Godly Relationships
Published on Nov 18, 2015
How to relate with others
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Why did God create us?
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First command: Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. Can you do that on your own?
Again, we need one another.
Relationship is required!
Relationships are the central factor of our very existence as human beings. We were never supposed to function independently in the ministry, work, leadership and family.
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Most of the problems of the world stem from difficulties in relationships. Why do we have broken families, war, divorce, church division, etc?
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Psalm 133:1-3 “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.”
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How good it is when we dwell together in marriage and in our relationships. To have unity in relationships is the greatest need in the world.
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There is nothing more painful then strife and conflict with someone we love.
Proverbs 15:17 “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.”
Proverbs 17:1 “Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.”
Better to have little and love, then a lot with strife.
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Being able to walk in unity is a deep longing in our hearts.
As with any building you need to a good foundation.
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WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF RELATIONSHIP?
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1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
There is no other foundation to start with then that of Jesus Christ.
Jesus IS the cornerstone.
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Ps 127:1 "Unless the Lord Builds the house, They labor in vain who build it."
You can't build a house of unity apart from the Lord.
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Our relationship with God is the point of origin and the source of all other relationships!
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1 John 4:19-20
We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
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It is a principle, that our relationship with God cannot be separated from our relationship to others. Our relationship to God in its essence works in the way like our relationships to other human beings. Our relationship to people around us reflect the quality of our relationship with God.
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What does that mean?
If we are poor in relating to the people around us, we will as well have difficulties in our relationship with God. If you have trouble relating to simple people around you, who are of the same design like you, meaning, they are humans who function in the same ways like you, how could you relate to a God who is first of all invisible? Secondly, totally foreign to our nature, much higher in thinking, understanding and action from our little minds and ways?
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Problems in relationship with other people directly affect our relationship with God.
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If God is a relater, how about us? What do we reflect to others? What does that mean to us personally today?
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We need to learn how to relate in a healthy ways and become a good relaters.
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We do not wake up one day and BOOM we are already a good at relating. It is an art, which we can learn. It is not too late. You can start right now as you receive revelation from God.
We were supposed to learn this from our family but sad to say most of us came from dysfunctional families.
WHAT IS RELATIONSHIP?
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A relationship is the mutual sharing of life between two or more persons.
Mutual – both parties have to be involved to make the relationship work.
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Share life – We humans are spiritual beings. A deep fulfilling and life giving relationship only takes place if one person touches the spirit of the other person. Sharing our lives involves interaction between our spirits.
Separate Entity – a relationship is something that has a life of its own. A relationship is not the two people who interact, but rather it is the thing (dynamic) that is happening between them. We need to work on the relationship and improve the relationship, not the other person.
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