12-19-2014 – Resolve to be a wise listener; Exhorter, Mercy, Giver, Organizer, Teacher, Server, or Prophet.
12-13-2014 – I have found that to be true. Because I did not feel rejected but sat on the side the Lord has stored up many wise things from the those conversations and from counseling sessions. Sessions where I do not even remember who or what the problem was just the Lord’s answer.
12-12-2014 – I always remember one of the things my mother warned me about, “always write it down child, you will forget and the insight will not come back for 10 years.”
12-6-2014 – Often later they do not remember what they said. This is because the Lord is speaking through them. Unfortunately, many listeners do not recognize that the Lord is the author of the remarks and thus fail to heed what is spoken, most never bother to write it down. nor to test it with scripture.
11-25-2014 – For the godly Exhorter, if they are continually asking for wisdom and insight, then things will just come out of their mouths never planned.
11-24-2014 – In a class room the same thing happens. The Exhorter talks to one person in the audience. And others listen in.
11-17-2014 – What you might try is if you are an Exhorter allow others interested to sit somewhere in the room out of sight and listen to you and no matter what the urge they just listen never interrupt and most certainty never disagree. Just listen. This is not a debate!
11-14-2014 – As a counselor with families I do the same thing addressing one person at a time. However I want the others to listen to acquire knowledge or insight into family solutions to problems.
11-12-2014 – So go back and listen to those conversations in your mind of wise ones and what they had to say to acquire wisdom.
11-8-2014 – I was not interested in the private things of others I just wanted her wisdom. ( I remember long conversations she had with an aunt who believed in astrology, years later in seminary that wisdom and insight paid off.)
11-5-2014 – When company would come mother would always shoo the kids away. Most of the family would feel rejected when this took place. They did not understand. Exhorters do it because they talk one on one. So growing up I would sit in another room and listen to mother.
Thank you for being a source of resource and direction through your post. I tend to go deep into scripture and prayer, and THEN come to your page to become wiser with the knowledge fresh on my mind and heart. I simply wanted you to know that I have been and continue to be blessed by your post and publications, and that what I do with the combination of God’s word and some of your incite reaches far into encouraging others (as well as myself).