AGAINST THE GRAIN – DEVELOPING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS

AGAINST THE GRAIN – DEVELOPING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS (find good friends)

Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

I Corinthians 15:33

GUIDING TRUTH: Relationships are — they are either you or you in the wrong direction.

LET’S BE HONEST ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

• Who you with will where you end up.

A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

Proverbs 27:19 (TLB)

• Relationships don’t just you — they you.
• Every relationship requires .

Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other…

I Peter 4:8

• What you will eventually .
• is required in all great relationships.

Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Colossians 3:13

• Some relationships don’t need a conversation — they need a .

Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.

Proverbs 13:20

• The best relationships don’t happen by — they are .

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Hebrews 10:25

TOP FOUR RELATIONSHIPS WE ALL NEED

1. We need a .

All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals, and to prayer.

Acts 2:42

• The church isn’t a place I attend—it’s a I belong to.

         2. We need .

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Proverbs 27:17

• Faith grows best in life, not faith.

         3. We need a .

Just as a body, though one, has many parts… so it is with Christ.

I Corinthians 12:12 (NIV)

• God don’t get accomplished by ourselves.

         4. We need .

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself…

John 15:4-5 (NIV)

• If we don’t know God nothing else .