Get Smart – Part 3: Communicating Smart!

Proverbs 13:17 (TLB)
Reliable communication permits progress.

[1] Smart Communicators Prioritize !

Proverbs 16:21 (NLT)
The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive.

Proverbs 18:2 (NLT)
Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 (NLT)
I devoted myself to search for understanding …

• Seek to understand the other person’s primary !

1 Corinthians 9:22 (TLB)

Whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.

• Seek to understand the other person’s primary !

[2] Smart Communicators Prioritize !

Proverbs 12:22 (NLT)
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth.

Proverb 15:4 (ERV)

Lying words will crush your spirit.

Proverbs 12:23 (CEV)
Be sensible and don’t tell everything you know—

Ephesians 4:15 (CEV)

Love should always make us tell the truth. Then we will grow in every way and be more like Christ …

[3] Smart Communicators Prioritize !

Ecclesiastes 3:7 (NLT)
There’s a … time to be quiet and a time to speak.

Proverbs 25:11 (MSG)
The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry,

Proverbs 27:14 (NLT)
A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!

[4] Smart Communicators Prioritize !

Proverbs 12:25 (LB)

A word of encouragement does wonders.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (MSG)
So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind.