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You Had Me at "Hello"
Pat Boone
2 John 1:12
"I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink.
Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our
joy may be complete."
Introduction
Remodelling our office…
Found my communications book from
university…
God uses modern technology…
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Outline
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Understand communication
– Define it
– Discuss it’s components
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Apply what we’ve learned to the spiritual
realm
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Look at a couple of Biblical examples
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Communication
“Human communication is a conscious or
unconscious, intentional or unintentional
process in which feelings and ideas are
expressed in verbal and nonverbal
messages”.
- Communicating: A Social and Career Focus – Fifth Edition. Berko, A. Wolvin, D.
Wolvin, 1992
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Components of Communication
Source
Receiver
Feedback
Noise
Message
The medium of the message…
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We communicate messages…
Actions
Reactions
Thoughts
Speech
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Spiritual Communication
Face to face with God
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
 Jesus on the mountain
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We had perfect communication, until noise
diluted the message…
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God’s Mediums
People
 Circumstances
 Dreams
 Angels
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The Bible
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Email
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Our Mediums
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Thoughts
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Prayers
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Actions
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Reactions
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Feedback
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Positive – Rewards
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Negative – Correction
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Noise that interferes…
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Our desires
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Our sins
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Our “baggage”
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How do you clear the “static”?
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Identify what the noise is:
– Sin
– Baggage
– Desires
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Seek help:
– Sin (Romans 5,6,7,8, Psalm 32, Isaiah 43:25, John 16:24)
– Baggage (Romans 8:18-39)
– Desires (Matthew 6:25-34, Psalms 37:4;145:16-19)
One bite at a time…
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Biblical Communication
Examples
Source
Receiver
Feedback
Noise
Message
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Closing Remarks
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Story
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Closing statement
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Prayer
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