1.7 Flashcards
(42 cards)
When someone takes the time to ___ us, it makes us feel ___, it builds ___, and it shows us ___.
understand, loved, trust, honour
What usually stands in the way of understanding others is that we are basically __-___; we would much rather talk about our problem or give our opinions than listen to someone else’s
self-centered
Listening ___ so as to understand another person requires ___ and ___.
correctly, work, time
___ each other is the ___ of relationships.
knowing, aim
We cannot truly ___ people, ___ people or ___ people unless we take the time to know and understand them in the context of how we are to relate.
lead, serve, manage
Self-knowledge is an inner experience but it is never just by ___; we can only know and understand our ___ as we ___ with ___
introspection, self, interact, eachother.
___ a ___ is essentially ___ in ___
Understanding, person, spititual, nature
Being ___ and bringing our self into the ___ by ___ our self with another has a ___ effect because we begin to see our self more ___ and ___.
open, light, sharing, productive, clearly, honestly
It is when we begin to discover the ___ person ___ the feelings and thoughts that a true ‘___’ begins to take place.
real, behind, connection
How do we build this connection? Does ‘understanding’ just happen or is it deliberate? The answer is both - but ___ of the time understanding takes ___ effort.
most, intentional
We are ___ on the other person’s willingness and ability to open up and ___ themselves.
dependent, reveal
For men, understanding is often treated as a ___ that needs to be ___ and for women, it is a ___ on how they ___.
problem, fixed, decision, feel
But words do not always accomplish ‘connection’ because we can choose to be:
1. ___
2. ___ ___ ___
3. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ ___
- trivial
- transmit sterile data
- say things that are dishonest or deceptive.
To know and understand is not only a matter of communication skills and techniques, it also depends on several other factors:
1. ___ __ ___ ___.
2. ___ __ ___ ___.
3. ___.
4. ___ ___ ___.
- Willingness to reveal self
- Courage to stay true
- Sensitivity
- Correctly interpreting meaning.
This is the leg we tend to give up on first, as it takes the ___ ___ to learn and achieve.
most effort
In communication, each person’s point of ___ affects their ___ and our points of reference will vary widely.
reference, perspective
Once again, remember: the ___ of ___ we ___ for must always ___ ___ to the ___ of relationship/intimacy we are meant to be ___.
level, understanding, seek, correctly, correspond, level, establishing
Jesus’ answer revealed that the real element in the worshiper God seeks for is the element of a ___ relationship as opposed to ___.
heartfelt, rituals
We worship first and foremost by the way we ___, daily loving and ___ after Him
live, following
Though we know he (David) was not perfect, scripture teaches us he had a ___ ___-___ and therefore, response towards God
perfect heart-attitude
This means that He is ___ of our worship and ___ as God
worthy, reverence
As shared before, we are extremely blessed and favoured to have a relationship with Almighty God as our Father, Saviour, Friend and Companion; but we must ___ bear this in mind- He is not our ___!
always, peer
In worshipping God for who He is, we must go deeper than a general knowledge about Him, to an expression of our ___ knowledge and ___ with Him.
personal, experience
Praising and worshipping God:
1. Ushers in God’s ___
presence
