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Building upon this preaching style, Keion Henderson, lead pastor of The Lighthouse Church in Houston, posted a clip from his recently aired sermon that went viral in no time. In his video, he wrestles with an enormous spiritual distinction of simply hearing words through the ears or really listening for their message. By way of example, he juxtaposes the Pharisees, who heard the law of God but took it painfully wrong in their inability to see grace convicted within legalism.
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The video caption reads: “Your life goes in the direction of the person you listen to,” thus setting the tone for his discourse to follow. He draws a comparison between coming to church, hearing God’s prescription, and essentially leaving medicine on the shelf-unless the act of listening is akin to taking the medicine, hearing merely equates to hearing about the medicine but not actually taking it. According to the pastor, some hear, but they place the wrong filters onto what they hear, and whether they put the filter of error or truth upon what they hear is irrelevant, because the former will still lead to error.
An outpour of response came, really with all kinds of engagement. One simply said, “Wow wow and wow Bishop… Selah 🙏,” the response showing that perhaps the messenger elicited a pause for reflection from the heart of the recipient.
The next respondent said this message had resonated deeply with his own thoughts of the past few days, stating, “The Lord put it on my heart yesterday to talk about how people don’t read instructions/directions and how we are often misled by mimicking what someone taught us instead of reading the directions for themselves. today I need to go listen to this word🙌🏽.” This indicates that Henderson’s teaching not only affirmed but also expanded upon an already ongoing personal spiritual thought process of this follower.
One commenter just meant it personally: “This was for me thank you” gave assurance that this word was exactly what this individual needed at a certain point in his/her spiritual life. Another one even went ahead and said: “Thank You. This word was ❤️,” with the heart emoji signifying that the comment was even more worthy of expressing than words.
The conversational flow took a curious turn, questioning pastorly motivation: “I am not popular……pastor 🙏 question is are you happy? Are you receiving help from contributions or are you happy teaching the word of God?” Respectfully, this comment is suggestive of the ongoing discussions of megachurch pastors and their contributions-laden relationships with their congregations.
“An additional application was proposed of ‘Including a pastor listen to God only not Man’:” The comment is supposed to mean that the matter of filtering what we hear concerns even spiritual leaders themselves.
Henderson’s sermon wanders into a place where many feel drowned amidst clashing opinions and conflicting sources. His message, concerning modes of listening and filtering superior information, supplies a spiritual template on which to stand in the midst of today’s flood of information. An immediate ripple effect increasing from his post only serves to strengthen how his message answers to a genuine need with his congregation–to provide guidance about how to discern truth in a loud world.
He tries to bring about a discussion around the application of the message real-life circumstances when he asks, “How will you be implementing what you learned this week?”; he looked to put something forth that was not left in abstraction. This further underlied the importance of the message to go from only hearing to doing in one’s life.
One of the recognizable voices merging biblical wisdom into the current-day dilemma is Keion Henderson. Being able to work near savings from aged texts applied to life struggles, and with such an engaged style, making him one of the more influential ones in the modern arena of Christian teaching. The whirlwind of response originating from his observations regarding the discussion of listening and discernment is clear evidence his audience feels heavily about the matter with him.
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In today’s noisy world of competing voices, Henderson holds a precious discussion on the art of reasonable listening and filtering, offering crucial advice for spiritual and worldly life. His teachings hold his community of followers to the idea that real knowing is not garnered through passive hearing alone but through listening with a heart and life’s perspective that are correctly sifted. His recent message about songs for every season and his celebration of his daughter Kate’s volleyball triumph after a heartbreaking setback show his focus on applying faith to life’s various challenges. Furthermore, his teachings on purpose and detours provide a framework for navigating life’s unexpected turns.
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