Quotes about Receptivity
Before we can speak God's message, we must learn to listen. The opened ear comes before the opened mouth.
— AB Simpson
He who has ears, let him hear.
— Matthew 11:15
I can only advance in the kingdom if I become like that woman: trembling, humbled, without excuse, my palms open to receive God's grace.
— Philip Yancey
far too much Christian evangelism and apologetics is based on the assumption that almost everyone is open, interested and needy—when most people most of the time are quite simply not.
— Os Guinness
[W]hen the faculties are empty, then your whole being listens.
— Thomas Merton
Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
— Mark 4:9
even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.
— Mother Teresa
Semiotic nudge is more about "Speak, Lord; your servant is listening" than it is "Listen, Lord; your servant is speaking."58
— Leonard Sweet
To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. —JEREMIAH 6:10 NASB
— John Hagee
Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.
— Marianne Williamson
If they had more grace to hear, they would receive more that the writer has to give. But they are becoming hard and dull, and in danger of throwing away the little they have.
— John Piper
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve
— John Calvin