Category: Decisions
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The Worst Decision of My Life
Today we have a submission from a reader who recently immigrated from Asia to Australia. He writes… I want to share a story about a time when I was struggling with financial loss. After changing countries and moving to a place where having a vehicle was a huge need, I wanted to buy a vehicle.…
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Following the Good Shepherd
This month we have another great submission from one of our readers. Enjoy! Juli writes… Another Transition Our family has worked in Latin America since 2014, but right now we are finishing up our home assignment in Germany. At the end of our last term in Ecuador, we were open to hearing from God about our…
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Don’t Give Up
Sometimes the Lord’s word to a person individually has an application to a broader group of people. In this post, I share some of the words the Lord has given me over the past several weeks. Background I was starting a computer training program in Asia. The journey has been a little bumpier than I…
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Lions and Wildebeest
There is a danger we can fall into when listening to God’s voice. That danger is isolationism: thinking that me and the Holy Spirit is good enough; thinking, that since I can hear God’s voice myself, I do not need other believers. Let me illustrate the danger of this kind of thinking. I grew up…
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Should I Change My Flight?
It was Saturday morning, and we were due to fly to the other side of the world—to Toronto—Tuesday evening. This was my second day of feeling sick with all the symptoms of a bad case of flu, or perhaps COVID: fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, and weakness. I felt miserable. On top of that,…
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Too Tired to Decide
I love it when readers submit their stories. One of the Listening to God Newsletter readers shared the following: I lead a community Bible study group. We meet weekly at a friend’s place to read the Bible and pray together. One day, just as were arriving at our friend’s place, I received a text message…
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Take the Later Flight
This story is from Samuel, a participant in Cohort 2 of the Listening to God Course. We were deciding on flights for our journey to our holiday destination. Taking the earlier flight would mean less chance of a missed connection in case of a delay. But the earlier flight would also mean a longer wait…