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Welcome & Intro
Welcome.
I’m glad you’re here.
Thanks to Travis Page.
Connect Card.
Connect Card.
Recap last week(s) of series.
Key #1, Key #2
This topic is a big, weighty undertaking.
Key #3
Engage
QUESTION: Tell the person next to you how good you are at communicating.
Scale of 1-10
If that person was your spouse, you might just be in store for a conversation about that later.
Honest Valentines 4 Images
None of us would ever actually give those to somebody.
Because we know our words are important.
Tension
None of us would ever actually give those to somebody.
Because we know our words are important.
Words matter
Good communication is so hard, though!
Foundation of EVERY relationship.
Especially marriage.
Communicating with others is what makes relationships.
Good communication is so hard, though!
It’s hard for us to do it well, and to do that consistently.
TRANSITION: Today, I want to take you to a place in Scripture that can teach us to do just that.
If you have your Bible, head over to James, chapter 1.
Truth
Background & Context
James: Half-brother of Jesus.
Jesus changed everything for him.
Writing to Jewish Christians, who had been scattered all over the Roman world.
Writes to a divided church.
Has your marriage ever felt divided?
Writes to a divided church.
Has your marriage ever felt divided?
It’s an incredibly practical letter.
If you let it, James’ message has the power to transform everything about your life.
Jesus wants to use this brief letter to change everything.
Especially for relationships.
Most of this book will push your buttons, and it will force you to examine your life, and how it’s lived out in relationship to others.
Where we’re zoning in on today, in chapter 1, is all about how we communicate with one another.
The truth is Jesus wants to transform the way we talk with each other.
With everybody.
Not writing specifically about marriage.
But, i
Not writing specifically about marriage.
But, I certainly talk with my wife more than anybody else.
The same might be true for you.
If you’re not married, you don’t get a free pass.
This is talking about how you communicate with other people.
Everyone.
Side note: We should all memorize this verse!
Quick, easy, just enough conviction.
We all communicate differently.
(ILLUSTRATION: His/Hers Journal Entries) These three things, everyone should do.
These three things are pretty different from the way we typically communicate.
We want to communicate selfishly, James says to communicate selflessly.
So, let’s take them one at a time.
We all communicate differently.
These three things, everyone should do.
Quick To Listen
ILLUSTRATION: Brandy says “clean up before I get home.”
ILLUSTRATION: Got the stupid quick oats.
We want to be selective when we listen.
We listen to the words.
Hear the audio.
Make a judgment about whether or not it’s worth our time to listen.
Different kinds of listening (Active, Passive, Selective)
James says be quick to listen
Different kinds of listening (Active, Passive, Selective)
In the Bible, listening is more than just hearing.
Actions are all rolled up into it.
Different kinds of listening (Active, Passive, Selective)
Are you listening to the right thing?
Elijah heard the still, small voice ()
Are you really paying attention?
Burning bush was always burning, Moses was just the first to pay attention.
(Rabbinic Legend)
Burning bush was always burning, Moses was just the first to pay attention.
The aim is to really understand others.
Understand First
Aim To Understand First
Understand their perspective.
When you
Really listen to what your spouse is saying to you.
All of it!
Repeat it back to them.
They won’t mind!
Only then aim to be understood.
Slow To Speak
Be slow to speak
ILLUSTRATION: You have two ears, and one mouth for a reason?
(Almost 2,000 years old!)
ILLUSTRATION: Something about putting my foot in my mouth?
ILLUSTRATION: You have two ears, and one mouth for a reason?
(Almost 2,000 years old!)
ILLUSTRATION: Bench-clearing brawl.
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