2022.01.16 - Realistic Relationships

2022.01.16 - Realistic Relationships

Saturday, January 15, 2022

7:59 PM

 

1.     Healthy VS Unrealistic

a.     Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. KJV

                            i.         Sharpeneth - OT:2300 chadad (khaw-dad'); a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe: KJV - be fierce, sharpen. 

1.     Literally grinding the rough parts away

a.     Not always fun

b.     Sometimes downright painful 

b.     What does healthy look like?

                            i.         John 6:60-68 

1.     Hard sayings

2.     Some left some stayed

                          ii.         David & Jonathan

1.     1 Samuel 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. KJV

a.     I thought you were mad as opposed to just picking up where you left off 3 months ago

c.     Friends VS Fathers & Feeders

                            i.         Naaman was not friends with the little girl who told him how to get healed

1.     There are those will pour into you but may not do life with you 

2.     Ground Rules & Boundaries 

a.     Does our relationship glorify God

                            i.         Do we build others up or with our words tear them down when we are together?

                          ii.         What has our relationship done to build His Kingdom?

                         iii.         Are we a private club that no one else can get into?

                         iv.         Look back on the times you have failed and the times you have grown, who was there for each time? Did they cause the failure or attribute to it or where they pushing you towards victory?