Late night notes: God shows us how to Restore relationships for he has called you back himself.
1.Having a relationship with God means knowing his word.
In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. John 1.1
2.Loving Like God = Agape
Agape love is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional.
It is not a performance that disqualifies someone out of position.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only So into the world that we might live through him.This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. John 4:8-10
3.To know how to be a Godly friend Surround yourself with Godly friends
If either of them falls down,�one can help the other up.�But pity anyone who falls�and has no one to help them up.Ecclesiastes 4:10
Though one may be overpowered,�two can defend themselves.�A cord of three strands is not quickly broken Ecclesiastes 4:12
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33
4. Godly Accountability: In order to resolve conflict each person must take accountability for their own choices and behaviors instead of pointing fingers. For God desires reconciliation always. Have peace knowing self protection isn’t necessary for God is your protection.
The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Genesis 3:12-13
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress. My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. Psalms 18:2
5.Breaking the dead lock/ Breaking the silent treatment
When your not speaking you give the devil opportunity to speak and create conflict.
Most decide quitting the church move out cut off the other person and avoid at all cost. Instead of image building and selfish choices follow Gods direction of all the previous steps.
Move from the deadlock to the dialog for good people with good motives who know Christ need to talk
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for,my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!
I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind-in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers,whose names are in the book of life.Philippians 4 1-3
All this is from God,who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 2 Corinthians 5:18
So find 1sr the common ground, love, respect and recognize agree to disagree and learn to work around those things you cannot agree upon in that moment for sometimes hindsight shows you differently when God works on the inside of you.
6.Recognize whatever signs and wonders you seek are not done through works but Faith & Belief in God.
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy, peace,forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of Good because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.Having lost all sensitivity,they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self,which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
and to put on the new self,created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:17-24
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32
When you fail simply have courage turn around, go back to the basic steps above that Jesus taught each one of us, walk in love, give thanks and praise to God for teaching you a life well lived for not only yourself but your family future generations and for HIS Glory.
