Lifting Your Legacy – Part 6
Relationships
Part of legacy is this: God WANTS you to be in healthy Relationships to show HIS LOVE and Care for one another John 13:34-45 AMP:
“I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”
4 Key Relationships:
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Lifting Your Legacy Through Relationships with…
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• No one is 100% with you 24/7, except for God. The God head 3 in 1, is the power on which we can lean.
• Thank, pray and trust.
• Putting God first means obedience.
o Serving, tithing, loving one another
o Being in God’s Word daily, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal what is meant for you, what you need and what He wants you to do. We all have a mission here on earth. Join a community group.
• Limit distractions.
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing.”
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• Be self-aware and honest with yourself. Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
• Reprogram negative self-talk. Instead, focus on what God says about you.
• Address the past hurts and traumas, to flourish and live up to what we are called to do.
Romans 12:3 Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Do not think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
Psalm 139:14 I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 5:29 No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
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• Savor the moments with one another.
• Be open, we can all learn from one another.
o Learn to be present and listen.
• Give and take. Be generous in grace yet set standards and expectations.
• Communicate, communicate, communicate. (Verbal & non-verbal communication)
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
Proverbs 29:15 To discipline a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.
Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind and will make your heart glad.
Deuteronomy 4:9 Only take heed, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen and lest they depart from your [mind and] heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and your children’s children—
Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Proverbs 23:22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
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• We are all going through something… Some of us just hide it better than others. See in between the lines.
o A smile, wave, or text can mean the world when one is struggling.
• Don’t take things personally, it is not always about you.
• Fight the urge to hide. Muster up the energy to step out and reach out.
• Encourage one-another, pray for one-another.
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 27:7 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens [and influences] another [through discussion].
Psalm 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
When conflict happens, remember this… 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
