I remember very well the first words my daughter learned how to say, "No!" followed very soon by "mama!" (I would have preferred a different order on those, but...) She picked up on the whole talking thing very quickly, just like most of us do. Talking comes naturally to us humans. But talking well, in ways that are holy, that build people up? That takes more work. So we need to learn how to do it, and how to do it well. It takes practice. It takes grace. And it takes a willingness to look at ourselves humbly and honestly, because what we say, how we say it, and why we say it matters! This last Sunday, we looked at the concept of having holy conversations with God and others. And we focused on the concept of why we say things- the intent behind our words.
Consider some of your conversations this week. How much of what you said did you actually think about before you said it? And how much of it was reactionary, emotion-based, or "off-the-cuff?" Jesus reminds us, in Matthew 15:18, that "the words you speak come from the heart..." What we say comes from the state of our hearts. Ouch... I don't know about you, but considering some of the things that come from my mouth, I have to wonder about the state of my heart... Are you saying things that betray a proud, angry, selfish heart? Or do your words betray your allegiance to Christ above all things? See, why we say things matters! What we say, and how we say it matters too- and we'll get to that next week. But for this week, here's some advice, advice I'll be taking as well. Before you speak- think! If the words that are about to come out of your mouth are not holy, or encouraging, or good, or helpful (see Ephesians 4:29), then don't say them! Instead, spend some time heart-searching with God. Why do you want to respond that way? Is there something in your life you need God to work on so that your immediate response is less...ugly? Here are some questions to consider this week: When was the last time you said something you shouldn’t have? What happened when you did that? What could you have said differently? How can God help us to have holy conversations with everyone?
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3/28/2017 01:29:29 am
Relation of mother with daughter is very precious and this article about the relationship of children. Blogs are good for share our feeling and experience with peoples. Keep sharing like this healthy info for us.
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4/14/2017 12:21:44 am
Thank you for this article. All of us need time to check on ourselves, and see if we are living a Godly way. Admit it or not, there are moments in our lives where we feel so lost. We feel that everything is blurred and fell disconnected at the same time. That's why this is the perfect time to talk and see if the life we have right now is something we would want to have.
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5/2/2017 06:24:31 am
Every one of us have encountered correspondence emergencies like Jared's. Possibly you were Jared or Françoise in the situation. When you left the discussion, you could have cut the strain with a blade. Also, your motivation didn't play out the way you were trusting. You wound up conveying the discussion with you. It weighed intensely at the forefront of your thoughts, adding more worry to your workload
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7/19/2017 02:40:46 am
Indeed, and there are many more reasons behind these conversations.
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7/19/2017 03:17:29 am
Thank you for making us a little introduction about making that kind of conversation.
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7/28/2017 01:03:57 am
Thanx for sharing such useful post keep it up
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9/20/2017 03:47:29 am
These unholy conversations could lead us to hate.
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10/9/2017 07:10:59 am
Interesting, very interesting blog, you can do way better, keep it up.
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10/17/2017 06:17:18 am
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10/30/2017 02:34:11 am
Thank you. We all want the time to test these days, also determine whether we're living a godly manner. Declare it or not, you'll find minutes in our own lives at which we all feel dropped. We dropped pumped in an identical moment and all feel that what will be fuzzy.
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11/2/2017 08:34:13 am
Correspondence emergencies have been struck by everybody of us like Jared's. You were Jared or even Françoise from the Circumstance. When the conversation was abandon by you, on the stress can have cut using a blade. Your motivation and exactly the manner in which you were expecting did not perform. You ended up communicating the discussion. It weighed intensely adding worry
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11/25/2017 11:56:20 am
In my opinion the information should be clear for everybody. It will be quite well!
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12/10/2017 03:03:08 am
at this age, children are particularly impressionable. on this they should talk about everything carefully and that they understand everything
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AuthorCori Conran is the pastor of The United Methodist Church of Coopersville, a wife, a mother, and an avid amateur at lots of things. Archives
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