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There Are Many Benefits To This Process Of ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007 (message contributor)
There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
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