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Get it together I

The Bible teaches us how to have good relationships.

Eight significant relationship changes in a lifetime.

  1. be devoted to one another:
    1. Romans 12:10 (friendship)
    2. Store up friendshipness with everyone around us
    3. What you store up with others is eternal
  2. Love one another
    1. 1 John 4:11
    2. As Christ loved us by dying on the cross for us to have a relationship with God
    3. Since God sees something in you to love, I will do the same.
  3. Encourage one another
    1. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
    2. Everybody benefits when encouragement flows! There is enough discouragement in this world already, we don’t need to add to it.
    3. God made us so that we would fulfill our life purpose within community

Good relationships are more than icing on the cake, they are the cake.

Matthew 22:37-40

Gods plan from the beginning was all about relationships.

Relationships help keep us alive, save us, make us better.

  1. We need others to help us grow spiritually
    1. Ephesians 5:18-19
    2. We were created to enjoy God and friends help us do that
  2. We need others to encourage us
    1. Hebrew 3:13
    2. We need people who will spur us forward and help us be obedient to the Lord
  3. We need others to keep an eye on us
    1. Galatians 6:1
    2. Sin deceives us
    3. Friends who encourage us no matter what is incorrect. Friends need to speak Gods truth to us.
    4. James 5:16
    5. My faith encourages you and your faith encourages me

Healing is found in relationships

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