The Listening Revolution

Emotionally Healthy Relationships  

The Listening Revolution

Chris Honess, Lead Pastor

October 25, 2026

My command is this: love each other as I have loved you.

John 15:12

(Series Memory Verse)

We think talking changes things.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

Proverbs 18:2

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:6

Listening allows us to show true love.

To answer before listening – that is folly and shame.

Proverbs 18:13

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

James 1:19

Breaking our bad listening habits:

1.) Listen not to do, but to be.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. 

John 1:14a

2.) Listen not to agree, but to understand.

“I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” “Sir, the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.”

John 4:17-19

3.) Listen not to change, but to be changed.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

Luke 24:36

Action Step: I will lean into the Listening Skill this week in order to break my bad habits.