I Love You, But I Don't Trust You

MATTHEW 18:15-17.

TODAY WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SERIES OF SERMONS TITLED

I HATE YOU BUT IT’S KILLING ME

FOR PART 4 TODAY I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

I LOVE YOU, BUT I DON’T TRUST

OK DO ME A FAVOR...

TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR

NEIGHBOR, THIS SERMON IS FOR ME…

LOOK AT YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOR

SAY....OTHER NEIGHBOR......YOU NEED IT TOO…LOL

.....OPEN IN PRAYER.....

TODAY I WANT TO STAY WITH THE THREAD OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON THIS ISSUE

AND THAT IS.....

UNADDRESSED HURT, WILL TURN TO HATE

IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEE THIS

BECAUSE IF I DON’T DEAL WITH THE HURT IN MY HEART

IT WILL BECOME HATE IN MY HEART

AND IF I DON’T ADDRESS THE HATE IN MY HEART

I WILL BECOME LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO HURT ME

I WANT TO TEACH ON THIS THIS MORNING

YOU GET WHAT YOU ALLOW

COME ON SOMEBODY,

I’M NOT TALKING TO JUNIORS THIS MORNING

I’M TALKING TO ADULTS

YOU GET WHAT YOU ALLOW

YOU GET WHAT YOU ALLOW......

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 16…MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME MY FIRST CAR

1988 MAZDA RX-7

FLAMING RED

I LOVED THIS CAR

NO A/C JUST ME 2 WINDOWS AND THE WIND IN MY HAIR

IT WAS THE BEST

NOW IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO TEXAS IN THE SUMMER TIME

IT’S RIDICULOUS HOT

LIKE HUMID HOT (NOT LIKE OUR HUMID DAYS THIS LAST SUMMER)

BUT IT WAS LIKE DRENCHING HOT

I REMEMBER A COMMON REACTION I WOULD GET...

MY BROTHER OR SISTER OR FRIENDS WOULD RIDE WITH ME

AND THEY WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE....

DUDE....IT IS RIDICULOUS HOT IN HERE

AND I WOULD SAY....NO, NO BRO IT’S NOT A PROBLEM…JUST ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN

OH COME ON....

ANYBODY HAD ONE OF THOSE???

ROLLING THE WINDOW DOWN IS WHAT WE CALL....

A QUICK FIX

SOME OF US LIVE OUR LIVES JUST PIVOTING TOWARD

QUICK FIXES

QUICK FIXES -

WHILE IT FIXES IT FOR A MOMENT

IT’S NOT FUNCTIONING AT IT’S OPTIMUM DESIGN

WHEN ALL I’M DOING IS ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOWS IN MY CAR

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW....MY CAR IS NOW DYSFUNCTIONAL

WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE IS...

WHEN WE CALL THINGS NORMAL THAT ARE BROKEN

WE ARE BECOMING COMFORTABLE WITH DYSFUNCTION

OH MY LORD…

A LOT OF US, EVEN IN THIS ROOM

IF WE’RE HONEST

HAVE JUST ACCLIMATED TO......

NO,NO,NO,NO

ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN

NO REALLY, IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL

JUST…ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN

I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY BUT...

BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT...

GOD DESIGNED YOU AND DESIGNED RELATIONSHIPS IN A WAY...

THAT THEY WOULD FUNCTION AT THEIR OPTIMUM DESIGN

AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO DECIDE....

I’M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THE DYSFUNCTION ANY LONGER

I’M GONNA GET THINGS BACK IN ORDER

LISTEN TO ME CHURCH....

YOU CAN’T PUT A BAND-AID ON A BULLET WOUND

I HAVE BEEN PREACHING AND TRYING TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THE WEIGHT OF FORGIVENESS IN YOUR LIFE

BUT UNDERSTAND THIS....

FORGIVENESS IS A RELEASE,

BUT HEALING IS A PROCESS

(EXAMPLE)

MY SON BROKE HIS ARM A FEW MONTHS AGO

WHEN THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS BROKEN

WE DIDN’T JUST IGNORE IT

NO, THEY PUT THAT THING IN A CAST

NOW,... A CAST IS A HARD SHELL TO PROTECT THE INSIDE OF HIS ARM FROM GETTING MORE DAMAGE OR HURT

NOT ONLY THAT BUT....

A CAST RESTRICTS OR CREATES A BOUNDARY

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

A CAST TELLS YOU … THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY IN THIS PLACE UNTIL… NOT FOREVER BUT UNTIL...

WHAT WAS BROKEN BECOMES HEALED

IF A BROKEN ARM HAS TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT A BROKEN HEART

WON’T HAVE TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES

WHAT I KNOW IN LIFE IS THIS.....

HEALING REQUIRES HEALTHY BOUNDARIES

SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT HEALTHY BOUNDARIES

AND THE WHOLE TIME I’VE BEEN PREACHING

YOU HAVE BEEN Saying…OK, I’M GOING TO FORGIVE THAT PERSON

BUT CHRIS IF I FORGIVE THAT PERSON

DOES THAT MEAN I’M GOING TO HAVE TO WALK RIGHT BACK INTO THAT...

DYSFUNCTIONAL MESS?

THE ANSWER IS NO, BUT RATHER THAN JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT

LETS SEE WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS ABOUT IT

Matthew 18:15–17 (ESV)

15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

MATTHEW 18. IS WHERE I HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF MY TIME THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS

WEEK 1 - UNMERCIFUL SERVANT

WEEK 2 - LOSING COUNT…HOW MANY TIME DO I GOTTA FORGIVE

JESUS SAYS…70X7

SO 490 TIMES…NO...

HIS POINT IS....

IF YOUR COUNTING, YOUR NOT FORGIVING

IN THE SAME CHAPTER....JESUS GIVES US PRACTICAL STEPS

THE BIBLE CAN BE MYSTERIOUS AND DYNAMIC AND DEEP

BUT IT CAN ALSO BE PLAIN AND SIMPLE

IN MATTHEW 18 JESUS IS DISCUSSING...

WHAT DO WE DO IN A RELATIONSHIP

WHEN SOMEONE SINS AGAINST US

OR WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US

JESUS SAYS THAT WHEN YOUR BROTHER SINS AGAINST YOU

THERE ARE SOME STEPS THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE

HE SAID.....STEP 1

BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION

THIS IS HELPFUL RIGHT? LOL

YOU EVER BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THE OTHER PERSON IS ALWAYS OFFENDED

BUT YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW YOU OFFENDED THEM?

(YOU SHOULD KNOW)

NO! I DON’T KNOW UNLESS YOU TELL ME

A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK AWAY FROM RELATIONSHIPS

BUT THEY DIDN’T EVEN TAKE THE BIBLICAL STEPS THAT GOD REQUIRES FROM THEM

OFFENSE FESTERS IN SILENCE.....

UNLESS YOU EXPRESS THAT YOU ARE HURT

OR UNLESS YOU EXPRESS THAT SOMEONE OFFENDED YOU

YOU CAN NOT EXPECT SOMEONE TO KNOW

JESUS IS BEING REALLY CLEAR HERE

HE’S SAYING FIRST YOU GOTTA LET THEM KNOW

YOU GOTTA BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT THEY OFFENDED YOU

NOW IF THEY LISTEN TO YOU AND YOU RECONCILE

GUESS WHAT???

YOU JUST GAINED A BROTHER

YOU JUST GAINED A SISTER

SURE! THERE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF FRICTION

IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT AWKWARD

LET ME JUST TELL YOU THIS...

EVERY RELATIONSHIP WORTH KEEPING WILL ONLY THRIVE...

WITH UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS

SOME OF YOU WOULD RATHER LOSE A PERSON

THAN HAVE AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION

OH MY LORD....THAT’S GOOD STUFF

Proverbs 27:17 NIV

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

IRON SHARPENS IRON...

THAT’S FRICTION

GUESS WHAT???

IF YOUR FRIENDSHIP DOESN’T HAVE FRICTION

YOU DON’T HAVE A GOOD FRIENDSHIP

OH COME ON....

I FEEL LIKE I’M PREACHING A LITTLE BETTER THAN YOUR RESPONDING....IT’S OK

THE SECOND STEP.....

JESUS GETS IT...

HE’S SAYING…LOOK, THAT DOESN’T ALWAYS WORK

SO WHAT YOU DO IS...

GO BRING BACK SOMEONE AS A WITNESS

BRING A WITNESS....

THE PERSON YOU SHOULD BRING BY THE WAY......

NOT YOUR MOM

THAT’S NOT FAIR

IT SHOULD BE...

SOMEONE WHO IS TRUSTED

SOMEONE WHO HAS THE SAME VALUES

SAME FAITH

SOMEONE WHO HAS WAKED WITH YOU

I MEET SO MANY PEOPLE WHO GENERALLY DON’T TAKE STEP ONE

BUT EVEN IF THEY TAKE STEP ONE

THEY CERTAINLY DON’T TAKE STEP 2

STEP 3 IS THIS...

JESUS SAID TAKE IT TO THE CHURCH

GET A LEADER INVOLVED FROM YOUR FAITH COMMUNITY

WATCH THIS…

JESUS IS TEACHING US HOW TO HAVE OPTIMUM FUNCTION IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS

AND HE IS ASSUMING WHILE HE’S TEACHING

THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

THIS IS FASCINATING BECAUSE I MEET A LOT PEOPLE THAT SAY...

IT’S JUST ME AND JESUS

JUST ME AND MY BIBLE

LISTEN TO ME....IF THAT IS YOUR STATEMENT

YOU DON’T HAVE ANY CONTEXT OF THE BIBLE

YOU OUGHT NOT READ THE NEW TESTAMENT IF

YOUR NEVER GOING TO BE WILLING TO BE A PART OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY

WHY????

BECAUSE MOST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WAS WRITTEN TO THE CHURCH

PHILIPPI WAS A PLACE AND THE LETTER WAS TO THE CHURCH OF PHILIPPIANS

COLLOSAI WAS A PLACE AND THE BOOK OF COLOSIANS WAS WRITTEN TO THE CHURCH

THEIR ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO READ LETTERS

THAT WERE MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED IN COMMUNITY

AND THEIR TRYING TO APPLY THEM SIMPLY INDIVIDUALLY

AND JESUS IS SAYING..

YOU GOTTA GO GET A CHURCH LEADER

YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO IN YOUR LIFE

SOMEONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY

SO THEY CAN WEIGH INTO YOUR SITUATION

NOW, JESUS GIVE US 3 PRACTICAL STEPS TO RECONCILE RELATIONSHIPS

BUT AFTER 3 TIMES…IF THEY STILL DON’T.....LOL

HE SAYS...

LET THEM BE TO YOU AS A PEGAN (AKA. GENTILE) OR A TAX COLLECTOR

NOW I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR HERE...

JESUS DOES NOT SAY....

NOW THAT YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT LIGHT (PEGAN OR TAX COLL.)

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HOLD UN-FORGIVENESS IN YOUR HEART

HE DID NOT SAY THAT AT ALL...

HE SAID....

TREAT THEM AS IF THEY ARE NOT A BROTHER IN THE FAITH

AS IF THEY ARE A PART OF THE WORLD

NOW... IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS...

TO JUDGE THE WORLD,

TO CONDEMN THE WORLD,

TO HATE ON THE WORLD

HE’S NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE BECOME SELF RIGHTEOUS

SAYING OOOHHHH LOOK AT ME

IN FACT, THE CONTEXT WOULD HAVE TO BE

FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL

PAUL SAYS.....DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED WITH UNBELIEVERS

UNEQUALLY YOKED.....

OH I’M TAKING YOU SOMEWHERE....

WHAT IS A YOKE???

(WOODEN OBJECT PLACED ON TWO OXEN)…EXPLAIN

HOPEFULLY TWO OXEN OF THE SAME STRENGTH....WHY???

BECAUSE THE OXEN HAVE A MISSION.....TO PLOW THE FIELDS

BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED IS SAYING...

ONE OF US IS STRONGER THAN THE OTHER

IF THAT IS THE CASE…WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

THE OXEN WOULDNT GO IN A STRAIGHT LINE

THEY WOULD GO IN........CIRCLES

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

ANYBODY EVER FEEL LIKE

THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ARE IN VICIOUS CIRCLES

NO PROGRESS

NO TRACTION

JUST STUCK IN A RUT

WHAT JESUS IS SAYING IS…

YOU SHOULDN’T BE YOKED TO THAT PERSON ANY LONGER

TO BE YOKED MEANS...

I’M BOUND TO YOU

I’VE CUT COVENANT WITH YOU

I SHARE MY HEART WITH YOU

I SHARE MY DREAMS WITH YOU

I SHARE MY WORRIES AND FEARS

OH COME ON....

JESUS IS SAYING...

DON’T GET BOUND BUT INSTEAD

SET A BOUNDARY

LISTEN TO ME....

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FORGIVE EVERYONE, BUT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TOLERATE EVERYONE

OH COME ON SOMEBODY...

SOME OF YOU HAVE BLAMED GOD FOR

YOUR DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

THE TOXICITY SWIRLING AROUND YOUR LIFE

LISTEN TO ME...

IT IS NOT GOD ALLOWING THOSE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE

THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE.....

YOU GET WHAT YOU ALLOW

LET ME MAKE THIS EVEN MORE CLEAR

IF MY BIOLOGICAL BROTHER IS A RAGING ALCOHOLIC

WHEN HE DRINKS

HE THROWS THINGS

CURSES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS GET OUT OF HAND

GUESS WHERE I AM NOT TAKING MY CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS

I’M NOT GOING THERE

BUT MAN......THAT’S YOUR BROTHER

RIGHT, I LOVE HIM

BUT I HAVE TO PUT UP A BOUNDARY IN THAT RELATIONSHIP

WOMEN OF GOD...

IF A MAN LAYS HIS HANDS ON YOU

I HOPE HE COMES TO HIS SENSES AND BEGS FOR YOUR FORGIVNESS

BUT THERE IS NO SCRIPTURE

THAT EXPECTS YOU TO TOLERATE THAT

PUT UP WITH THAT

LIVE IN THAT

YOU CAN PUT UP A BOUNDARY AND SAY....

NO SIR, I GOT SOME SELF WORTH

I CAN FORGIVE YOU BUT I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS

YOU DON’T HAVE TO HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE THAT MANIPULATE YOU

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS...

LOVE YOUR ENEMY

PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMY

IT DOESN’T SAY THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE

WE HAVE TO CREATE BOUNDARIES

BECAUSE.....IF I KEEP HANGING OUT WITH YOU...

I’M GONNA START CALLING THINGS NORMAL

THAT ARE BROKEN

HANGING OUT WITH YOU IS LIKE

ME HAVING TO PUT THE WINDOW DOWN ALL THE TIME

CHURCH WE SERVE A GOD OF BOUNDARIES

JOHN 3:16 WE KNOW THIS VERSE

THE HOPE OF THE WORLD

? YOU KNOW A VERSE THAT DOESN’T GET QUOTED A LOT???

SAME CHAPTER JUST 20 VERSES DOWN

John 3:36 NIV

36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

THE WRATH OF GOD???

OH YES, GOD IS A GOD OF BOUNDARIES

GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE

AND HE IS A GOD OF WRATH

GOD IS SAYING...

THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN

THE EVIL THAT IS ROBBING ME OF GLORY AND MY PERFECT DESIGN FOR MAN KIND

HE IS SAYING…I WILL NOT TOLERATE THE DYSFUNCTION ANY LONGER

ORDER WILL BE RESTORED

ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES....

LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON BOUNDARIES

BOUNDARIES ARE A TOOL NOT A WEAPON

WHAT IS THE TOOL FOR?

IF I COULD SUM IT UP

THE TOOL IS ALWAYS FOR A CONVERSATION

YOU HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED A BOUNDARY IF...

YOU HAVEN’T COMMUNICATED THEM

IN FACT, MATTHEW 18 IS

JESUS TEACHING YOU TO KEEP A CONVERSATION ALIVE

I AM SHOCKED AT CHRISTIANS WHO ARE SO QUICK TO WRITE SOMEBODY OFF

BASED ON ONE OFFENSE

BY THE WAY…

MATURITY IN THE LORD IS WHEN

YOU STOP BEING SO EASILY OFFENDED

IN ROMANS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS...

TO GIVE EACH OTHER ALLOWANCE

ASSUME THE BEST

MAKE ALLOWANCES,

DON’T BE EASILY OFFENDED

BOUNDARIES ARE NOT

AVOIDANCE

BOUNDARIES ARE NOT

THE SILENT TREATMENT

BOUNDARIES ARE NOT

GHOSTING

SOMEBODY HURTS YOU AND YOU UP AND LEAVE

THAT’S NOT HOW YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS

DOING THESE THINGS

ARE A SIGN OF YOUR IMMATURITY

AND YOUR HEART NOT BEING PURE

BOUNDARIES ARE NOT

GOSSIP

IF ALL ELSE FAILS

TREAT THEM LIKE A TAX COLLECTOR

THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU WALK AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY

THERE A TAX COLLECTOR…LOL

YOU DON’T GET TO GO TO EVERY DINNER TABLE

TELLING HOW THEY HURT YOU

AND HOW YOU WERE DONE WRONG

YOU ARE GOSSIPING

(YELL)

I HAD TO SET A BOUNDARY!

THAT’S GREAT…THANK YOU

SOUNDS LIKE YOUR BOUNDARY IS A WEAPON NOT A TOOL

2. BOUNDARIES HELP BALANCE ACCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY

THOSE ARE THE TWO WORDS I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT.

ACCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY

THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE OF ACCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY

WHAT YOU SEE IF YOU STUDY THE STORY OF THE GARDEN IN GENESIS

WHAT YOU SEE IS

MAN IS CREATED AND AS HE IS CREATED

HE IS GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY

HE IS GIVEN PORTIONS OF THE GARDEN THAT HE HAS TO STEWARD

TEND TO AND TAKE CARE OF

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW....

YOUR CAN’T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEONE ELSES ACTIONS

FOR EXAMPLE....

IF SOMEONE JUMPS INTO A POOL AND DROWNS

YES I CAN PULL THEM OUT AND RESUSCITATE THEM WITH MOUTH TO MOUTH

BUT FOR THE REST OF OUR FRIENDSHIP

I CAN’T BE WALKING AROUND GIVING THEM MOUTH TO MOUTH

AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO BREATHE ON YOUR OWN

BOUNDARIES CREATE LINES OF...

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT

I DON’T HAVE TO HATE YOU TO CREATE A BOUNDARY WITH YOU

(WE ALL HAVE NEIGHBORS)

MY NEIGHBOR

GREAT FAMILY

GUESS WHAT....

WE HAVE A FENCE IN OUR BACK YARD

DOESN’T MEAN I DON’T LIKE THEM

BUT THAT FENCE SAYS...

BRO, THAT’S YOUR GRASS

THAT’S YOUR MESS

THIS SIDE OF THE FENCE I’M RESPONSIBLE FOR

WE UNDERSTAND THOSE BOUNDARIES

....WORSHIP TEAM COME.....

MOST OF US DON’T HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO...

BOUNDARIES OF OWNERSHIP

BUT WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO HAVE

BOUNDARIES WITH OUR EMOTIONS

WITH OUR PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS

BOUNDARIES ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP

ACCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY

WHO DOES BANKING ONLINE???

WAVE AT ME

THIS SHOULD BE LIKE EVERYBODY

(GET EVERYBODY SHARE PASSWORDS?)

THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY NOT!

I’M NOT GIVING YOU THAT ....

TYPE OF ACCESS

BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE....

RESPONSIBILITY WITH IT

THE PRIVILEGE OF ACCESS COMES WITH THE WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY

I STARTED THINKING

WHO HAS TOTAL ACCESS TO ME

MARIA....

SHE HAS ACCESS TO ME THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS

PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH, PEOPLE LEAVE CHURCH

THAT’S AWESOME

THAT IS WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR

GUESS WHO’S NOT LEAVING

THAT GIRL (MARIA)

DIVORCE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR US....

SHE HAS BEEN THERE WITH ME THROUGH EVERYTHING

AND SHE AIN’T LEAVING

SHE CAN HAVE ANYTHING SHE WANTS FROM ME

SHE HAS ACCESS TO MY FEARS

MY FAILURES

THERE ARE LAYERS OF ACCESS THAT COME WITH BEING RESPONSIBLE

AMEN?

....STAND TO YOUR FEET.....

BOUNDARIES CELEBRATE LOVE BUT EXPECT TRUST

THIS IS HUGE....

TRUST IS EARNED IN DROPS BUT LOST IN BUCKETS

HOW DO I REGAIN TRUST???

SIMPLE EQUATION ACTUALLY

TRUTH + TIME = TRUST

BOUNDARIES CELEBRATE LOVE

BUT THEY EXPECT TRUST

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE I LOVE THAT PERSON

BUT BASED ON THE LYING AND CONCEALING THE TRUTH

I HAVE HAD TO MAKE BOUNDARIES THAT SAY....

I LOVE YOU, BUT I DON’T TRUST YOU

NO WHERE IN SCRIPTURE DOES IT SAY...

WE ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP

HE GIVES US STEPS AND TEACHES US BOUNDARIES.

EVERY HEAD BOWED AND EVERY EYE CLOSED.....