SPEAK A WORD IN SEASON!

"The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak, a word in season ..." Isaiah 50:4. My friend, learn to listen! Why are you trying to frame up a rebuttal before you hear completely what they are trying to tell you? How many times has someone spoken to you, who was right in terms of what was being said, but the way it was said just set you off course? This is how many arguments are started, especially between parents and children and spouses. Hey, do you know communication has the power to start or end a war; to make or break a marriage; to close a million-dollar business deal or lose it to a competitor; to build or destroy a friendship; to create intimacy with God or build a impenetrable wall? You must develop the art of communication if you want to live in this world with any measure of success. COMMUNICATION IS A TWO WAY STREET BROTHER. It takes two people: one to speak and the other to listen, with both parties taking turns speaking and listening. Hey note the phrase in the scripture above- "SPEAK A WORD IN SEASON". Let me talk to you personally this morning, can I? If you are coming back home from playing the best game in your life and your wife has been taking care of your two children with flu, you'd better realize she ain't in the same season or mood as you are, get it? Choose your words carefully, otherwise, you are in big trouble. I have a word of advice for you- understand what season and time you are walking in to and be prepared to minister in the area of the need. IN EVERY CONTEXT. Don't be a Gomer Pyle? Y'ALL HEAR ME?