Quotes about Communication

Our marriages were meant to be alive, not dead. Is your marriage more like romance or roadkill?

A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. Proverbs 25:15

From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is satisfied; he is filled with the product of his lips. Proverbs 18:20

If you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. Jeremiah 13:17

In accordance with what is written, " I believed, therefore I spoke," we also believe, and therefore speak. 2 Corinthians 4:13

The challenge of a tamed tongue is so great that we'd be wise to give it daily attention in prayer.

I have found, however, that I sense more power in prayer when I speak them out loud.

Being created in the image of our omnipotent God, our spoken words are potent. Speaking what we believe—even from ourselves to ourselves—is like inviting our souls to a pep rally. Vocalized words stir enthusiasm.

Guys, don't follow Elkanah's example. Get involved at home. If God has given you a wife, put the effort into understanding her. Is it an impossible task? Most assuredly. But sometimes the challenging jobs are the most rewarding. Wives need men who engage and participate, not abdicate as parent and spouse. For too many husbands the lights are on, but nobody is home.

Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way. James 3:10

She never had no comment.

No other human can climb down our throats like a spelunker and hack through our trachea and try on our hearts and see how they feel. One mortal cannot fully comprehend how another operates from within.