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This message focuses on a candid look at communication. If you want to learn how to improve the communication in your marriage, to share hearts instead of just exchanging words, then join Chip.

Understanding the communication process:

Definition: The meeting of MEANINGS.

• “Communication is the privilege of exchanging vulnerabilities.” -Norman Wright
• “Communication is the process of sharing yourself verbally and nonverbally in such a way that the other person can both accept and understand what you are saying.” -Norman Wright

The complete message

• Words alone = 7% of meaning
• Tone of voice = 38% of meaning
• Facial expression, gestures, posture, total non-verbal = 55% of meaning

5 Principles that will transform communication in your home:

1. BE HONEST - Speak the truth in love. -Ephesians 4:15, 25
2. BE ANGRY- Deal with anger appropriately. -Ephesians 4:26-27
3. BE DILIGENT - Work hard on your relationship. -Ephesians 4:28
4. BE POSITIVE - Don’t wound with your words. -Ephesians 4:29-31
5. BE FORGIVING - Be the first to say, “I’m sorry.” -Ephesians 4:32

Practical skills and suggestions to enhance communication in your home:

• The conference - A tool for listening. Ask Three Questions:

1. What are you concerned about?
2. What do you desire?
3. What are you willing to do?

• Word pictures - A tool for understanding
• “Care” lists - A tool for building: List seven simple, loving, “caring behaviors” that are non-conflict producing and not expensive that make you feel loved by your spouse.

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Hope in the Night - Abuse

In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young explores the vital role of friendships in the Christian life, emphasizing that developing quality friendships is an intentional process grounded in a relationship with God, and that the friends we choose deeply influence our spiritual and personal well-being.

The church is God’s people. It’s time we took Paul’s advice to the church in Thessalonica: choose holiness. In this message from 1 Thessalonians 4, Pastor Lutzer answers three critical questions: what pleases God, why should we please God, and how should we do it? When we choose holiness, we’re pleasing God.

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Our assurance of salvation can increase or diminish over time. Why does this happen? And what should we do about it? Today, Joel Beeke considers reasons why a Christian may lose a sense of assurance and how it can be renewed.

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Humans were made to worship with song. 

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Genesis 38 shifts focus to Judah and his family, highlighting immorality and broken promises. Judah's two wicked sons die, and Tamar, the widow of Judah's eldest son, seeks justice through unconventional means. She disguises herself as a prostitute and tricks Judah into fathering twin sons, Perez and Zerah. The chapter reveals themes of sin, hypocrisy, and God’s grace, showing that even flawed individuals are woven into His redemptive plan. Perez becomes part of the lineage of Jesus, demonstrating the surprising ways God works through human frailty.