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*Date:* 16th July 2008 (Wednesday PM) *Ref:* A0394
*Place: Kambah P.S.*
*Title: Learning to Listen*
*Text: *& James 1:19-20
*Illust: *Over the years I have known people in the workplace & you probably have known them too, people who don’t know when to keep their mouth shut.
Don’t know when to shut-up.
Are constantly getting themselves in trouble, annoying people, upsetting people; just because they don’t know when to keep quiet.
– Many of them simply don’t listen.
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I. Swift to Hear
!! A. Listening More
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An exhortation to /be swift to hear/, to be speedy to hearken, to hear.
– If you read any books on management, people skills, success ~/ sales etc often times a chapter or sections on developing your listening skills
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Reason for this is that it is a vital skill for success in life.
Reading the biography of Sir Sidney Kidman the “Cattle King who at one time owned or had an interest in about 100 stock stations across Australia covering an area a little bit larger than New Zealand:
His phenomenal expansion in business came about because of one key skill more than anything else.
– He listened
He was constantly after information ~/ knowledge – He was a great listener
His wisdom in choosing the right cattle~/sheep~/horse stations was because he listened.
Proverbs 8:32-35 32 “Now therefore, listen to me, /my/ children, For blessed /are/ /those who/ keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain /it./ 34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord; (NKJV)
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Need to cultivate the art of listening.
Become a listener
!! B. Silence Struggle
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But like any discipline, for that is what it is, there is going to be a struggle.
We always want to talk, we don’t like to have silence.
– One of the hardest yet most effective negotiating tactics is to know when to say nothing – Just keep silent.
Can make everyone very uncomfortable.
– We like to talk to fill the void.
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The Silence struggle ~/ Listening is a hard discipline to learn.
– Doesn’t come naturally to many of us.
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But it is essential to success in life, to relationships & to effectiveness.
– Help in marriages if husbands learn to just listen – Do not have to solve every problem.
– Just listen – Learn to be swift to hear.
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Slow to Speak
!! A. Disciplined Tongue
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Following on from that naturally the challenge then is to learn not to speak.
We are thrilled when our children start to speak we encourage them to learn new words & try out those words.
From an early age we are encouraged ~/ exhorted to speak – Need to be taught to be silent & not to speak.
Be /slow to speak/ James exhorts us.
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Don’t rush in to speaking, learn to restrain your tongue.
Don’t have to speak every thought that enters your mind.
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 2 Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.
3 For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
(NKJV)
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