Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 17\u2014Listen<\/p>\n
…my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry<\/em>. James 1:19 NLT<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Listening<\/p>\n It has been said that listening is something that is so needed yet is very scarce in today\u2019s society.\u00a0 There are so many distractions and people are so busy nowadays that many don\u2019t take the time to really listen anymore.<\/p>\n I am sure at some time you have felt unimportant because you realized no one was listening to you explain something or you found yourself telling a story that no one was paying attention to.\u00a0 It is sad, but it happens daily, so today our spiritual seed is listening.\u00a0 We are to be quick to listen to those around us, and that means really listening, not letting ourselves get distracted and putting all our focus on what a person may be saying and then being slow to speak.<\/p>\n Often times while someone is speaking instead of us listening fully to them, we are thinking in our minds what we might say in response to them, and this is not really listening then is it?<\/p>\n So, gather some listening seeds in your pocket and go out into your world today with your ears open to really listen and you might be amazed at what a blessed day you will have.<\/p>\n SGLY Ministry @2025 Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 17\u2014Listen …my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19 NLT Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Listening It has been said that listening is something that is so needed yet is very scarce in today\u2019s society.\u00a0 There are so many distractions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906],"tags":[3,2285,2912,2976,2907,2975,30,2287,32,2911],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-james-119","tag-january-2025","tag-listening","tag-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-quick-to-listen","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-slow-to-speak","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-spiritual-seeds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Listen-James-1.19.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1945,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-13-help\/","url_meta":{"origin":1958,"position":0},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 13\u2014Help","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 13\u2014Help Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.\u00a0 Philippians 2:4 ESV Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is: \u00a0Help Today we need to be planting spiritual seeds of help. 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