relationship

The Spirit takes God’s timeless truths and makes them come alive in us. He helps us understand them, shows us how to implement them, and empowers us to accomplish them. He transforms task lists into a relationship.

The famous Grant Study followed 268 Harvard men from their days as college students in the 1940s until their deaths many decades later, in an attempt to discover the patterns of human development and achievement. The study found-and this was a surprise decades ago that the quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life. But

When we see God’s work in us as the model for our work for him, three practical principles emerge: 1. God’s redemptive activity always takes place within relationships. 2. God’s first step in changing us is to draw us into relationship with him. 3. Our relationships are essential to the work God is completing in us and in others.

Preachers should encourage more prayer, stewardship, study, and fellowship not to manufacture blessing but so that believers can experience more fully the benefits of union with Christ that God freely offers.

Pursue leadership excellence like a fanatic.

Worry more about becoming a remarkable leader than being liked and respected.

1. Tell people what’s important.


2. Don’t try to please everyone.


3. Bring up tough issues with forward-facing optimism.


4. Show people you care about results and relationships.


5. Stay on target. A leader who chases three rabbits at the same time

Rather, it must have been at some point when the Lord acknowledged the growing presence of core things like servant leadership, courage, costly obedience, faithful work, and gentle strength. Ultimately it was in relation to him, and not some cultural ceremony, where the true shift of identity must have taken place. For what is biblical manhood or

We don’t need a praying life because that is our duty. That would wear thin quickly. We need time to be with our Father every day because every day our hearts and the hearts of those around us are overgrown with weeds. We need to reflect on our lives and engage God with the condition of our souls and the souls he has entrusted to our care or put in

Remember, the point of Christianity isn’t to learn a lot of truths so you don’t need God anymore. We don’t learn God in the abstract. We are drawn into his life.

At some point, you realize that what makes the relationship impossible isn’t the original wrong but the denial of the wrong. Our willful denial of God is the mega-offense above all our other offenses that God challenges by his massive love in Christ.