FAMILY VARIETY SUNDAY
25th September, 2022
Theme: Communication in Marriage
Bible Texts: Proverbs 18:21, 1Peter 3:10, James 1:26
Preacher: Pastor Tanimowo Adesoji Ezekiel
What is Communication?
Communication is a process by which messages are passed across to a receiver through a medium or channel.
Communication in Marriage: This is an act by which married couples share their thoughts, personal informations, feelings and ideas. It is also defined as the interpersonal, transactional and symbolic process by which couples achieve and maintain the understandings of each other.
James 1:26.
As Christians, we should be fully aware of the power that resides in our tongues. Therefore, we should always endeavor to speak good and positive things to our partners because it goes a long way to the physical and spiritual growth and well being of the marriage; as it is said in the book of Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue:and they that love it shall eat the fruit therof"
The types of Communication in marriage includes the verbal and the non verbal.
Verbal communication in marriage: Verbal communication is using speech or spoken word to exchange information, emotions, and thoughts. Verbal communication is being able to express how you feel to your spouse through the words that you speak, making it essential to effective couple communication.
Non verbal communication in marriage: non-verbal communication is conveying and exchanging messages without the use of spoken words. Nonverbal communication in marriage involves things such as body language, maintaining eye contact, your facial expressions, and gestures, etc. It's essential that you express affection towards your spouse in a physical, way to keep a marriage healthy.
PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE
The choice of time: It is made known by research that the best time for married partners to have a discussions or conversations is after dinner.
The choice of words: What you say to other people, every day, creates the tone and basis of your relationships, words can make or break a marriages or relationship, words can contribute greatly to marital growths when they are use in the right way and in a good approach. Colossians 4:6, 1Peter 3:10
The choice of tone: optimistic and positive tone of voice is always welcome. If you use a pessimistic or accusatory tone of voice in communication, the results may be negative. One of the examples of tones is humor. Genuine humor creates trust and hope and makes your speech memorable.
The tone of voice in communication plays a critical role in your relationship's success. It is made known that there are certain tones that attracts good gestures and gifs from your partner and their are tones that ingnites furiousity and anger from your partner as well, therefore we should be very mindful of our tone.
Proverbs 15: 1-2
Sandwich Communication: This is a process of packaging all the contents your information entails to your partner by using positive comments to start then followed by the main message and then you end it with positive comments. It is a long lasting way of constructive criticism.
Communication Killers in Marriage
These are the hurdles that stands in the way of communication when discussions are to be made by couples. These barriers include silence feedback, speaking before thinking, not really listening, explosion of anger, raising your voice, negative non verbal communication, degrading your spouse and more.
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