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The Listening Day: Meditations On The Way, Volume One
Encounter God with Renewed Hope
God invites us to know him, now. In the midst of our often wearying and distracting world, he is quietly speaking—but we must quiet ourselves and learn to listen for his love.
Grounded deeply in the words and images of the Bible, The Listening Day is a collection of 90 devotional readings to help you know God today. Author Paul J. Pastor invites you to listen in on honest conversations with God, who encourages, laughs, loves, rebukes, invites, and instructs. Each day’s reading ends with a short prayer inviting you to experience God’s rich presence.
“How beautiful the light is.”
“Yes, and how dangerous ...”
Connect with the Holy One, your strong companion for the journey of hope ahead. Hear his voice and be heard. The Listening Day will focus your mind, comfort your heart, and deepen your soul as you travel your own path on Christ’s Way.
God invites us to know him, now. In the midst of our often wearying and distracting world, he is quietly speaking—but we must quiet ourselves and learn to listen for his love.
Grounded deeply in the words and images of the Bible, The Listening Day is a collection of 90 devotional readings to help you know God today. Author Paul J. Pastor invites you to listen in on honest conversations with God, who encourages, laughs, loves, rebukes, invites, and instructs. Each day’s reading ends with a short prayer inviting you to experience God’s rich presence.
“How beautiful the light is.”
“Yes, and how dangerous ...”
Connect with the Holy One, your strong companion for the journey of hope ahead. Hear his voice and be heard. The Listening Day will focus your mind, comfort your heart, and deepen your soul as you travel your own path on Christ’s Way.
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114 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 18, 2017
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November 2, 2017
***learn how to encounter God and hear His voice in the present***
Award winning writer, speaker and author, Paul J. Pastor believes God can’t be “known in the past” or “in the future.” Instead God can only be known in the present because He lives outside of time as we know it. He writes, “To God all times are now.” And that’s what he encourages readers to do in his powerful new release, “The Listening Day,” to journey along with him, to hear God’s voice and encounter God in the present.
Ninety, one-day readings begin with two related Scriptures, followed by a brief conversation between the author and the Lord concerning the Scriptures. Scripture passages are designed “to meditate on throughout your day,” while Pastor’s conversations with the Lord “focus on the meaning and power of the present.” Readings conclude with a short prayer.
For example, “The Help,” the reading on page 30, concerns fear. Scriptures are from Psalm 54:4, “God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.” (NRSV) Hebrews 13:6, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” (NRSV)
The author writes, “I want to see the world as you do, Father.”
The Lord reminds Pastor he must “shun fear,” that God is without beginning or end and He never changes. The reading includes an illustration about the heart and reminds the reader it was God’s “finger that set the heart ticking” …and it will be God’s finger that hushes it” when our time is over. The devotion emphasizes God is trustworthy and we have nothing to fear but fear itself because God is always with us, loves us and God never changes. The prayer concludes, “Help me see and know your work in my life.”
A large part of the daily readings are conversations between the author and the Lord similar to the writings of A.J. Russell, Francis Roberts and Sarah Young which some find controversial and others really like. Yet the book is so firmly anchored in the Bible and based on Scripture passages and references I didn’t find anything offensive.
Instead I found a lot to like as Pastor encourages readers to not just read about God but to encounter Him, to converse with Him, to listen for, be attentive to and hear the voice of God every day. Pastor’s writings stir the emotions, often challenge the heart and stimulate the soul. I highly recommend it.
'The Listening Day: Meditations on the Way,' Volume One, by Paul J. Pastor, Zeal Books, 2017, 112 Pages, 978-0997066968, $8.99
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Award winning writer, speaker and author, Paul J. Pastor believes God can’t be “known in the past” or “in the future.” Instead God can only be known in the present because He lives outside of time as we know it. He writes, “To God all times are now.” And that’s what he encourages readers to do in his powerful new release, “The Listening Day,” to journey along with him, to hear God’s voice and encounter God in the present.
Ninety, one-day readings begin with two related Scriptures, followed by a brief conversation between the author and the Lord concerning the Scriptures. Scripture passages are designed “to meditate on throughout your day,” while Pastor’s conversations with the Lord “focus on the meaning and power of the present.” Readings conclude with a short prayer.
For example, “The Help,” the reading on page 30, concerns fear. Scriptures are from Psalm 54:4, “God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.” (NRSV) Hebrews 13:6, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” (NRSV)
The author writes, “I want to see the world as you do, Father.”
The Lord reminds Pastor he must “shun fear,” that God is without beginning or end and He never changes. The reading includes an illustration about the heart and reminds the reader it was God’s “finger that set the heart ticking” …and it will be God’s finger that hushes it” when our time is over. The devotion emphasizes God is trustworthy and we have nothing to fear but fear itself because God is always with us, loves us and God never changes. The prayer concludes, “Help me see and know your work in my life.”
A large part of the daily readings are conversations between the author and the Lord similar to the writings of A.J. Russell, Francis Roberts and Sarah Young which some find controversial and others really like. Yet the book is so firmly anchored in the Bible and based on Scripture passages and references I didn’t find anything offensive.
Instead I found a lot to like as Pastor encourages readers to not just read about God but to encounter Him, to converse with Him, to listen for, be attentive to and hear the voice of God every day. Pastor’s writings stir the emotions, often challenge the heart and stimulate the soul. I highly recommend it.
'The Listening Day: Meditations on the Way,' Volume One, by Paul J. Pastor, Zeal Books, 2017, 112 Pages, 978-0997066968, $8.99
“Gail’s Bookshelf” Midwest Book Reviews: August 2017
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September 3, 2024
Pastor is such an appealing thinker. He gracefully combines biblical content with his deep affinity for nature’s general revelation to give reader’s a deeply reflective work.
I am not naturally drawn to devotional writings because the pace of consumption can sometimes be an irritant to me. However, there was something appealing about Pastor’s one page format that reminded me of My Upmost for His Highest. Like Chambers, this is a ponderous work. Yet it has a distinctly poetic touch that marks its message. I found it to be a good companion for my abiding time.
I am not naturally drawn to devotional writings because the pace of consumption can sometimes be an irritant to me. However, there was something appealing about Pastor’s one page format that reminded me of My Upmost for His Highest. Like Chambers, this is a ponderous work. Yet it has a distinctly poetic touch that marks its message. I found it to be a good companion for my abiding time.
November 2, 2019
I took my time reading through these prayers and am so thankful I did. They are short but incredibly deep, thought-provoking, and reverent. I highly recommend this to anyone, but especially mamas with babies (like me) who need something rich to chew on and a beautiful way to approach the Lord.
November 18, 2018
Soooooooooo good
December 3, 2018
Loved this thoughtful, beautifully written devotional.
March 25, 2019
A book with daily readings and prayer- thought provoking and inspiring. It’s written in a perspective that invites you to listen to God as you read and reflect.
September 14, 2022
One of my all-time favorite devotionals. Rich, powerful, simple, beautiful. Worthy of many re-readings.
June 8, 2023
Love this devotional so much! The poetic language is beautiful and the content had me longing for the kingdom of God deep within my bones.
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