Relationship Status | YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME | Pastor Steve Andres

Are you searching for significance in relationship status? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME series with a message about romance and relationships.1 Corinthians 7:17And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life.Many people have experienced heartache and hurt because they let themselves be driven along by loneliness, insecurity and desire. What instruction does the Bible give to us about relationships?1) Real significance is not based on relationship status.The Apostle Paul is clear that both singleness and marriage are good. The single person can focus on honoring God without distraction, while the married person is able to grow through the blessings and challenges of covenant commitment.2) God’s work in my relationships begins with me.Self-centeredness is the main problem in any relationship. God’s word addresses this problem first before it ever gives instructions on roles in other relationships.Ephesians 5:18, 21Be filled with the Spirit… Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.The ability to submit your needs and desires to another person’s is not natural or instinctive. You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit to do this.3) Every season has an assignment. Lean into that.God’s plan is for each of us to grow in Christ-likeness. The assignment isn’t to GET SOMEONE, it’s to BE SOMEONE.4) The assignment begins with alignment.Every building begins with a foundation, and the structure takes on the shape of it’s foundation. If it has a faulty foundation, or if it isn’t aligned with it’s foundation, then it won’t stand. Are your loves, priorities and actions aligned with Christ?Not until we look to Jesus as the source of our ultimate security and love are we properly equipped to love others in a truly redemptive and life-giving way!