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    Listen Leader Guide: Praying in a Noisy World
    Listen Leader Guide: Praying in a Noisy World
    Listen Leader Guide: Praying in a Noisy World
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    Listen Leader Guide: Praying in a Noisy World

    By Bishop Rueben P. Job

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    We live in a world of noise. Everywhere we go, we hear sounds that compete for our minds and hearts. Listening to God requires a deliberate choice to shut out the chaos around us and focus our thoughts.


    Listen, by Rueben P. Job, is a 40-day experience created to offer help to those new to prayer, those with a daily prayer routine, and those whose lives seem too busy to pray. With a focus on listening prayer and prayer as a two-way conversation, the experience will assist individuals and groups in building and deepening a personal prayer practice and spiritual discernment.


    As we learn to listen, we find a new depth and fulfillment in our relationship with God and a new experience of God as guide and companion in our lives. The daily prayer pattern includes an invitation, silence, Bible reading, a story, guided time for reflecting and listening, and practical help for developing six specific prayer practices.


    Listen is perfect for use by individuals, small groups, or congregations during Lent, Easter, or any time of year.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateJan 7, 2014
    ISBN9781426787874
    Listen Leader Guide: Praying in a Noisy World
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    Bishop Rueben P. Job

    Rueben P. Job was a United Methodist bishop, pastor and acclaimed author and served as World Editor of The Upper Room publishing program. Best-known for the classic book, Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living, he also authored or co-authored A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, A Wesleyan Spiritual Reader, Living Fully, Dying Well, Listen, and co-edited Finding Our Way: Love and Law in The United Methodist Church. Bishop Job also chaired the Hymnal Revision Committee that developed the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal.

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      Listen Leader Guide - Bishop Rueben P. Job

      PREFACE

      The skies were made by the LORD’s word,

      all their starry multitude by the breath of his mouth.

      He gathered the ocean waters into a heap;

      he put the deep seas into storerooms.

      All the earth honors the LORD;

      all the earth’s inhabitants stand in awe of him.

      Because when he spoke, it happened!

      When he commanded, there it was!

      Psalm 33:6-9

      From the beginning of creation to the beginning of this day and any day, God communicates with us in myriad ways. Our task, for which we are equipped by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, is to listen and respond to God.

      In Listen: Praying in a Noisy World, Rueben P. Job gently assures us that learning to listen to God need not begin with guilt or frustration about how little we may be listening now, or even how little confidence we may have at being able to learn to listen. Rather, he makes a place for us beside him where learning to listen through prayer is safe, inviting, encouraging, and supported. He assures us that he is learning still because learning to listen to God through prayer is a life-long experience that begins and ends with God. Who better to both lead and join us in this journey of prayer and listening than Rueben P. Job, who has been spiritual guide and prayer companion for so many people around the world for more than six decades?

      As for my own spiritual life and work, I can say without hesitation that Rueben has taught me to listen for and to God over and over again. Since our first meeting more than twenty years ago, I have had the privilege and gift of learning to pray in this noisy world because of his writing, preaching, praying, and guidance. And what Rueben has taught me about prayer, I have been able to share with others in the congregations, institutions, and communities in which I have served as pastor, author, teacher, and friend.

      It is for this same purpose that this leader guide for the study Listen: Praying in a Noisy World is designed—to teach others to listen and pray. We are God’s people, created to hear, trust, and follow God’s ever-present, always-loving guidance. Prayer attunes us to God’s will and Spirit despite competing noises in the world around us. Prayer clears a pathway toward God no matter the busy distractions and seductive detours that we encounter.

      Prayer makes room in us to listen again to God—something we know how to do, deep within us, but often forget when caught up in the noise and detours of daily life. Both the individual and group experiences of Listen: Praying in a Noisy World are designed to help us remember and learn to listen to God once again. May all who choose to follow Rueben P. Job’s spiritual guidance for transformation by the Spirit become listening and praying individuals, groups, and congregations who seek to follow Jesus.

      Pamela Hawkins

      INTRODUCTION

      Listen: Praying in a Noisy World is a forty-day (six-week) prayer journey that guides both individuals and groups in learning how to listen, understand, and follow God’s guidance and direction. Ideal for use during Lent or any time of year, the study invites participants to use the Listen prayer guide on their own throughout the week and then come together once a week to watch a video, discuss and share what they are learning, pray together, and have an opportunity to practice the featured prayer practice for that week. A group size of ten to twelve is recommended, but the material has been designed so that it may be adapted for larger groups as well.

      As group leader, your role is to organize and facilitate the weekly group session using this leader guide and the companion DVD. This guide provides six session outlines for either a 60-minute or 90-minute group format:

      60-Minute Format

      90-Minute Format

      As you can see, the 90-minute format is identical to the 60-minute format but contains three additional segments, which are marked with an asterisk. Feel free to adapt or modify either of these formats, as well as the individual segments and activities, in any way to meet the specific needs, learning styles, and preferences of your group. You also may wish to supplement with additional exercises or practices of your own choosing.

      Here is a brief introduction to each segment of the session outline:

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