Quotes about Listening

Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.

Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.

I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.

Imagine Jesus today: He is leaning over, bending down close to someone who is hurt. He's listening. His eyes fill with tears as He hears that person's troubles. Then His hand gently brushes away a tear. He was hurt once too. He understands.

Do this for someone. Ask someone to tell you his—or her—story. Resist the urge to interrupt or correct. Turn off the television. Log off from the internet. Close your laptop; silence your cell phone. Give the rarest of gifts: your full attention.

Accept teaching from his mouth, and keep his words in your heart. [ Job 22:22 NCV ]

God speaks all languages—including yours. What language is God speaking to you?

You can talk to God because God listens. Always.

May I laugh, listen, learn, and love. And tomorrow, if it comes, may I do so again. A new day awaits you, my friend. A new season in which you will worry less and trust more. A season with reduced fear and enhanced faith. Can you imagine a life in which you are anxious for nothing? God can. And, with his help, you will experience it.

Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard" (Dan. 10:12 NIV). You have been heard in heaven. Angelic armies have been dispatched.

there are times when hearts grow so hard and ears so dull that God turns us over to endure the consequences of our choices.

He wants to hear from us, even when our words are little more than angry arrows. Talking about it is the first step to healing.