All great relationships start with your relationship with God.
If your relationship with God is broken, chances are you are going to struggle with your relationships with people on this earth.
Make every relationship you have a "trinity" relationship. You, God, and the other person.
Allow Gods wisdom and love to guide everything that you think, say and do with the other person. This includes all your relationships, business, casual, and personal.
Will this make all relationships a success? No, however if you are being led by the Holy Spirit, (Jesus inside you) then you are doing everything you can to create a successful, healthy relationship.
What is a successful relationship? A relationship which acknowledges the fallen nature in everyone without critical judgement. Instead it offers love, support, honesty (with love) integrity, and never compromises Gods laws. It is trusting the Holy Spirit's guidance and stepping out in faith with all His promptings. That means if the Holy Spirit prompts you to ask for forgiveness, or prompts you to apologize or to pray for someone you do it! It probably won't be easy!
How will I know what the Holy Spirits promptings are? All promptings of the Holy Spirit reflect the attributes of Jesus. If you are prompted to go tell someone off I can pretty much assure you that is NOT the Holy Spirit speaking. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Of Jesus Christ who loved, forgave, healed and showed compassion. Now it is also true that Jesus drove the money changers out of the Temple with a braided whip. To me that shows us that Jesus stood up for His Father and would not compromise His Fathers laws or will. Neither should we.
My prayer for all the married couples at PCF is that you will begin praying for one another each and every day. Share your prayer out loud with your spouse and watch your relationship expand and deepen. Bonni and I have recently started to do this and the best way I can explain it is, "It is like fertilizing the relationship!" Just like when you put fertilizer on your lawn in the spring it grows a deep beautiful green and if you use a pre-emergent no weeds show up. So there you have it, prayer is a fertilizer with a pre-emergent that can prevent problems from arising.
No matter where you are in your Christian journey you are at times going to come to your Jordan River and there is no bridge. It will seem impossible, a barrier with no way to get over it just like what the Israelites faced trying to get to the promised land. This is when your close, trusting relationship with God will become a reality!
Whats that you say, "You are not so sure you have a close trusting relationship with God?"
Then I suggest you start right this very minute and pray that God will forgive you of all your sins and that you accept His son Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. And then, with all your heart, pray to God to send you the power of His Spirit into your heart so that your faith will increase.
The bible needs to become and important book in your life. In Romans we read:
Romans 10:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith comes by hearing and reading Gods word. You must get Gods word into your heart so that your faith and trust in Him becomes real.
God has a wonderful plan for your life! Let Him in and begin enjoying a whole new life. A life that revolves around God and His will. It is real and it is powerful!
Call me if you have questions or would like to talk about Gods plan for your life. 618-334-3575
Love, Kent
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