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Developing Lasting Friendship
5 principle to develop lasting friendship
1. I must be committed.
2. To be constructive:
- compliment in public and correct in private.
never rebuke a friend until you are proven you are open to be rebuked.
correct them when they are up, when they are down lift them up first.
3. Keep confidentiality.
4. Care for them.
5. I must be consistent.
Building Relationship Through - Love
The essence of any great relationship is love.
What is Love?
Loves involves sacrifice
Loves involves action
How to Care for people?
C - contact each other
A - assist other in any ways you can
R - relate to others, be fast at listening and slow at speaking
E - encourage others, show appreciation and don't steal others' ego food
Successful Relationship
Why do we need relationship?
Determine our happiness
Determine our success
Develop our character
1 Cor 15:33
"Do not be deceived:" Evil company corrupts good habits"."
Do not be misled, bad comany currupts good character. We must make love our greatest aim in life.
John 13:34-35
" A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
" By this all will know that you are My disciple, if you have love for one another."
John 15:13
" Greatest love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
Love is the benefiting of others at the expense of self. We are a friend of Jesus if we obey Him.
John 15:14-15
" You are my friends if you do whatever I command you."
" No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you."
Love looks for a way of being constructive. To be a kind person is a people builder.
1 Cor 13:4
" Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself; is not puffed up."
We should consider the good of our neighbour and build up his character.
Rom 15:2
" Let each of us please his neighbour for his good, leading to edification."
How to show kindness to people?
Serve one another
Mark 9:35
" If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
Give to one anothers
James 2:15
" If a brother or sister is naked and destitude of daily food, and one of you to them," depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?"
Never become tight financialy with people in need. When you give(or serve), never give(or serve) with a catch.
Be interested in other people
Phil 2:4
" Let use of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others."
Esteem other
Phil 2:3
" Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself."
Pro 12:4
" An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his dones."
Show respect to others
Be generous with praise
10 examples you can destroy a relationship
Manipulate people
Tell them lies
Gossip about people
Ignore people at crucial moments in their lives
Reject people
Overstay your welcome at people's house
Always talk about yourself
Break your promises
Borrow money and don't pay back
Embarass people infront of others