{"id":8638,"date":"2021-05-24T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=8638"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:01:40","slug":"listening-enhanced-holy-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/listening-enhanced-holy-spirit.htm","title":{"rendered":"Listening Enhanced with the Help of the Holy Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">Our old sinful, selfish nature sometimes prevents us from truly listening but our new nature in Christ, empowered by the Spirit at work in us, produces Christ-like character in us that helps us listen attentively, carefully, and respectfully. Listening enhanced with the help of the <a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/spirit-power.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holy Spirit makes such a difference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Listening Enhanced by the Fruit of the Spirit<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7170 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fruit-of-Spirit.jpg\" alt=\"Listening Enhanced by the Holy Spirit - Fruit of the Spirit\" width=\"367\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fruit-of-Spirit.jpg 367w, https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fruit-of-Spirit-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><br \/>\nSpecifically, it&#8217;s the fruit of the Spirit developed within us that makes us more Christ-like listeners.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we&#8217;re preoccupied with self, it&#8217;s hard to listen. But, the Spirit helps us become other-centered, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>love<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we&#8217;re controlled by our circumstances and busy schedules, we don&#8217;t want to be inconvenienced to stop long enough to truly listen. But, the Spirit helps us delight in the person instead, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>joy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we always need to be right, we usually don&#8217;t even want to listen to the other person&#8217;s opinions or concerns. But, the Spirit helps us let go and become more teachable, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>peace<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we feel we know the answer, it&#8217;s difficult not to interrupt when someone&#8217;s talking. But, the Spirit helps us wait for the person to finish, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>patience<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we don&#8217;t like what we&#8217;re hearing, it&#8217;s easy to rudely disrupt or blatantly ignore the person. But, the Spirit helps us become considerate and respect the person, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>kindness<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we&#8217;re tired of someone rambling on, we might find ourselves tuning them out. But the Spirit helps us re-focus despite how we feel, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>goodness<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we&#8217;re appalled by what someone is saying, we might react negatively even without saying a word. But the Spirit helps us demonstrate an acceptance of the person, even through our body language, despite what they&#8217;re saying, by developing within us the fruit of <strong>faithfulness<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we&#8217;re listening to someone speaking defensively or combatively, it would be easy to stop them in their tracks and verbally retaliate. But the Spirit helps us respond in a way that tends to de-escalate rather than escalate their aggressiveness by developing within us the fruit of <strong>gentleness<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"clear: both;\">\n<li>When we let ourselves get easily distracted by all we have to do, or by our surroundings, it&#8217;s hard to remain attentive to what someone&#8217;s saying. But, the Spirit helps us reign in our thoughts by developing within us the fruit of <strong>self-control<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 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