REALationships; Week 1: Let's Get Real

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 REALationships: Don’t give up. Culture doesn’t have to define your relationships. You can be honest and real. In this series, we’re going to get real with relationships and build strong families. We’ll take a look at how to be real in our marriage, friendships, relationships, family and community   Title of Message:  Let’s Get Real The key ingredient to a successful relationship is authenticity.  4 REAL Relationships I need:      1. A REAL Relationship with God. 2. A REAL Relationship with Godly friends. 3. A REAL Relationship with Church. (Ephesians 2:19) (ESV) So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 4.        4. A REAL Relationship with a Team. (1 Corinthians 3:9) (GNT) For we are partners working together for God, (Colossians 2:19) (CEV) Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.       Email or Text us at: [email protected] 4 Results of REAL Godly Relationships: 1.    Encouragement (Hebrews 3:12-13) (CEV) My friends, watch out! Don’t let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God.  You must encourage one another each day. 2.    Prayer (Colossians 4:12) (NIV) Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, (Colossians 4:12) (NIV) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. 3.    Authenticity (Proverbs 28:13) (NLT) People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. (Ephesians 4:25) (NIV) Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 4.    Growth (Colossians 2:19) (CEV) Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God. (Romans 1:12) (NLT) When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours