How To Handle Conflicts

James 1:19
(Program 1922, Air dates 04.29.07 and 05.06.07)

1. Tune In – Be Quick To Listen  (James 1:19)
1. When you listen, you encourage your spouse to talk.
2.  It helps you understand, which then brings you closer together and creates intimacy.
3. We don’t listen because
1. We’re defensive.
2. We assume we already know what they’re going to say.
3. We’re thinking about what we’re going to say.
4. How to listen
1. Observation
2. Concentration
3. Consideration
4. Clarification

2. Tone Down – Be Slow To Speak  (James 1:19)
1. Proverbs 10:19, 17:27, 21:23; Eccl. 5:3, 1 Cor. 13
2. Destructive games we play
   1. The Judge
   2. The Professor
   3. The Psychologist
   4. The Historian
   5. The Dictator
   6. The Critic
   7. The Preacher

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