Relationship Goals

Relationship Goals

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Start with the end in Mind
The Month of February has Valentine’s Day embedded right in the middle. Fittingly, within our new sermon series, we will be looking at Relationship Goals. Four well-planned sermons that focus on healthy, godly relationships.
And it doesn’t matter if you think of a relationship as a connection between your spouse and you, or if that relationship is between you and other family members, you and a coworker, or you and a friend. We humans are created as social beings, and we need to learn to relate to each other, in a godly way.
Our first sermon actually starts “With the End in Mind”. Relationships, in a godly sense, start with the goal to become more Christ-like, more holy. Christ is the foundation for everything, and from that foundation, we need to build up a house of relationships that reflect these foundational truths.
So here is how this can look like practically:
  1. If Christ, and the way he lived and died, are the foundation for our relationships, What are things that Christ was known for? How did He relate to people?
Take a piece of paper and write down a few character traits Christ was known for, especially the ones that display relationships? (Maybe looking at his relationship with the Pharisees is not the best place to start). In general, words like compassionate, caring, supportive, serving, and others might come to mind. But also phrases like willing to submit to God’s leading, doing his father’s will, and so on.
  1. In a second step, ask yourself: What can you do, to lovingly help another person be more holy? Think of one specific person. How can you lift that person up? How can you create an environment of growth and love? Now think of a second person and repeat this step.
And a third thing:
  1. How does that conflict, that you just had, with that other person contribute to you being more holy, more Christ-like? Do you need to learn patience? Do you need to learn forgiveness? Or do you even need to ask for forgiveness and drop that sinful behavior of yours?
As you go into this coming week, look at two or three relationships that you have. Look at them with the End in Mind. Where do you see this relationship in a year from now? And what needs to happen to get there?
Blessings to you as you bless others with your presence.

Pastor Daniel

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