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This week, as we continue our series on discipleship, Paul wants to revisit the word no again

in the love, no, speak, do ministry model we've been discussing.

Here's this week's Wednesday's word.

As we have been examining this love, no, speak, do model of biblical discipleship, one of the most frequent questions we've been receiving is,

what questions can I ask to get to know a person better? Love, know, speak, do. Today, I'll answer your questions about questions. Here are four principles to keep in mind. Number one, ask open-ended

questions. Open-ended questions cannot be answered without the person disclosing what they are

thinking, what they want, and what they are doing. Here are just a few examples of open-ended

questions that you can ask a friend about the health of their marriage. What problems in your

marriage do you see as your

responsibility? What could your spouse do to greatly change your marriage? When you are hurt or angry with

your spouse, what do you do? In what ways have you attempted to communicate love and appreciation for

your spouse recently? Identify one area of your marriage where you have problems. Describe what is wrong

and what each of you have done to solve it. Number two, ask a combination of survey and focused

questions. Survey questions scan the various areas of a person's life and look at them as a whole,

uncovering themes and patterns. Take a wide-angle view of a person.

Don't assume that a single confessed problem exists in isolation.

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