BLESS Booklet PDF

Listening means that we take moments to stop and take in our surroundings. It
is a higher sense of awareness about how God wants to use you where you
are at. Whether it is in simple or complex ways, God wants us to listen for his
leading, to listen for opportunities for Him to use us.
One of the most dangerous prayers we can pray is—”your kingdom come,
your will be done.” What you are saying to God is that I am obedient to YOUR
purposes in my life. The reason that this is dangerous is because throughout
scripture God continually uses people who live this prayer to do some powerful
things. He is a God who sends. When we actively listen we take on the
posture of a missionary looking and listening for opportunities for God to use
us in our space. Are we listening? Are we desiring to hear from God and
others so we can say “how is God calling me to respond?”
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"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."
Are we listening to God’s leading, both through his word and through the
leading of His Spirit. The second aspect is are we listening to others, meaning
are we actively listening for their needs, dreams, hopes and for opportunities
for us to be a blessing when and where we are able.
Rhythms of Listening
Pray that God’s Kingdom come and his will be done in your
neighborhood & ask God how He wants you to partner in that.
Pray for a greater sense of awareness to your surroundings. Take time
to STOP and be still, to look around and process.
Help to foster environments of conversation by taking more walks,
spending more time in the front yard to listen to others.
“Put your ear to the ground in your neighborhood” - not gossip but
listening for needs within your neighborhood.
Ask yourself this dangerous question regularly - “what is God speaking
to me and what does he want me to do about it?”