RElationships - Part 2
Re-engaging
Alex Groop
Part of RElationships
February 11, 2024

Re-engage

My Fear
In a time when we have never been more


We’ve never been less

Genesis 2:18 (NIV) The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 1:27-28 (NIV) So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed a man c from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Imago Dei

Disengaging is

and engaging is

leads to

Steps for direct access to God in the Old Testament (Leviticus 16)

Had to be a Levite
Had to be a descendant of Aaron
Had to be on Yom Kipper (Day of Atonement)
Bring young bull for sin offering
Bring a ram for a burnt offering
Put on sacred linen tunic
Put on linen undergarments
Tie linen sash around yourself and put linen turban…

Steps for direct access to God after Jesus Death on the cross

Pray

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,

Ways to find your friend in Biblical times

Go and find your friend
Have money and pay someone to find your friend
Hope your friend finds you

Ways to find your friend now
Call
Text
Social Media
Use an app that shows your friends current location

Lack of

leads to a lack of

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

The relationship has been

don’t know how to

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Romans 3:23 For the wages of sin is death, But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

Job 13:20-22 Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you: 21Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors. 22Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.

relationships are at the very

Genesis 3:15 And I will out enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head and you will strike his heel.

Practical Ways To Re-engage
Be intentional
Find ways to show up
Forgive like you have been forgiven
See yourself through God’s eyes