Relationships

Key Points

1. God created us for His glory. He also made us not be loners but men to live in healthy, loving relationships with Him and one another.
2. Your heavenly Father desires an intimate relationship with you. That requires time together.
3. It also means open and honest communications with Him and others in our lives especially in our marriage and family.
4. In this chapter we learn to understand how to focus Biblically on others needs as Christ models a servant’s attitude for loving relationships.

Introduction

Life Perspectives, Chapter 4, deals with the many different relationships we experience in life: your relationship with Christ, your spouse, children, co-workers, and neighbors. All of these relationships are very different. How can we keep them all in balance?

Your Timothy should come to understand:

1. God desires our intimate personal relationship with Him
2. This means spending time alone with Jesus through the Word of God
3. Developing an authentic relationship requires work and sacrifice

In order to meet your spouse’s needs in marriage, you must first discover what they are. An authentic relationship with God requires similar discovery through communication and prayer. In a family, men are required to be the spiritual leader. That means leading by serving and loving.

Work relationships have greater purpose than simply earning a living. As we work to serve God, we also strive to invest in the lives of people in hopes of sharing the hope that lies within us. Work is a means, not the end.