Gail Rodgers Sharing the Journey

Light On My Path Part 24 - Tense Communication

by Gail Rodgers

God will give you the wisdom you need to make changes in tense relationships. His Word reveals practical insight. The communication cycle starts in your heart. You can only change yourself yet that change will very often foster changes in the relationships around you.

Recognize that the overflow of your mouth comes from the attitude of your heart.

“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45b).

• Ask God to give you a desire to change the attitude of your heart toward the person you are in tense communication with. Ask Him to help you see that person through His eyes. Ask Him for a kind heart.
• Ask God to first meet the needs of your heart. Past hurts buried there often become the filters we put the words of others through. Recognize what is true about yourself and what is not. Ask God to give you clarity of understanding. Ask Him to begin the healing process of the deep hurts that may have become your filters.
• Ask God to give you a willingness to change in spite of all the justification of your own heart to respond negatively.