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Styles of Communication, Parts 11 and 12 of 12.

5/25/2023

What is God doing in your heart right now? How should you respond?
Styles of Communication, Part 11 of 12

I ask you to please…

Allow me to include you, draw you in, and enable you to do what God has planned for you - now that He’s had an opportunity to speak into your heart…allow me to share with you how I possibly see God using you in the future (sometimes we need others to point out our gifts and set us on a good path)...allow me to show you the “how” to accomplish God’s plan for you…

Inviting…

1:17, 20; 6:31; 9:35; 10:21

Calling…

1:20; 3:13, 23; 6:7; 8:1, 34; 9:35; 10:42; 12:24 (calling them out), 43

Appointing…

3:14

Permitting…

5:13, 37; 10:14

Not permitting…
- 5:19, 37

Preparing…

3:9; 10:32-34; 11:1-3; 13:5-37; 16:17-18

Directing…

4:35; 5:19; 10:51 (He got straight to it…very direct); 11:1-3

Now that you’ve taken all this information in, it’d be a great idea to spend some time alone with Lord in prayer.

Styles of Communication, Part 12 of 12

I ask you to please…

Allow me to think about your requests throughout each day and take them to the Lord…as you take them to Him as well.

Praying…

1:35; 6:41 (“blessed”); 8:7 (“blessed”); 14:35-36, 39

Crying Out…

15:34, 37

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Styles of Communication, Parts 9 and 10 of 12.

5/23/2023

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If you heed His Words, then what rewards are there for doing so?
Styles of Communication, Part 9 of 12. This was probably one of my favorites throughout this study. Jesus is someone Who used words that were full of hope and life-changing. If we only had more people today following that example, then just think about what kind of difference could that make in our homes, churches, and communities. May it begin with me...

I ask you to please…

Allow me to show you how God can make an eternal difference in your life…

Assuring…

10:39 (“indeed”); (“assuredly” in 3:28; 6:11; 8:12; 9:1, 41; 10:15, 29; 11:23; 12:43; 13:30; 14:9, 18, 25, 30)

Hopeful/Hope-filled…

5:41; 7:29

Life-changing…

5:41

How do you know you can trust His Word?

Styles of Communication, Part 10 of 12

I ask you to please…

Allow me to share with you God’s proven faithfulness…did, can, and will He do it? We can see this played out in His...

Foretelling…

13:5-37; 14:30, 62; 16:17-18

Promising…

9:1; 14:62 (promise of fact).

Fulfilling…

14:72

What is God doing in your heart right now? How should you respond? I'll provide some suggestions next time for you to take into consideration.

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Styles of Communication, Part 8 of 12

5/18/2023

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Why does God communicate in such blunt ways at times?
I ask you to please…

Allow me to tell you that if you do nothing with the facts, disregard them, ignore them, reject them, do the opposite of them, then be willing to accept what God has prepared for you…and then take into consideration - what is God’s ultimate goal?…

Consequences…

16:16

Conditional…

9:23

Redirecting…

5:36

Correcting…

9:39; 10:14; 12:27
Calling them out…self-reflection…truth…7:9

Forgiving…

2:5, 10; 3:28

If you heed His Words, then what rewards are there for doing so? We'll take a look at a few of those rewards next time.

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Styles of Communication, Part 7 of 12

5/16/2023

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Now you need to understand that you’re responsible for the information that God provides for you in His Word whether you read it or not. Are there times to be lovingly and gently blunt when communicating? That's what we’ll consider in this lesson.

I ask you to please…

Allow me to present the black and white facts as they are laid out in God’s word…I believe I’ve exhausted my resources with you, so now what will you do with what you’ve heard?

Realist…

3:35

Warning…

1:43 (“strict”); 3:12 (“stern”); 4:24 (“take heed”); 8:15 (“take heed”), 30 (“strict”); 11:26 (conditional); 12:38-40 (“beware”); 13:5 (“take heed”), 9 (“watch out”), 23 (“take heed”), 33 (“take heed”), 35 (“watch”), 37 (“watch”)

Commanding…

2:14; 3:3, 5; 5:8, 36, 41, 43; 6:8, 38-39; 7:34, 36; 8:6, 33; 9:9, 19, 25; 10:49, 52; 11:2, 6, 22; 14:6; 16:15

Straightforward/forthright…

3:29; 6:37; 7:6, 16; 9:19;

Statement of fact…

14:49 (“must”)

Pointedly…

7:20

Openly…

8:32

Stern…

3:12; 8:33

Rebuking…

4:39; 9:25; 16:14

Counter-cultural…

10:43-45 (it shall not be so among you…but whoever…and whoever…for even)

Why does God communicate in such a way at times? What do I need to take into consideration? We'll cover that next time in Part 8.

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Styles of Communication, Part 6 of 12

5/11/2023

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How might they process all that's been communicated to them?
I ask you to please…

Allow me to think on this if it doesn’t seem to be clicking for you…to go back and do my research…or give you some time to think through the concept(s) that was presented to you, eventually you might answer it on your own…and or you already know the answer but just want to ask a “smart alec” question…sometimes asking a question out loud allows that person to answer it for themselves as it comes out of their mouth…sometimes just having my listening ear is all you need, I just need to zip-it in the moment…and just because I think it, doesn’t mean I have to say it…

Silently…

14:61; 15:3, 5

Pondering…

2:6, 8 (“reasoning in their hearts” caused them to be pondering); 9:1 (“there are some standing here who will not”...I’m sure they were wondering who He was speaking of)

Sighing…

8:12

Self-reflecting…

7:6-8, 11, 13

Questioning…

2:8; 3:4, 23, 33; 4:21, 30, 40; 5:9, 30, 39; 6:38; 7:18-19; 8:5, 12, 17-21, 23, 27; 9:12, 16, 19, 21, 33, 50; 10:3, 18, 36, 38, 51; 11:17, 29-30; 12:10-11, 15-16, 24, 26, 35, 37; 13:2; 14:6, 37, 41, 48; 15:34
- Answering a question with a question…
  - 2:18-19

Now you need to understand that you’re responsible for the information that God provides for you in His Word whether you read it or not. Are there times to be blunt when communicating? We’ll consider what that can look like next time.

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