Strengthening your Relational Health

Here are 3 thoughts about How to Strengthen and Protect Your Closest Relationships:
From 1 Samuel Chapter 30
1. Place the value of your closest & most important relationships above everything else in your life!
- Re-appraise the value of your loved ones.
- Don’t take them for granted
- Make sure your greatest treasures know their value.
- Find a way to express how you feel about them.
- Protect Your Valuables.
- Love is spelled TIME!
2.Take your bitterness and grief over lost relationships to the Lord.
- Don’t let the mistakes and heartbreaks destroy you.
- Read Isaiah 53:5.
- Pray and ask God for His help and strength!
- Forgive yourself!
3. Pursue those you love with all your heart!
- Fight for them – They are worth it!

Relationships are important to God!
- What does God have to say about relationships?
- Do your best friends really need to be Godly?
- What are some of the benefits of having Godly friends?
- Tips on how to cultivate relationships.
- What does God say about Marriage?
Types of Relationships
- Family
- Marriage
- Friendship

Forgiveness
Forgiveness is an Act of FAITH!

Resources on Family/Marriage
- Focus on the Family
- American Family Association
- Family Life
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