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Stick On
Proverbs 18:24 “Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.” (MSG).
To experience relational metamorphosis, Get Interested In Other People, Do not Be A Chronic Complainer, Learn To Be A Good Listener, Accept People Unconditionally, and Help People Feel Significant. People are going through a lot already. Read the rest of this entry
Acceptance vs. Approval
Hebrews 12:6 “For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and He corrects each one He accepts as his child.” (NLT/Voice)
If you want to have relational metamorphosis you need to Get Interested In Other People, Do Not Be A Chronic Complainer, Learn To Be A Good Listener, and Accept People Unconditionally. Romans 15:7 “Accept one another… just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” (NIV). Read the rest of this entry
By The Ear
Psalm 49:4 “I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp”
To experience relational metamorphosis, first, Get Interested In Other People. Second, Do not Be A Chronic Complainer. Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, Read the rest of this entry
Get Involved
Philippians 2:4 “Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing.” (LB).
Who are the people that should be in our circle? Choose close friends who will Challenge You Mentally. Choose close friends who will Support You Emotionally. And choose friends who will Strengthen You Spiritually. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 “…encourage each other and build each other up…”. Read the rest of this entry
True Friends
Proverbs 18:24 “There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.”
Proverbs 12:26 “The righteous choose their friends carefully…” (NIV). God’s Word advises us to avoid having Lazy People, Angry People, Immoral People, and Stingy People as our close friends. The fifth kind of people God says we should not have in our circle are Unbelievers. Read the rest of this entry
Be Guided
Proverbs 12:26 “The righteous should choose his friends carefully…” (NKJV).
The Word of God puts the burden of choosing the right friends on you. You have to choose your friends carefully. Yesterday, we learnt about the five kinds of people that we should not have as close friends. First, avoid having Lazy People as close friends. Read the rest of this entry
Choose Carefully
Proverbs 20:6 “Most people will tell you what loyal friends they are, but are they telling the truth?” (LB)
Over the next few days, we are going to experience relational metamorphosis. The truth is that the greatest joy you will feel and experience in life will come through people. At the same time, the greatest pain you will feel and experience in life will come through people. Read the rest of this entry
Reach Out
Genesis 50:20 “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” (NKJV)
To experience emotional metamorphosis, transformation, and healing, REVEAL Your Hurt, RELEASE Those Who Hurt You, REPLACE Old Lies With God’s Truth, REFOCUS on the future. The fifth step is REACH OUT To Help Others. Read the rest of this entry
Refocus!
1 Corinthians 2:9 “But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (NKJV)
Guess what? If God is going to do things that eyes have not seen in your life, then things that eyes have not seen begin to happen to you, and you think it is strange. Do not think it is strange. It is because God is about to do that which eyes have not seen. Read the rest of this entry
Replace & Refocus
Hebrews 2:11 “Jesus, who makes people holy, and those who are made holy are from the same family. So he is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.” (NCV).
Jesus is not ashamed of you! Jesus is not ashamed to call you His sister, His brother! Totally mind blowing! This is God’s truth, right there in His Word. So, you and I must REPLACE Old Lies With God’s Truth. Your father, spouse, or even your children may be ashamed of you. Read the rest of this entry