How To Prevent Arguments – The 4-Second Rule That Will Change Your Life

In this episode, Pastor John talks about how to prevent arguments. 4 seconds can be the key to saving a relationship.

An Ounce of Prevention

How To Prevent Arguments – The 4-Second Rule That Will Change Your Life

Did you know that 4 seconds could save your marriage, your job, a relationship, and your health? 4 seconds. For example, if you are in a heated argument, have you noticed how you begin talking over each other, voices get louder, and nobody’s listening? Before the next argument starts, because it will, agree in advance to adhere to the 4-second rule.

Here’s how it works

You give each person the opportunity to speak without interruption, and then after 4 seconds of silence, it’s your turn to speak. And after 4 seconds of silence from you, then it’s their turn to speak. And so forth until you’re both done speaking. James 1:19 and 20 in the Bible says, “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” Try it out ans see for yourself.

If you feel a stirring or prompting in your heart that you have not felt before or maybe have ignored before, it could be God through the Holy Spirit asking you to accept his Son as your Lord and Savior. If you reject the prompting of the Holy Spirit, you remove yourself from the only force (the power of the Holy Spirit) that can lead you to repentance and restoration to God. Genuine conversion (“born again”) involves both the Spirit’s convicting work and the person’s conscious decision to repent and believe.

Only God can save you. You cannot save yourself. Ephesians 2:8-9 (LSB) says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, so that no one may boast.”

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