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Instructions for Leaders and Followers (1 Peter 5).Suffering Under the World’s Authorities (1 Peter 2:13–4:19).Resident Aliens and a Royal Priesthood (1 Peter 1:1–2:12).1 Peter: Serving the World as Resident Alien Priests.Selfish Ambition and Submission to God (James 3:13–4:12).Discriminating Against the Poor and Currying Favor with the Rich (James 2:1–13).

Doers of the Word: Working for Those in Need (James 1:22–27).Listening, Taking Action, and Avoiding Anger (James 1:19–21).Perseverance, Wisdom, and Spiritual Growth (James 1:1–5).This reminds us that the workplace can be fertile soil for God’s work, just as the Roman Empire was, hardship and persecution notwithstanding. In order to meet people’s true needs, organizations need to listen to the people whose needs they hope to meet. Businesses must listen carefully to their customers, employees, inves­tors, communities, and other stakeholders. Listening is well established in business literature as a crucial leadership skill. This advice applies to all kinds of work and workplaces. How much better to trust God to defend our position, rather than defending ourselves by angry, hasty speech. But doing so usually makes our position worse, and always discredits our witness as Christ’s servants. When others speak words that we do not welcome-words of disagreement, criticism, dismissal-it is easy to respond in anger, especially in high-pressure situations at work. Wel­come with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls” (James 1:20–21). “Your anger does not produce God’s righteousness. Instead, he says that listening to others removes the anger and arrogance that keep us from doing God’s word spoken in Scripture.

He does not say that other people speak God’s word to us. Interestingly, James suggests that listening to others-and not just listening to God’s word-is a means of ridding ourselves of wickedness. We listen, not as a technique to influence anyone else, but as a way to let God’s word “rid of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness” (James 1:21). “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger” (James 1:19). Christians need to listen well both to people (James 1:19) and to God (James 1:22–25). James continues his practical guidance with words about listen­ing.

Bible quotes about listening how to#