#5 Talking It Out - Part 1
Part of Friends! Series—Secrets For Enjoyable and Lasting Relationships Series
May 27, 2023

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WISDOM:

A SET OF GUIDING TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE THAT BRING THE BEST RESULTS TO YOUR LIFE.


Proverbs 4:20-22 (NIV) My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.

1. The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your .


2 Corinthians 7:5-6 (NIV) For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

2. The quality of your relationships determines the of your life.


1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (NIV) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

3. The quality of your relationships determines the level of your .


Matthew 25:20-21 (NIV) The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. “Master,” he said, “you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.” His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”


Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV) Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.


Genesis 11:6 (NIV) The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”

4. The quality of your relationships determines your to God.


Philippians 2:1-5 (NIV) Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.


Philippians 4:2-3 (NIV) I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co- workers, whose names are in the book of life.

5. Relationship skills are practical expressions of .


John 13:35 (NIV) By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.


1 John 3:11 (NIV) For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.


1 John 4:11 (NIV) Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.


1 John 4:21 (NIV) And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

LOVE IS ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS.

LOVE IS SKILLS WE LEARN AND PRACTICE.

LOVE IS SOMETHING WE ARE TO BE AND DO!




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