FCA Huddle Meeting 10/23/06

Relationships with Others

Relationships with friends.

READ John 15:13

1. How does Jesus exemplify the ideal friend?

READ Proverbs 17:9

2. How important is it to be flexible and forgiving in a friendship?  Why?

Relationships with people you may not like.

READ Romans 12:17-21

1. What causes you not to like a person?
2. How can allowing God to handle the situation make things frustrating?  Why shouldn’t we handle it ourselves?

Relationships with your enemies.

READ Matthew 5:43-48

1. Why may it be difficult to do well to those who treat you wrong?
2. What do you usually do when people treat you wrong?

• A key component of healthy friendships is sacrifice.  How much you are willing to put others before yourself will determine how close your friendships will be.
• Doing good to those who do not like you or to those whom you may not like is a true test of character.  Developing the gift of patience and forgiveness will make your life much easier as you encounter different types of people that may not be easy to get along with.  Always remember that God has a purpose for everyone that comes into your life whether they are a friend, a foe, or a thorn.

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.