Thankfulness in Relationships (2019)
Teacher – Melodie Reynolds
I. Why is relationship important?
- God of relationship
- God created man then woman-Genesis 2:18
- God’s desire & plan
- Relationship requires effort
II. How do we have a good relationship?
- Founded on relationship with God & ourselves
- Mark 12:30-31
- Receive God’s love for me
- Be able to love others
III. Three levels of relationship
- With God
- With Yourself
- With Others
IV. Your relationship with God
- Need to give thanks to God-Colossians 2:6-7
- Life with Jesus
- His love-Ephesians 3:17-19
V. Your relationship with yourself
- Acceptance
- Loved by God-Psalms 139:14
- Gratitude for His gift
VI. Your relationship with others
Love your neighbors
- Neighbors: whoever you interact with
- Thankful for family
- Expectation from others
- Be the person God wants you to be-Philippians 2:3-4
VII. Your relationship with Enemies
- Anyone who wronged or cause harm to you
- Hard to love when feel negative emotions
- Need to forgive to love-Proverbs 10:12
VIII. Be thankful for negatives
- Help examine ourselves
- Appreciate positives more
- Love our enemies (bring us close to God)-Luke 6:35-36
- Story of 2 doilies
IX. How develop thankfulness in our life & relationship
- Recognize that our life depends on it
- Improves everything in life
- Starts in your heart
- Daily need to….
- Give thanks for God
- Sing & praise God
- Worship & time with God
- Tell others of God’s wondrous acts
- Rejoice
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
X. Better Relationships
- Thankful heart influences others (story of Pollyanna)
- Tell others you are thankful for them
- Colossians 3:15-17
Several verses relating to relationships
- Genesis 2:18
- Genesis 2:24
- 1 Chronicles 16:8-36
- Proverbs 17:17
- Proverbs 18:24
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
- Romans 5:7
- Romans 12:9-10, 13, 15-16, 18
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
- Galatians 5:13-15
- Philippians 2:3-4
- Ephesians 4:2-5
- Ephesians 5:20
- Ephesians 6:1-4
- Colossians 3:15-17, 18-25
- Hebrews 10:23-25
- James 1:19-25
- 1 Peter 5:6-7
- 1 John 4:9-10