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Truth With Tenderness – The Formed Future · Still, Here

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Ephesians chapter 4 verse 15.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: But speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Truth needs love.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Love needs truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ephesians holds them together because maturity in Christ requires both.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Many of us know the damage of words spoken with sharp correctness.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: The facts may be accurate, yet the spirit behind them bruises.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: Truth can be used to win, expose, shame, or control.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: Many of us also know the damage of silence.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: We tell ourselves we are being kind, but fear may be leading.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: We avoid the hard conversation.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: We protect comfort while love asks for honest speech.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: Truth with tenderness grows from a centered life.
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  SPEAKER_00: It begins before the mouth opens.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: It begins in the motive.
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  SPEAKER_00: People can often feel the difference.
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  SPEAKER_00: They may receive hard truth when it comes with humility, grief, patience, and care.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: They may resist easier words when those words carry superiority,
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: irritation, self-protection, or the desire to win.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: The future will have no shortage of voices claiming truth.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: Some angry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some afraid.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: The formed future needs people whose words are clear and clean
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: because love has searched the heart before speech leaves the tongue.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: Speaking truth in love does more than settle an argument.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Paul says it helps us grow up into Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our speech becomes part of formation.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: If there is a conversation ahead of you today, pause before it.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: Ask, what is true?
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_00: What is mine to say?
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: What do I want to say?
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: What tone would honor Christ?
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: What timing would serve love?
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: A tender word can still be strong.
• 2:37
  SPEAKER_00: A truthful word can still be kind.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: Christ can form speech in us that tells the truth without losing the person.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_00: As you reenter the conversations and decisions ahead, carry this prayer with you.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: Search my words with love.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: Let truth and tenderness grow together.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_00: Search my words with love.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: Let truth and tenderness grow together.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: Search my words with love.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: Let truth and tenderness grow together.
• 4:03
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open, stay present.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.