Today we begin our new series for the month of February on our Marriages. Don't worry, if your not married there will be some great content for you as well this month covering ways to help prepare you going into a new marriage or to help in the event you may have been married and divorced, this content can help going forward providing some great spiritual advice.

If we don't in our marriages learn to communicate, our marriages will disintegrate.

The question is not whether or not you are having conflict, but are you handling it right?

Proverbs 18:21; 1 Peter 3:10

Levels of Communication

1. Frivolous
2. Factual
3. Fellowship
4. Feeling
5. Freedom

James Fundamental Statements

1. Be quick to listen.
   
   The 3 C's
   
   a. Concentration
   b. Consideration
   c. Clarification

Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 21:23

2. Be slow to speak.

Communication Killers

1. The Judge
2. The Professor
3. The Psychologist
4. The Historian
5. The Dictator
6. The Critic
7. The Preacher

 3. Be slow to become angry.

Righteous anger moves us to righteous action.

Practice the 3 A's

1. Accomodate
2. Acceptance
3. Adjustment

Do you give your spouse 15 minutes of concentration a day?

Statistics show that just a simple 15 minutes a day without a mobile device in your hand, or any distractions around and focusing on one another can have a significant impact on your relationship.

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