Topic: Relationship
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13 KJV)
Do you have a solid foundation of relationship with your spouse? Or with your friends? Or with your neighbor? But, mostly, do you have a strong relationship with Jesus Christ? If your answers are all no, you are not alone.
We all struggle with our relationships. Our lives are not perfect. Romans 3:23 says that we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. But God has never failed His relationship with us. Even though we have failed our relationship with Him, He has not move away from us. There was and is no one to show us the greater love than Jesus Christ. Romans 5:8 says, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Do you know why are Christian families breaking apart from unity today? They have left their first love with God. This is why we hear some teenagers are addicted to drugs, pornography, witchcraft, and violence. Also, their parents are having financial problems that cause them to separate each other. I do not know what your circumstances are, but God knows.
God does not make you to be a religious person, but He’d like to have an intimate relationship with you. Most today’s preachers do not teach about how we can have a personal relationship with God anymore. They teach us about how we can get more stuff from God. That’s not good. We need to hear more messages on how we can recognize Him and honor Him.
So, here are some suggestions we can try when the crisis would arrive:
- Do not start to focus on the problem, but focus on God for solution to the problem. God knows every detail to our needs before we’d ask Him.
- Money issue is not the problem, but our focus on God. We need to change our channels to Him.
- We need to begin to work the problem in home and not up to church.
- We need to begin to develop our own relationship with God.
If you want to rebuild your relationship with Jesus Christ, please consider to ask Him to forgive your sins and invite Him in your life. I do not like to give the formula to sinner prayer, because that is between you and God. Then, find a home church that would encourage you and teach solid foundation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and begin to have your daily Bible study and prayer habits. Lastly, find some Christian friends who encourage and help you at anytime of the day.
