What is the Year of Listening Up (YLU)?
At the end of my book, Listen Up, Kids: Foolish Dreams, Syncing with God & Running to Win, I share twelve life lessons that I highlight within the narrative. I dedicated the following year (2016) to spending a month on each one of those lessons to explore them in more detail. The goal was to help others learn to “listen up” to where, why and how God leads us.
I really encourage you to also peruse and read selections from the YLU17 Page and the YLU16 page.
For YLU18, we took a slightly different approach, studying the theology of Jonathan Edwards, launching a new service and publishing new books! It’s going to be an exciting way of refining life, on purpose. It was such an undertaking, that the study was continued through 2019.
Below is the posts related to the 2018 study.
The Year of Listening Up 2018 – #YLU18
In praying as I considered categorizing Edwards resolutions, it strongly felt they should be grouped according to the fruits of the spirit, as identified in Galatians 5:22-23 – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Some do not easily fit into their assigned area. Also, it had not been Edwards’ intention to do so. However, given these resolutions are about developing a God centered life, and the fruits are representation of that development, this seemed appropriate.
You’ll also find they span topics including, matters of time, relationships, sin, human nature, esteem, and emotions. Additionally, they speak to behavior, motives, humanity, good works, service, and so much more. They provide a context for Christian living and development.
Introductory Posts
- Resolve – The 2018 1Glories Year of Listening Up
- Real Change – Lasting Change – From Resolutions Done Right
- Bearing Spiritual Fruit, Resolutions and Jonathan Edwards
Love:
- Resolution 58: Resolve to Build Relationships with Love and Cheerfulness of Heart
- Resolution 62: It’s My Pleasure… but You’re Not THE Boss of Me
Joy:
- Resolution 4: Is Your Attitude Pouring Into or Draining On Others?
- Resolution 6: To Live Fully Alive, You Must Do More than Exist
- Resolution 53: Your Heart State in Communion with God and the World
- Resolution 64: How to Quit Fooling Yourself for Really Knowing Your Heart
Peace:
- Resolution 14: The Sweetest Revenge is Actually No Revenge at All
- Resolution 15: Is Your Personal Discipline Strong Enough to go the Distance
- Resolution 16: Your Powerful Words and the Way They Impact Others
- Resolution 31: The Golden Rule and Actively Loving God, Others, and Self
- Resolution 33: Why Do We Expect World Peace From Miss America, But Not Jesus?
- Resolution 46: Our Family Honor May Already Be at Stake – Don’t Be Chicken
Patience:
- Resolution 5: Are You Okay Wasting Time if You Can Be a Part of Something Bigger?
- Resolution 11: Can We Forget About Theology And Just Learn About God?
- Resolution 25: What Should I Do When I Am Doubting God’s Love?
- Resolution 35: Understanding and Responding to the Stirring Ache of a Restless Spirit
- Resolution 50: Your Kingdom Come And The Multitude Of Nations Who Shall Enter It
- Resolution 55: Hell on Earth and the Webs in Which We Exist
- Resolution 67: The Christian Walk And Its Life Transforming Nature
Kindness:
- Resolution 8: The Fatal Flaws Found in The Greatest Of Sinners
- Resolution 13: How Being Charitable May Not Mean What You Think it Does
- Resolution 38: Keeping the Sabbath is Not Part of a Holy Checklist
Goodness:
- Resolution 1: The Art of Christian Living – World but Not Worldly
- Resolution 7: What’s the Right Christian Response in Big & Small Moments?
- Resolution 21: The Hypocrisy and Reason for Judging Others
- Resolution 23: Resolve to Have Personal Accountability in Life
- Resolution 24: Why We Sin & What We Can Do About It
- Resolution 34: The Call to Speak Truth in Love and in Unity
- Resolution 39: Are You Too Comfortable in the Gray Areas of Life?
- Resolution 41: Self-Examination is a Key to Refining Life, on Purpose
- Resolution 44: The Right Personal Influences and Being Mindful of Them
- Resolution 48 & 49: True Life Transformations Begins in The Heart, and We Can’t Do it Alone
- Resolution 52: The Key to Living a Life of No Regrets in a YOLO Culture
- Resolution 59: Moodiness and Bad Moods… and Why They’re Stupid!
Faithfulness:
- Resolution 2: Personal Discipleship Requires Having a Progressive Mindset
- Resolution 9: I Need Somebody to Show Me How to Live – for Real
- Resolution 10: The Torments of Hell and Can I Really Feel Your Personal Pain?
- Resolution 18: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare and The Battle for Your Heart
- Resolution 19: Why We Must Strive for a Healthy Perspective of Shame
- Resolution 22: Heavenly Reward and Our Greater Capacities for Happiness
- Resolution 28: What’s The Point of Studying Scripture? Can’t I Just be Spiritual?
- Resolution 29: Have Prayerful Confidence that God Works in You and in the World
- Resolution 30: Intentionally Seeking Your Personal Discipleship in Christ
- Resolution 32: When Developing Character, Seek to Be a “Faithful Man to be Found”