Best of 2024: Deepening Your Relationships with Thoughtful Conversations

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Communication is a gift from God to build solid relationships with each other. On this one-day Focus on the Family broadcast, Dr. Heather Holleman examines different components of conversation—from casual and emotional to sharing the way we think and believe. She gives you the tools you need to effectively communicate and spread God’s love with those around you—and even strangers you encounter. You’ll learn how to add graciousness to your conversation so you can have stronger, warmer connections.

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0:00.0	When his wife became pregnant with their fourth child, Greg panicked, but a focus on the family counselor put everything into perspective.
0:09.6	He said, the first thing you need to realize is kids are a blessing, or all of the blessings, that they're gifts from God.
0:16.3	And the second thing you said was kids value relationships, not stuff.
0:20.5	Greg and his wife found the encouragement they needed, and today they have a happy,
0:24.6	thriving family of seven children.
0:27.6	We have been really influenced by the culture and by just kind of overall negativity about
0:34.1	kids, and to hear from someone, you know, just godly truth that kids are special,
0:42.0	that they're wanted and that they're a blessing was huge to us.
0:45.0	I'm Jim Daly, and we love kids. Let's work together to give more families hope, like Greg's.
0:51.4	When you donate today, your gift will be doubled at focus on the family.com
0:56.3	slash gift.
1:00.8	It's really a challenge. I mean, it's a whole countercultural way of living. I mean, someone told me
1:05.0	once, Heather, people are not the enemy. Satan is actually the enemy. So when you're with people,
1:10.5	like elevate your thinking to be like, I'm not battling you. We're actually the enemy. So when you're with people, like, elevate your
1:11.1	thinking to be like, I'm not battling you. We're actually battling the kingdom of the air who was
1:15.5	at work and those who are disobedient. Ephesians too, which is my other favorite passage of
1:20.7	scripture. Dr. Heather Holloman joins us today on this best of 2024 episode of Focus on the
1:26.9	Family with Jim Daly. Thank you for joining us.
1:29.7	I'm John Fuller. John, we get a lot of response here at Focus around communication. You know,
1:34.7	when you look at the bottom line of a lot of marital conflict, it comes down to poor communication.
1:40.3	Sometimes we do it on purpose, pushing each other's buttons. No, you do that? Yeah.
1:44.5	I do that.
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