Relationships

It all begins with God

Matthew 22:36–40 ESV

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Proverbs 9:10 ESV

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Prover

Matthew 22:36–40 ESV

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

James 1:5 ESV

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

If single

If married Ephesians 5

If you are a parant Deuteronomy 6,

If you are married to an unbeliever

If you are divorced , ,

If you are in a business Proverbs

Recognize Everyone is Desperately Insecure

Genesis 3:8–10 ESV

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

Fall brought guilt and shame

fear based relationships with God and others

A loss of security and safety - insecurity

We hide to cover who we really are - our nakedness

strong response - arrogance

weak response - withdrawn

Not just some but all

This will change how you look at every single person

Everyone behaves in a way that makes sense to them

Proverbs 14:12 ESV

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Become a student of others behavior to learn the “why” behind the “what”

What is the most generous explanation for their behavior