Quotes about Relationship

To love you as I should, I must worship God as Savior

If you are a believer, you are in the process of being remade to reflect the character of Jesus himself. And your Lord is employing every circumstance and relationship in your life to accomplish that goal.

In short, we are called to help each other see the unseen reality of our active, present, and personal God.

My panic was about more than being overwhelmed in my responsibilities; it revealed a lack of trust in God. We can't move toward community with one another until we have been drawn into community with God.

the reality our imagination embraces is the reality we will live by. If we are not captured by the truth of living in a deeply personal relationship with God, we will shrink our expectations and dreams down to the size of our own selfish wants, desires, and strategies.

True human community only arises out of communion with God

We are worshipers who enter into relationship with the person or thing we think will give us life.

but God wants to bring us to the end of ourselves so that we would see our need for a relationship with him as well as with others.

The reason we know this is true is because the word "helper" is often used to describe God's relationship with his people.

So God is not addressing Adam's workload, but rather the fact that he is a social being who lacks a suitable companion.

Why is the process of forgiveness so important? Because even if you have forgiven someone for an offense, you will be tempted to think about it the next time you see her, or the next time she sins against you. Without realizing it, you will pile that sin on top of the old sins. This makes it harder and harder to forgive someone.

I can only grant forgiveness to the other person if he repents and admits he has sinned against me.