Listening Is More Than a Skill — It’s Obedience

Listening In by Pamela Mertz leads to Obedience.

I used to think listening was just a skill I could master. Now I know — listening is obedience. The Bible talks about listening as an act of following God. It’s not passive. It’s active. Hearing vs Listening Hearing is the sound waves bouncing off your ears. Listening is responding. Listening is saying, “I hear…

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Listening In: Hearing the Holy Spirit in Coaching and Leadership

Be inspired to apply your listening skills to coaching and leadership.

Leadership is often described as making quick decisions, standing strong, and inspiring others. But what if the most powerful leadership move isn’t speaking — it’s listening? Listening In is what I call tuning into the voice of the Holy Spirit. It’s a leadership practice that has changed everything for me. How Listening In Works Before any…

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Listening IN

We hear the client with our ears, a passive activity, but we listen to them and formulate our responses, our powerful questions, and calls to actions that we hear from them and the Holy Spirit. 

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The Truth About Church Hurt and Church Wounds Podcast

The Truth About Church Hurt and Church Wounds with Pamela Mertz | Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast There was a lot of misinformation about who God truly is. There are many wounded and hurt people in the church AND Jesus loves the church. God calls all things to work together for good but God doesn’t…

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Love Never Dies

It has been a while since I have taken the time to sit and collect my thoughts into print to share.  So much has happened, and it’s been a season like no other in my life.  Like many in the world today, there are multiple crises happening all at one time, and it can be…

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Cleaning Your Lens Podcast

Submitting to the Holy Spirit in Coaching This week I was privileged to be able to speak with Joe McGarry, at Christian Coaches Network International. On this podcast I am talking about how we submit ourselves to the work of the Holy Spirit in coaching. What are some of the ways you listen to the…

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Love God

This is a command, given to us by Jesus and we see it all over in Scripture.  The Israelites received the 10 commandments in Exodus 20 and the first command was to honor God, and how to do that.  To have “no other god” before Him. He is it, the One and Only.   The…

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Learning More About Love Part 2

Love is…to be received first… To build upon the newer revelation of Attachment Love, I have been looking through that lens as I read about LOVE in the Bible.  There is so much to learn about how we do this, and what if this newly revealed concept of attachment love is the key to unlock…

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