Topic: Understanding Flashcards
When someone takes the time to _______ us it makes us feel ______, it builds ______, and it shows us _____.
Understand
Love, Trust
Honour
What usually stands in the way of understanding others is that we are basically _____-_______.
Self-centered
Listening ______ so as to understand another person requires _____ and _____.
Correctly
Work, Time
_______ each other is the _____ of relationships.
Knowing, aim
We cannot truly _____ people, _____ people or _______ people unless we take the time to know…..
Lead, Serve, Manage
Self knowledge is an inner experience but it is never just by ______: we can only know and understand our _____ as we _____ with _________.
Introspection
Self, interact, Each other
Being _____ and bringing our self into the _____ by _______ ourself with another has a ________ effect because we begin to see our self more _______ and ________.
Open, Light,
Sharing, Productive
Clearly
Honestly
It is when we begin to discover the ______ person _______ the feelings and thoughts that true ‘______’ begins to take place.
Real
Behind
Connection
The answer is both - but _____ of the time understanding takes ______ effort.
Most, intentional
Self disclosure, the open door
1. _______ ___ ______ _______
Willingness to reveal self
We are ________ on the other person’s willingness and ability to open up and _____ themselves.
Dependant, Reveal
Self disclosure, the open door
2. _______ __ ______ ______
Courage to stay true.
To seek to overcome someone’s cover-up requires we be ready to ______ confidence (trust) through ______ care (love) and __________ of the persons intrinsic worth (respect)
Build
Genuine
Affirmation
Self disclosure, the open door
3. ______ - This is the ability to put yourself in another person’s shoes.
Sensitivity
In communication, each person’s point of ________ affects their ______ - and our points of reference will vary widely.
Reference, Perspective
Self disclosure, the open door
4. ______ ________ _______
Correctly Interpreting meaning
For men ‘understanding’ is often treated as a ______ that needs to be ______ and for women, it is a _______ on how they ______.
Problem, fixed
Decision, feel
Bonus (I think)
The _____ of understanding we _____ must always ______ _______ to the _____ of ___________/_____________we are meant to be _______
Level, Seek
Correctly, Correspond, Level, relationship
/intimacy, Establishing
_______ _:__, _____, “Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is the man who finds skillful and godly wisdom, and the man who gets understanding [drawing it from God’s Word and life’s experiences].”
Proverbs 3:13, AMPC
Proverbs 3:13, AMPC, “__________ (__________, ___________, _________) is the man who _____ ________ and ____ ________, and the _____ who gets ______________ [_______ it from _______ ______ and _______ _________].”
Happy, Blessed
Fortunate, Enviable, Finds
Skillful, godly, wisdom, man
Understanding, drawing, God’s, Word
life’s, experiences
