practiced listening p...Hey Susannah,<br />I see and have practiced listening prayer as a discipline, especially in the morning. To me it is an oasis in the storm or the desert.It brings me peace. It anchors me and inspires me at times. It becomes a lifeline because even if Jesus corrects me it is gentle, never harsh.<br /><br />Listening prayer brings me closer in a way nothing else does. I am a fool when I neglect it.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-33755258919124312412010-02-06T10:56:17.071-05:002010-02-06T10:56:17.071-05:00Hey Steph, I agree!Hey Steph, I agree!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551796086160537522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-32669943848942483592010-02-01T15:06:47.406-05:002010-02-01T15:06:47.406-05:00I needed to read this today. I love you guys!I needed to read this today. I love you guys!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-12049952021840906902010-01-31T21:11:45.241-05:002010-01-31T21:11:45.241-05:00Great word and exhortation back to listening. Wit...Great word and exhortation back to listening. Without the clarity that comes from listening, it is difficult for me to focus on what is really important. I want to do this more, because I know it will yield the best result but am always fighting distractions. Thanks for sharing your heart. This is good stuff.Destiny Coachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201525461421747840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-47788285572357931362010-01-31T17:18:28.148-05:002010-01-31T17:18:28.148-05:00Good thoughts man, glad to hear you are finding so...Good thoughts man, glad to hear you are finding something that livens your soul and draws you nearer to God.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194536917164579305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-59313218443875143632010-01-31T15:07:50.202-05:002010-01-31T15:07:50.202-05:00As you know, it is really difficult for me to be q...As you know, it is really difficult for me to be quiet and at rest. With this said, when I have been on retreat at the Center for Renewal or at the Prayer Summit, I was "forced" to sit, pray, listen, and reflect. It was always a very fruitful time. Today, I spoke on the question that Jesus asked Bartimaeus, "What do you want me to do for you?" I've been wondering what my response might/should be. More than likely my response should be -help me to be quiet/sit and hear your still small voice. What do I have to lose, right? Nothing. What do I have to gain? Everything! Thanks for prodding the sleeping giant in my life.P.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-46052063594836589872010-01-31T13:04:37.835-05:002010-01-31T13:04:37.835-05:00Listening - a lost art in my world! Thanks for the...Listening - a lost art in my world! Thanks for the nudge - it is in listening that my best ideas come. Sooo why not more? Because I think I'm superintendent/super woman. Oh foolish one I am!Judy Houlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01056674865818104867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-80702976709921050972010-01-31T13:00:23.747-05:002010-01-31T13:00:23.747-05:00Oh, YEAH! And I fight all the time-- I fight beca...Oh, YEAH! And I fight all the time-- I fight because I think that if I listen to God he'll tell me things I don't want to hear, that His words will be death to me, and not what they really are, life-- and I just get distracted and my mind dwells on all the shiny ideas that are good in themselves, but that shouldn't crowd out listening to God. I worry that if I listen to God I won't have time to do anything else, that listening will take something valuable and good and necessary away from me... I think this is all just simply not true. Yes, he might ask me to do something I don't want to do. Yes, if I spend time listening to God in the scriptures and in prayer that's less time to read LOLCats on the web. But He will help me do whateverf it is that He wants me to, and it will ultimately turn out to be the best thing, the way into greatest fullness of joy and pleasure. And it's not like listening to God means giving up reading LOLCats EVER. I think.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887985705627574546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321604364389095781.post-41485446050962577762010-01-31T11:50:10.986-05:002010-01-31T11:50:10.986-05:00Kit- Praise God for breakfast with friends! God a...Kit- Praise God for breakfast with friends! God accomplishes so much over food :) <br /><br />I thank God for you!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062495747531657675noreply@blogger.com