-> Will you help us Open a World of Opportunity?    
 Home > Articles > Making Life Work for Your Family > "Learning the Skill of Communication"   
Learning the Skill of CommunicationLearning the Skill of Communication
by Paul Faulkner
Print This Article   Send it to a Friend

 
I hurt my wife's feelings not too long ago. The words I spoke were legitimate, my grammar and diction were accurate, but I found out later it was the tone of my voice that hurt. And when she told me I hurt her feelings, my feelings were hurt because she didn't understand my good intentions!

Learn the skill of communication!
I'll tell you this: it's not because husbands cannot communicate well, but it's because they usually do not communicate well. There's a desperate need for communication skills that lead to good, intimate conversation in the home! More often than not, it is incompetence in communication that drives husbands and wives to divorce court, not a lack of love. The Good Book says, "Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life" (Proverbs 18:21 NLT Ed. 1).

So make the rest of the day work a little better for you ... learn the skill of sensitive and accurate communication, especially with those you love.

Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them (Ephesians 4:29).

 
Share Related
Print This ArticlePrint this Article

Send it to a FriendSend it to a Friend

Heartlight encourages you to share this material with others in church bulletins, personal emails and other non-commercial uses. Please see our Usage Guidelines for more information.
Search

      © 2006 Paul Faulkner.

      Title: "Learning the Skill of Communication"
      Author: Paul Faulkner
      Publication Date: October 13, 2006

 
Making Life Work for Your Family
 
 
Hundreds more articles
like this are in the
ARTICLE ARCHIVE
...or search to find an article by keywords:

  Visit our Sponsors

Heartlight only exists because of your support! Click above to visit a sponsor, or donate to join us in our ministry.

   
May we suggest...
Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot
by Max Lucado
Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet SpotIn Cure for the Common Life, Max Lucado offers practical tools for exploring and identifying your own uniqueness, putting your strengths to work, and living in your "sweet spot" for the rest of your life.

 
 

RSS Feed of All Heartlight ArticlesAll Heartlight Articles

'Making Life Work for Your Family' RSS FeedMaking Life Work for Your Family

RSS Feed of Paul Faulkner's ArticlesAuthor Paul Faulkner

More Heartlight Feeds

Subscribe
Get Heartlight articles and devotionals by email FREE every day!
Daily Heartlight
Today's Verse
What Jesus Did!
Quotemeal

More Information

 

 

RSS Feeds  |  Advertising  |  Support Heartlight   |   Help  |  Contact Us  
HOME     topTOP HEARTLIGHT® Magazine is produced by Heartlight, Inc. HEARTLIGHT is a registered service mark of Heartlight, Inc. Copyright © 1996-2007. Heartlight is supported by Westover Hills Church, Southern Hills Church, and loving Christians from around the world. Scripture quotations are taken from the Easy-to-Read Version copyright © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center. Used by permission. All rights reserved.