Week 1 Quick to Listen
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Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak
James the Just
James the Just
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
be late
be late
be curious
be curious
ask questions
ask questions
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
talking with my son
talking with my son
You can right the person you love right out the door
You can right the person you love right out the door
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
Angry: Drawing hasty, misinformed, relationally destructive conclusions
Angry: Drawing hasty, misinformed, relationally destructive conclusions
formula: the longer you listen, the more you learn, the less angry you’ll be.
formula: the longer you listen, the more you learn, the less angry you’ll be.
Observation: Everything everyone does makes sense to them.
Observation: Everything everyone does makes sense to them.
Also: Everything everyone says makes sense to them as well.
Also: Everything everyone says makes sense to them as well.
“I don’t know why they would…do that, say that, believe that...”
“I don’t know why they would…do that, say that, believe that...”
Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Steven Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Steven Covey The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
3 agendas yours, theirs and God’s
3 agendas yours, theirs and God’s
my righteousness,
I know I’m right, I want you to know I’m right, I want everyone to know I’m right
I know I’m right, I want you to know I’m right, I want everyone to know I’m right
God is calling us to be right with each other not at each other.
God is calling us to be right with each other not at each other.
If the two of you aren’t right, it doesn’t matter who’s right.
If the two of you aren’t right, it doesn’t matter who’s right.
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
take off the convince, convict, control jacket
take off the convince, convict, control jacket
Recognize that WE are more important than me.
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.