Tim Lane and Paul Tripp on How the Gospel Shapes Our Speech

“Your everyday communication influences the shape, quality, and direction of your relationships. Every day, your words give your relationships their tone. Every day you tell people what you think of them, what you want from them, and what you would like to enjoy with them. But you don’t do this in grand moments of oratory. You do it in quick side comments in the bedroom as you get ready for work, or at the curb as you hop into your car, or in the kitchen as you grab a sandwich, or over dessert at the local bistro, or in the family room during a commercial. Because our talk lives in the world of the ordinary, it is easy to forget its true significance. It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There has never been a good relationship without good communication. And there has never been a bad relationship that didn’t get that way in part because of something that was said. Our ability to express ourselves verbally is anything but ordinary. It gets right to the heart of who God made us as our Creator, and how he is remaking us as our Savior.” (Relationships: A Mess Worth Making)