Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of
feasting with strife. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and
those who love it will eat its fruit. So then, my beloved
brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
لقمة يابسة ومعها
سلامة خير من بيت ملآن ذبائح مع خصام. الموت
والحياة في يد اللسان واحباؤه ياكلون ثمره. اذا يا اخوتي الاحباء ليكن كل انسان
مسرعا في الاستماع مبطئا في التكلم مبطئا في الغضب.
Proverbs
17:1
Proverbs 18
James
1:19
Through God’s word we learn that a home full of
quietness and peace is much better than a house loaded with feasting but full
of arguments and conflict.
Peace between people requires establishing mutual
trust. Trust is built through listening and understanding the other person.
Listening without judging is necessary.
A useful focus to aim for when listening to another
person is to try to understand him/her, how the other person feels, and to
discover what the other person wants to achieve even
if we have a different point of view. Both/all parties involved need to
practice that.
The late Dr. Stephen Covey (Author of the book 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People') is one of many modern advocates who urge us to strive deeply to
understand the other person's point of view through empathic listening (also
called active listening or reflective listening). Let
us then be swift to hear (not speak), slow to speak, and very slow to anger.
Wrath is mine says The Lord.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, I
pray that out of Your glorious riches You strengthen me with power through Your
Spirit in my inner being, so that I can listen
with empathy and understanding. Help me to help others, not judge them, and to
be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. Help me to control what I say and purify what I think. Keep me away
from any strife Lord. Thank You Father God
for Your unfailing, inseparable, deep and
everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings in my life, and for the riches
of Your grace upon my life. Lord, I praise You, glorify You, and lift You up on
high and I
declare Jesus as my Lord and Saviour and I pray in His Holy Name. To Him be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the
dominion forever and ever, Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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