The Power of Godly Relationships

This series is called the power of Where do I pee several different things the power of? And what those are in and they're kind of different things. They're they're not what you might normally think of the power of Grace or the power of the name of Jesus that certainly there's a powerful thing, but these are of a different we're going to talk about the power of consistency. power of simplicity

the power of humility

and then today we are going to talk about the power of Godly relationship.

I had a Facebook friend request this week.

one from somebody that it wasn't in my class, but went to school in high school I did and we weren't close friends, but we were

Enjoy one another's company.

and as soon as I got the request and I accepted. I was sent a political thing. To go with it. That's not really that's the first thing you want to send me. After your we haven't talked we haven't done anything.

What was the purpose of him wanting to reconnect wasn't to reconnect it was to push an agenda. It was to get what he wanted.

But you know, I generally checked her for you have friends that I know and look over their page and make sure it's not immediately I get a fundraiser. thing from

Certainly. Facebook isn't always the best.

Venue for building relationships and I've loved it for many many ways. But sometimes it's frustrating but it really true of relationships for what we can get out of that relationship. Wrong unless it's not directed at the Lord if it's selfish of its fledgling.

Turn on the Matthew chapter 12.

Matthew 12 We're going to read this and you made me like what in the world.

Sounds like it would fit more with our Wednesday night spiritual spiritual warfare.

Just want an unclean Spirit goes out of a man. He goes through Dry places. He can rest and find them and put in order and will there be with this wicked generation the Revelation that I had in there, is that the enemy knows something.

There are power is power in numbers.

One gets kicked out. What you do you bring seven others that are more powerful than he is. Which I never thought about that before.

You want to listen? I better not try this on my own. I got to have somebody's with me that are tougher and bigger and stronger than I am. Which brings me to?

Well, I'm for a jump the gun on their turn over the ecclesiastic.

I can be right after Psalms and proverbs.

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Read me a story spoiler. This is one of the things that we are familiar with at the church. Because of what we do on a monthly basis.

Is two are better than one. Because they have a good reward for their labor to keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? The one may be overpowered by another two can withstand him and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken on a monthly basis. Some of them some of them from you down. The ones that really use them and are in group that's connected. I'm willing to bet that you get a lot out of that. I know I do the relationships that we have their enjoy having somebody that I know is is praying for me.

Crispy was busy in my group this this month and no she asked our group a day or two ago how she could pray for us and I gave her a prayer request and I just love it and it just just got my day started on the right direction because he wasn't just use them and I understand if there's different times and seasons.

Do your best to engage in those because they can.

During that that day or that month.

This is two are better than one. I'm going to give you something today to think about. the whole purpose of what relationships are about And that's to make a scone. What's a whole reason what would think about Adam when Adam was was created by God?

He was alone. So what are you going to do? Give him a helper.

before Adam and Eve out of Adam's Rib for the very purpose of strengthening.

Every relationship that you have should big should there be for the purpose of making you and them strong doesn't always work. sometimes we are weaker with the people that we've surrounded ourselves. That's why this is the power of God lyric ships their criticism. Their unbelief. It's contagious and it's black hole of negativity and doubt and in all the things that God doesn't want you and sometimes we're better than anybody. I know I'm not better than anybody else course the course of

Bernie Williams with sometimes we have to withdraw from a relationship. We're looking down on but because we have to be in a healthy healthy or flakes in the way God wants us to do is to cut off the ties of a relationship until that person can get in a better place where they're not sucking the life out of us.

Subordinate Parisian Speak Life and Truth with that person. Sometimes I've got to find a way to change that. It's not possible.

That are on SS close to the same page as we are so that we can both be strengthened from that. The other is there to pull them up and help or vice versa press or help them and it pulled in there. We've been talking over the last few months since the last identity about winter many of us emotionally detached many of us shut down and isolate and and pull back in in.

God's plan for you is not to pull away from your relationship.

God's plan for you is to reach out for help when you're struggling to face. Whatever you're going through it on our own to bring the stronghold is too big and Jesus on our side, but the wind has created us because he said Jesus is the head and we are the body are withdrawing and shut down because it doesn't have the heart pumping blood. It doesn't have the brain telling it what to do places.

And some of you have been dying spiritually because you have isolated yourself. And you have pulled away when God has said resting. You got to have those Ali relationships.

Proverbs 17 I've been reading that recently.

There's three verses in Proverbs 17 the First Leesburg.

27 the first one is worth 6.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend. But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

What does just telling use sometimes we want people surrounding us that are just going to say nice and good things the kind of person that you need around a true friend is going to speak things to you. even if they hurt

even if you don't want to hear it.

But knows what it says is his faithful are the wounds. If we don't have those relationships, it's not the kind of relationship that God wants for us. I just don't want us to just surround ourselves with feel good people. There's a time to just in courage to speak encouraging things, but there's a tie. No, I love you too much to let you keep going down this path. It's like my kids. I love them too much to just let him do destructive things and not say something to them. And I'm not saying it to them because I don't want them to have fun or I don't want them to fit in or that I don't tell him things. They don't want to hear something.

Tells us things. We don't want to hear some time that are willing to speak.

Surround yourself with people that will tell you what you want to hear. But they're doing it to get something out of them or for from you or use you and they're not really your friend. the next one verse 9

a heart and a sweetness of a man's friend gives the light by party. I like therefore. I am perfume Delight the heart in the sweetness of a man scream gives the light by Hardy Council appointment.

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And this is the same kind of thing. It is something that a person may not smell so sweet. But at the end when you realize that what they were doing was for your benefit and it is that sweet Aroma and it helped you in that way. Then the last one this is one is a very well-known verse 17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens the countenance of this morning.

I can't sharpen itself a sword can't sharpen itself. Some other kind of iron or some kind of stone or something.

He says that's the kind of way that I built relationships in a different way because of your friend was just exactly the way that one of us thought everybody to be immature and you would not on your own. free sharpening one in them Sometimes they're scworks it home is where as you aren't aren't going to on your own or with a friend that never speaks truth into you because they're afraid that it's going to hurt you.

I was thinking about well.

Knowing that we're going back to the emotional Detachment and I'm sure none of you have ever had.

I was way too quiet in here because I have those days where I don't want to be around people.

Charlie Brown and Snoopy and they were in bed and they were pulling up the covers and he said

sometimes we just want to stay in bed and not face other people. But you are dying alone. And yes, you have you may have your family with me, but a lot of times we went when were in those modes were really pulling away from them to get out of the house with them, but you can isolate in different things. You can isolate into a TV or a book or a game or something and just push everybody away. And when people try to talk to you and your family, you may just give simple one-word answers and you'll be telling them without telling them. You don't want to talk to me 19. These are the words of Jesus sees his again. I love you agree on Earth concerning anything. It will be done for them by my Father in Heaven. Stop right there. That should tell you we don't need to isolate or more of you are gathered in my name. And you stand in agreement on something you said it will be done for you. There's power in numbers prayer request. I don't need to keep it to myself with prayer warriors people that are willing to go into the front lines against the enemy it will storm the gates of Hades in and say I'm going to stand with my friend because they're going through a tough time. The enemy is attacking it and I am not going to let them stand alone. That's what we need around us is his people that are willing to stand in the gap for us to pray for us. Even when we don't have the words to pray for ourselves. He says if you will stand together in agreement, whatever you ask will be done for you to power in numbers. And then he goes on to say 22 or 3 are gathered together in my name. I am there in the midst. There's a great reason as well to be around godly people are gathered. I am there with you what is presents comes in a different way when we gather together in his name and we stand in agreement on the things of the word in the themes of when I when you gather together something happened at home. There's something about being in his presence among other people Fitness won't ever happen.

Name something you don't you can't quantify that you can explain it.

You can have praise worship going on in your car or at home or at work. You know, it's different when you come into a group that worships with passion and worship is just different. The atmosphere aren't the same. It's not I mean I can have some awesome time to worship at home. But it's just different when I gather with people that love the Lord as well.

That doesn't want us to become monks who go to a monastery and take a vow of silence spiritual trying to recall this to do is go out and spread the good news. He called us to go out and build relationships make the sciple make disciples and you share and you encouraged and you help and you grow together in that relationship.

In discipleship is messy it's inconvenient. It isn't going to fit in your schedule all the time.

It's hard to do it is hard to do but you do it the best that you can the best that we can and you still keep doing.

Call this to be together.

I love this John 17 with looked at it not too long ago. I think you can talk to about specifically what he said here because some of you are aware and some of you are aware that the division tried to pull some of us apart in various ways. And that's his goal. That is his purpose in showing up in churches is to bring about the vision so that we aren't of one Accord like walking together with our arms linked fighting for one another and helping one another in John 17 verse 20 and he's been praying for his disciples mini Orion me and I am you also be one in the world.

Think about this is going to be that's what the world seeing Jesus in us if it comes from us. Where you said that you said that the world may believe that you sent. If we cannot walk in unity together in the church. Why would the world want to be a part of it?

Cuz we're always comparing ourselves were always jealous of one another.

But women will get us if they see that we are handling things differently. What are you going to go and spend a week on a mission trip with somebody? Still working through it. That's the difference in the world.

In the reality is we're all bugging somebody at some point. It's not just somebody loving you you're on the other side of that equation is just for the line because we're different and where you mean, but I want them to be done handling things different than we handle them. This is not just true.

These are people that don't act like normal people. They're not just you're not sitting a few but they're here to walk through life with one another. I know I know we don't always do it the right way. And when I do recognize that I paid all I try to own it and I try to learn from it and try to move forward and just because I feel doesn't mean it's someone Is there a baby in me? Because if you lose your faith because of a person your face was never in.

I got to keep our eyes on Jesus not on other people cuz there's not any person sharing something. And I hate to say it, but that's the truth. You let me down and places I let you down in places.

So we got to find a way to work through it and forgive and move forward if we have that awareness. That's what the enemy is trying to do when somebody says something.

I can just send you that I can get hurt or I can give that person right now in the name of Jesus help me to keep on forgiving them and help me help me.

I have to look at my own home.

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I have an opportunity. I have a choice which I am I going to go. I'm going to get in the flesh and what they're going to do. You know what they may stay in a foul mood.

I can refuse to get sucked into that and I can love them and I can pray for them and I can bless them and I can say I appreciate you thankful for you.

Love them. Anyway. Don't fight with them. Love them anyway, and just keep on showering them with love and don't get into.

You would start pushing other buttons and sometimes when you're working again.

1st Corinthians 1

beginning verse 10

call Kenneth Church here. It says not plead with you brother. That's a pretty strong way to say that right.

same thing and if there be no divisions among but that you are perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

British been declared to me concerning you my brother by those of Chloe's household that their contentions among. The shrine of Christ's is Christ divided was Paul crucified. Were you baptized in the name of Paul?

This is one of the most important things that we as a church can get in our mind, but it it's not us as a corporate group. It starts with us as individuals that I am not going to let the enemy to bike. Because in doing so it's totally of the flesh division is of the Flesh and of the end. It's never just do not let there be division among.

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Jesus cast out a demon and they've been upset.

And A house divided against itself.

You cannot be divided and survive. You cannot isolate and survive. We need each other. We need the relationships that God created. Why because we are stronger together. I am stronger when you and I are on the same page and when we're moving forward in the way, you will stand near me.

Doing this is the name of Beelzebub because Beelzebub is not going to be recognized.

always perfect because we know

How much more important is it that we understand how important human stimulus and how important relationships are some of you are hungering for Godly relationships? So if you are lonely and you look at somebody else's friendship and he starts bringing jealousy or that, you know those thoughts.

Don't be jealous of somebody else's branch. Be thankful for pray that God will give you that kind of friendship.

to try to build those relationships

There is sitting at home hoping somebody will reach out.

What is God is saying you initiate you call or text somebody but don't just get upset.

You be the one that that says hey, let's do something.

Everybody know what's going on in your head.

I don't.

Communication works is you'll tell me where she's at or what she needs her, you know, it is open the door for that relate relationship or whatever. It is into your life. Maybe that person is in your home. And you just letting the Lord build the friendship. He wants to. Because you're so focused on their phone Destroyer.

And if for some reason that's easier than others because of whatever your circumstances are, but the truth is still love you still forgive. You don't get bitter you don't hold on to things like that. Patrol David James 5:16 our sins one to another so that we may be A Godly relationship bring healing if we will open up our hearts and it is one of the most important things of a Godly relationship that you allow yourself to be vulnerable in that relationship. Did you get together for coffee or breakfast or whatever you just chit-chat about. You're not going to get stronger. You're not going to get stronger. What's going to be required?

And to get very very real with somebody and a trust that they're going to carefully handle what you given what you've been trusting your heart. But you're going to have to be vulnerable in order to build a Godly relationship. It won't work. Any other way, it won't work in a marriage without that. It won't work in her in a friendship either the last one last verse that we want to look at here almost there.

Hebrews 10

Some of this is going to coming out.

next week, I think whenever we Talk about the power of consistent.

What you need to come with an awareness to not let the enemy divide, okay?

I was going to tell you right up front. And I don't have anybody in particular in mind with what I'm going to say next week. I'm not going to be preaching at anybody. I'm not going to be targeting anybody but myself and you need to know that.

But holy spirit told me that's our church needs to hear. 3 minutes you can't be here. I encourage you to listen to it online.

Hebrews chapter 10 Guardian verse 24 and let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.

Can we get together in our relationships when they're centered around guy when they're Center Around Jesus we should be getting together for the purpose of stirring up love and good works. I should get you fired up right there. Get you some people around you that want to stir up love and good works. Let's go. Let's go surf people let's go sacrifices, but whatever way the Lord, but that's what our relationships are about stirring of loving you work now. Listen verse 25 B assembly. Of ourselves together as in this the manner of somebody in another so much the more as you see the day approaching people not coming to church. That's the last thing I want to use. And again, I say it's next week, but going to church.

Never gotten anybody never really getting ready to hit.

This is not Holy Spirit beating people up on the head for not showing up. That their Church attendance. Is that what he's telling you and me? Created you for relationships. We got to get together. You got to come together as a group and feel your heart beat around you are and where you're going and say power and grace and mercy in the fruits of the spirit.

Not Guilt Trip truth, but if we don't come together and if I can isolate.

And I start dying. We need two of us is in a bad spot when I think about a really difficult spot that you've been in your life.

The darkest places in my life. The last thing that I wanted to do was be alone.

Some people convince themselves that they want to be alone, but they deceive themselves.

You want somebody there? You want somebody to care for you somebody to call somebody to text somebody to reach out?

everybody wants some

some people summer some godly people that are in our lives to bring us to a place of strength. The time in what I started with the Enemy.

I didn't kick down by the enemy. What if I go reach out to Southern of my spiritual Brothers and Sisters in Christ, and I come against him with greater rather than by myself. But a lot of times I'm struggling. I don't really want anybody else to know what I'm going through is see myself that I can handle this on my own. I can do Deliverance on my cell.

Ellen Kennedy will kick your tail if you try to take them on by yourself, but ultimately God has will humbled to the point where you have to have somebody. Cuz that's what he wants to work together. And let's make a choice today that we will not let the Enemy Bring the vision in our homes. And you're unsure.

We are so grateful and thankful for everything that you've done for me. Help us to build Godly relationship. Christ centered relationship

and then we speak what needs to be scoped and we encourage and we uplift but we're also willing to say things that are are not fun because we care so much about each other. Teaches how to walk in this Lord help us to not be divided but to walk in unity of one mind being of one Accord in Jesus. And let us Gather in that unity and let your presence in your spirit in our life in our service.

I'm going to and somebody that had a

but it relates to what we talked. Our mission trip and there was a lot of stuff going on and we are a little scared and started taking out her braids and said she's about to go get the power over the enemy and it just brought a piece of romaine and I suddenly didn't have any fear and then I realized when Curtis was talking and all this that the enemy gets scared whenever we all get together that we have in the numbers together as believers.

Michelle

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