Our culture puts much focus on our rights. America was founded with the promise of religious freedom without government control, and this has been a great nation as long as we have acknowledged God. But there is no biblical promise that Christians should always have the right to this freedom in their country. God Himself …
God has blessed our family to live at the foot of the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Our family loves nature and we try to enjoy it when we can. My second son and I decided to take a little walk in the desert, and as we walked through a bend in the wash, I took …
We read in Genesis chapter 45 that Jacob had quite a shock when his sons returned from Egypt and told him that his son Joseph was still alive. Verse 26 says that “Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.” Years ago, these same sons lost Jacob’s trust concerning Joseph. His lack of belief came …
Getting people to listen and talk to you is more of an art than of charisma. You don’t have to be highly intelligent, or possess a charismatic personality for people to want to hear what you have to say. With time and patience, you can master a few things that will ensure that people would be willing to hear you out.
Knowing when to be blunt and when to be tactful will save your relationships. Each has its place in your communication with others, so know when to do each.
Why does everything you say or do start a fight or argument? What are the main reasons for this and what can you do about it?
One of the hardest things to do when you’re communicating with someone is to express yourself in a way that really conveys what you think and feel. How many times have you said something that just didn’t come out the way you wanted it to? How many times have we said something that we really didn’t mean, but we were too frustrated to stop it from being said? What’s more, some people have a fear of expressing themselves at all. They’re afraid to say something that might cost them a friendship. Or they bottle everything up tight and seize up at the mere thought of sharing their true emotions. This can be conquered.
There are many factors that explain why men often struggle to communicate. Not every man thinks the same way, and not every man will feel that what I say here fits him exactly. There are men who are great communicators, but by in large, the general complaint I hear from wives is: “We never talk!”
Everyone has expectations. In marriage, we enter it expecting certain things. No one looks at someone else and says, “If I marry you, I’ll be so utterly miserable. Will you marry me?” No we expect things. We expect our mate to be faithful to us. We expect our spouse to love us. We expect our friends to back us up. We expect things from the government, from our boss, from our coworkers, and from life itself. We are full of expectations. But what happens when our expectations are unrealistic?
Choosing the right words are perhaps the single most important key to ending arguments and avoiding arguments. You’re going to disagree with people, and when you feel it is necessary to voice your disagreement, choosing the right words are essential. No two people can ever agree on everything. When you feel it necessary to voice your disagreement, your approach, your words, your mannerisms all come into play on how other people react to your disagreement.
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