THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION
1. Listen much, speak little and don’t become angry
Proverbs 18:13 James 1:19 Proverbs 10:19-20
2. Don’t be hasty (quick) in your words
Proverbs 15:23,28 Proverbs 29:20
- Guard the words you do speak (watch what you say)
Ephesians 4:29-30 Proverbs 21:23
- Speak the truth in love always and in all ways
Ephesians 4:15 Colossians 3:9-19 Revelation 21:8
- Don’t respond with carnal anger – Christians should respond as a thermostat (device that sets off a sprinkler or value at a certain heat) – not as a thermometer (which measures temperatures)
Proverbs 17:14 Ephesians 4:31 Proverbs 15:1
6. Admit that you’re wrong when necessary – The five magic words are I’M SORRY I WAS WRONG
James 5:16
7. Practice forgiveness—You may not forget, but you can forgive and never bring the matter up again to that person.
Ephesians 4:32 Colossians 3:13 Matthew 18:21-22; 6:12; 14-15, Ephesians 4:26-27
8. Don’t nag – Don’t look on the outer appearance to the point of nagging.
Proverbs 21:19 Proverbs 26:21
- Don’t judge and criticize
Matthew 7:1-5 Luke 6:37 Romans 14:10,13 Proverbs 26:17-20; 23:26,28
10. Don’t try to get even – Don’t try to get revenge
Proverbs 26:27 Romans 12:17-21
