#192: Spiritual Health: The power of questions with Mandy Pallock

INSIDE: What is the power of questions? How do you cultivate spiritual health by asking questions of God and others? Listen to Mandy Pallock.

When we were in college, Ryan gave me the nickname “The Interrogator” because I love asking questions. People are truly fascinating to me, and God gave us such an incredible world to discover, it seems impossible for me to not ask eleventybillion questions in a day.

But as today’s guest points out, if all we do is ask questions, we’re just delving into trivia instead of a person’s heart. Because asking and responding to questions is an art in which many of us would like to grow, I invited Mandy Pallock to the show.

In today’s episode, you’ll receive practical strategies and anchoring truths as you use the power of questions to cultivate spiritual health. You’ll learn:

How questions draw you into deep community,
Why questions are powerful,
One pro tip on how to ask questions your kids will actually answer,
And a sure-fire question to kick-start any conversation.

The power of questions

“Entering into a conversation is worth it every time.” – Mandy Pallock
“I want to see, ‘What does the image of God look like in someone else?’” – Mandy Pallock
“David splattered the psalms with questions, which gives us the freedom to splatter our prayers and our days with questions.” – Mandy Pallock
“Asking questions can be a holy endeavor.” – Mandy Pallock
“God will bring your personality with the Holy Spirit into the conversation and that what makes it lifegiving.” – Mandy Pallock
“There’s a beauty in ‘I don’t know’.” – Mandy Pallock

Spiritual health

“Spiritually healthy people ask questions.” – Mandy Pallock
“A resilient relationship is one that can absorb bumps.” – Mandy Pallock
“God is not going to ask me to violate the personality that He designed.” – Mandy Pallock
“God has placed us directly where we are with the people He loves to include us in the work He’s doing.” – Mandy Pallock

One sure-fire question to kick-start any conversation

“What’s your story?”

How to ask a question so your kids will answer

Ask for specifics vs. generalities, e.g., “What did you do in math class?” vs. “How was your day?”

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