“Just Walk Across the Room”

“The Power of Story”

 

 

November 25, 2007

Pastor Bob See

 

 

... Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

 

I Peter 3:15-16 NIV

 

Ready to communicate like a

walk-across-the-room person? Realize that…

 

Stories—and the words used to tell them—are powerful!

 

Prov 10:11,21,31 – the mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life…nourishing many…brings forth wisdom

 

Prov 12:18 – the tongue of the wise brings forth healing

 

Col 4:6 – Let your conversation be always full of grace…so you may know how to answer everyone.

 

Eccl 3:7 – there is a time to be silent and a time to speak

 

Ready to communicate like a

walk-across-the-room person? Realize that…

 

Stories—and the words used to tell them—are powerful!

 

God has a story…learn to tell it well!

 

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”

—John 5:24, NIV

 

Ready to communicate like a

walk-across-the-room person? Realize that…

 

Stories—and the words used to tell them—are powerful!

 

God has a story…learn to tell it well!

 

YOU have a story…learn to tell it well!

 

Before

After

Striving

Grateful

Self-Destructive

Healthy

Guilty

Liberated

Fear-stricken

Confident

Despairing

Hopeful

 

Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, …. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

 

Ephesians 6:19-20 NIV