Victory Over RELATIONAL ISSUES

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Victory Over RELATIONAL ISSUES
chapter 6
A new command I give you Love one another. As I
have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 1334
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God wants us to have great relationships.
We break/build them by what we do/dont do!
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When we live in sin relationships are broken.
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Broken relationships can be restored as we allow
God to transform our lives.
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The Devils Trap
Keep us disconnected from people around us
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The Devils Trap
Transfer relational issues to future generations
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Five Common Relational Issues
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Five Common Relational Issues
1. Offense
A brother offended is harder to be won than a
strong city and their contentions are like the
bars of a castle. Proverbs 1819
Whoever forgives an offense seeks love, but
whoever keeps bringing up the issue separates the
closest of friends. Proverbs 179
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Five Common Relational Issues
2. Unforgiveness and bitterness
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger,
brawling and slander, along with every form of
malice. Ephesians 431
See to it that no one misses the grace of God and
that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and
defile many. Hebrews 1215
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Five Common Relational Issues
3. Rebellion against authority
The sin of black magic is rebellion. Wickedness
and idolatry are arrogance. Because you rejected
the word of the LORD, he rejects you as king. 1
Samuel 1523
Many times he delivered them, but they were bent
on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.
Psalm 10643
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Five Common Relational Issues
4. Broken family relationships
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his
other sons, because he had been born to him in
his old age and he made a richly ornamented robe
for him. When his brothers saw that their father
loved him more than any of them, they hated him
and could not speak a kind word to him. Genesis
373-4
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Five Common Relational Issues
5. Rejection
The Son of man must suffer many things, and be
rejected of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third
day. Luke 922
A servant isn't greater than his master. If they
persecuted me, they will also persecute you. John
1520
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Gods Solution for Healthy Relating
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Gods Solution for Healthy Relating
1. Forgive people who offend you
For if you forgive men when they sin against
you, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. But if you do not forgive men their sins,
your Father will not forgive your sins.
Matthew 614-15
70 times 7. Matthew 1821-22
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Gods Solution for Healthy Relating
2. Ask people to forgive you
If you are offering your gift at the altar and
remember that someone has something against you,
leave your gift and go and be reconciled to your
brother then come and offer your gift. Matthew
523-24
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Gods Solution for Healthy Relating
3. Remove roots of bitterness
See to it that no one misses the grace of God and
that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and
defile many. Heb 1215
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger,
brawling and slander, along with every form of
malice. Ephesians 431
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