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Faith Xperience Church
HAPPILY EVER AFTER? | How Love Talks
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Faith Xperience Church
2260 Medbury St, Detroit, MI 48211, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
Sunday 10:15 AM
Sunday 12:00 PM
HAPPILY EVER AFTER? | How Love Talks
Main point: Talk like you love me
Main point: Talk like you love me
- Communication is key.
- You MUST COMMUNICATE to be Happy at Home!
- You MUST COMMUNICATE to be Happy at Home!
- Communication is only effective when what is said is understood by the hearer.
- You must COMMUNICATE WELL to be Happy at Home!
- You must COMMUNICATE WELL to be Happy at Home!
10 Rules for Communication:
1. Commit to doing it.
1. Commit to doing it.
- Address issues and do so in a timely manner >> no sweeping issues under the rug!
2. Admit when you've done wrong.
3. Understand the power of your words.
- Your words can cause significant and lasting damage.
4. Remember that your tone is louder than your words.
- HOW you say it matters!
- Develop the habit of speaking with sweet lips!
- Develop the habit of speaking with sweet lips!
5. Remember that communication is more than words.
Communicate well with your body too!
Body language cues:
- Folded arms = closed off
- Eye roll = I don't respect what you're saying.
- Looking at your phone = you're not important right now
- Turning your body away = I'm disengaging
- Silence = I'm done
- Leaning in = I care, I'm listening
- Hugging = you're safe with me
6. Hinting or manipulating is NOT communicating well.
Body language cues:
- Folded arms = closed off
- Eye roll = I don't respect what you're saying.
- Looking at your phone = you're not important right now
- Turning your body away = I'm disengaging
- Silence = I'm done
- Leaning in = I care, I'm listening
- Hugging = you're safe with me
6. Hinting or manipulating is NOT communicating well.
- Say what you mean - and mean what you say!
- Healthy communication isn't complicated; it's honest clear and consistent
- Healthy communication isn't complicated; it's honest clear and consistent
7. Be quick to hear.
- Quick to hear doesn't mean I'm quiet... it means I'm intentional about understanding you. - I'm not just hearing your words -- I'm chasing your meaning"
- People who are quick to hear ask clarifying questions
- People who are quick to hear ask clarifying questions
8. Be slow to speak.
- If I'm quick to speak, I'll be slow to understand
9. Be slow to wrath.
- Fast anger = broken relationships
- If you don't control your anger, your anger will control your home
- If anger sits comfortably in you, wisdom doesn't
- Listen fast and respond slow
- Having a quick temper = foolish
- Being slow to anger = wise
- If you don't control your anger, your anger will control your home
- If anger sits comfortably in you, wisdom doesn't
- Listen fast and respond slow
- Having a quick temper = foolish
- Being slow to anger = wise
10. Believe the best of the hearer.
- We often are touchy, resentful or respond wrongly because we assume the worst of the person speaking instead of believing the best of them (their intentions).
- Healthy communication isn't just about what you say, it's about the spirit you hear it with.
- Healthy communication isn't just about what you say, it's about the spirit you hear it with.
- At the end of the day, you don't just build a marriage on love - you build it on how that love talks.
- Love talks. It sounds patient. It sounds kind. It sounds respectful. It listens. It doesn't explode. It doesn't manipulate. That's how love talks.
- Love talks. It sounds patient. It sounds kind. It sounds respectful. It listens. It doesn't explode. It doesn't manipulate. That's how love talks.
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