Determing The Will Of God Pt. 5 Fighting For The Family Pt 4 "The Channel Called Communication"

In this final blog pertaining to determing the will of God concerning family were going to discuss the channel of communication. Our families are precious and important in the plan of God. He began it with adam and eve and continued it through Abraham and through him all familes of the earth would be blessed. However we seen through the mouth of Nehemiah that we were going to have to put on the whole armor of God and FIGHT FOR THE FAMILY(Neh 4:14) The other blogs in the series we dived into detail on why we have too and how to do that. In one of them we touched on communication. We are going to pick up and piggy back off that point. Listen to this statement "communication begins where there is understanding" When it doesent exist, communication has not yet begun. The Lord said to me one time Brian, its not about communication, its all about how you communicate" He went onto say "always communicate affectionally and effectively" There are two majior types of communication VERBAL & NON VERRBAL. We are going to talk about both. First Verbal. There are four things that the bible instructs us about words. Before we touch on that, we must answer the question.. Why are words so powerful? The reason is because we've been made in the image and likeness of God, and when he created the heaven and earth HE SAID and HE SAW WHAT HE SAID! We are also creating things with our words too. Words build or break, heal or hurt, purify or pollute, and edify or crucify. There is creative supernatual substance behind them. Its one of the reasons Jesus tells us that we will give an account on the day of judgement for every IDLE word(Matt 12:36) What is an idle word? Its a word that we did'nt have control of. God said through the mouth of James that we are able to bridle and steer our words just like a horse or ship(Jms 3:2-4) God talks about this in and through the mouth of Paul in the book of Ephesians Let no corrupt communication proceed from your mouth except that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace to the hearer(Eph 4:29) Its one of the biggest things that seperates us from all species, WE ARE SPEAKING SPIRITS!!! We must ask ourselves the question What kind of substance am I releasing through my words? Ok four things about our words in communication. Number one, "What we say". The bible talks about the perfect word FITLY spoken being like apples of gold in pictures of silver(Prov 25:11) We live in a world that people are swift to speak instead of being SLOW to SPEAK as were admonished by the Lord in and through the mouth of James. We let our words get way ahead of our hearts in a hurry. The bible declares in the book of Proverbs In the multitude of words, theres sin(Prov 10:19) The bible declares in the book of Ecclestiasties A fool is known by the multitude of words(Ecc 5:3) The bible goes onto say in the Proverbs Even a fool that HOLDETH HIS PEACE IS CONSIDERED WISE(Prov 17:28) What we say can be the difference in converting a potential mountain into a pleasent moehill that just needs breathed onto to be cast into the depths of the sea! Number two, "If you say". In order to find this out, its gonna take some time LISTENING! Remember when we touched on this, one thing that the lord brought out was our relationship with him needs to be ninety percent listening and ten percent talking. the Lord said to me Brian "Theres SACREDNESS IN SILENCE." God said Be STILL and KNOW that Iam God(Psalm 46:10) Will we find some things out in the secret place? YES! God says that HE LEADS US BESIDE THE STILL WATERS(Psalm 23:2) Number Three, "When we say" When it comes to the time that we have what the Lord wants us to say, its than all about the RELEASE. God in the book of Psalms correlates words with the likeness of an arrow. A arrow once shot cannot be brought back! Our words function exactly the same. Its the reason God says in and througth the book of James our tounge is the littlest member that boasts of great things and is set on fires of Hell Behold how great a little fire KINDLETH(Jms 3:5) Another translation says "a little spark burns down the whole forrest" We must be caustious and careful that we DO NOT get forceful with our words. You know what Im talking about? YOU ARE GOING TO ANSWER ME! LOOK AT ME WHEN IM TALKING TO YOU! The bible gives us two powerful and profound exaples and illustration about this in the book of Proverbs.Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood, SO THE FORCING OF WRATH BRINGETH FORTH STRIFE(Prov 30:33) The Lord has in prior blogs brought out the fact that Strife IS the very MANIFEST PRESENCE OF THE DEVIL" The enemy will bring suggestions to stir up and notice the phrase three times in this one verse BRINGETH FORTH! When we force & demand this is strife and it will be attatched to EVERY EVIL WORK(Jms 3:16) The second illustration and example in the book of Proverbs He that meddleth with strife not belonging to them, is like grabbing a dog by the ears(Prov 16:27) Now get the picture.. We aint talking to a sweet cuddily puppy, were rferring to a throthing foaming of the mouth PITBULL! Finally, "How we say" The bible declares Sweetness of the LIPS INCREASETH LEARNING(Prov 16:21) Now think about this, the more sweeter our lips the more of a greater opportunity there is that what we said SHALL BE RECIEVED! The bible declares A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH(Prov 15:1) Now, NON-VERBAL. Our body as a language! Its sending signals everyday to everyone. God said through the mouth of Paul that we are his written epistles and ambassadors(2 Cor 3:2, 2 Cor 5:20) our body language is like a mirror reflecting an image. What image are we made in? The IMAGE OF GOD! Lets REFLECT it in the name of JESUS!!!!!!!!!!! Lets continue thank God for the victory that comes by FIGHTING FOR THE FAMILY!