Communication Cell Group Sermon Part 2

You are not filtering the other person’s remarks through your own opinions and needs.

THE FIVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION: C.O.M.E.T.

1. Level One: CLICHE conversation.

This type of conversation is very safe:
• “Hello, how are you?” “I am fine. Good to see you.”
• “How is your family?” “They are good.”
• “Where have you been?” “I was away working overseas.”

In this type of conversation, there is no personal sharing.
- Each person builds an invisible “wall” and remains safely behind that wall.
- We also call this “weather talk”—everything is kept at a very shallow and superficial level.

2. Level Two: Reporting the facts on OTHERS.

In this kind of conversation, we just report on what others have said ... we offer no personal comments of our own.
- We just report the facts like the 6 p.m. news.

• “What did the doctor say about dad’s check-up?” “Fine.”
• “What did the kids do today?” “Oh, they went for classes.”

A lot of couples, family members and friends do not get pass the second level of communication.

Today, we want to spend some time to practice communicating to one another.
- Before we do that, let’s look at how we can bring our communication into a deeper level of openness.