What would soulwinning be without our eyes, "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." (Psalm 126:6)
In this day of technology, the majority of people, like myself, use email, texting or facebook as a major source of communication. Technology continues to replace our eye to eye communication where our word was once stronger then our pen. Psychologist Dr. Mehrabian is known for his publications on verbal and nonverbal communication. His most famous finding is known as the 7%-38%-55% rule. He found that our communication is only 7% words, whereas 38% is tone and 55% facial expressions. Looking at these numbers, it is easy to see why so many emails and facebook posts are taken the wrong way breaking long standing friendships and even marriages. Why? Because today our communication consists of nearly 100% words, no more eye to eye contact or expressiveness in our communications.
We cannot do our Lord’s work this way. It is only through the Word that one can be born-again (Romans 10:17). However, the Bible also tells us that it is our whole communication that wins them over to want to be born again, "...that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation..." (I Peter 3:1).
In this day of technology, the majority of people, like myself, use email, texting or facebook as a major source of communication. Technology continues to replace our eye to eye communication where our word was once stronger then our pen. Psychologist Dr. Mehrabian is known for his publications on verbal and nonverbal communication. His most famous finding is known as the 7%-38%-55% rule. He found that our communication is only 7% words, whereas 38% is tone and 55% facial expressions. Looking at these numbers, it is easy to see why so many emails and facebook posts are taken the wrong way breaking long standing friendships and even marriages. Why? Because today our communication consists of nearly 100% words, no more eye to eye contact or expressiveness in our communications.
We cannot do our Lord’s work this way. It is only through the Word that one can be born-again (Romans 10:17). However, the Bible also tells us that it is our whole communication that wins them over to want to be born again, "...that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation..." (I Peter 3:1).
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