After the Fairy Tale Fades, Part 5: Communication
June 1, 2025 / Pastor Tom Van Kempen / Oxford Assembly of GodProverbs 13:17b (TLB) Reliable communication permits progress
What is communication?
1. Communication is the way
2. Communication helps
3. Communication is a
I. is the priority in communication
James 1:19 (GNT) Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry.
1. Listening is a
2. Listening is
3. Listening is a measure of your
Proverbs 12:15 (NLT) Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others.
II. is the danger in communication
James 3:6 (NKJV) The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
1. Words are more powerful than you might think
Ephesians 4:29 (NKJV) Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
2. You don’t have to say everything that comes to your mind
III. is the goal of communication
1. You connected if you something about the other person
2. You connected if you can what the other person said
3. You connected if you made towards serious communication
Proverbs 13:17b (TLB) Reliable communication permits progress
Surface communication Serious communication
1) Small talk 4) Feelings
2) Fact sharing 5) Needs and desires
3) Opinions 6) Beliefs and values
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