Quotes about Relationships

Either I get my identity vertically, out of my sense of who God is and worship who he has made me in Christ, or I will seek to get my identity horizontally, out of my circumstances, relationships, and successes.

Your spouse, your friends, and your children cannot be the sources of your identity.

When you seek to define who you are through those relationships, you are actually asking another sinner to be your personal messiah

Is there evidence that you are looking to your relationships to give you things you have already been given in Christ?

He is near, with, and in you. This means there is hope for you, even in relationships that leave you confused and disappointed.

If I am going to love you as I should, I must worship God as Sovereign

Your everyday communication influences the shape, quality, and direction of your relationships.

Our background, relationships, situation, and physical condition only provide the opportunity for our thoughts, words, and actions to reveal whatever is already in our hearts. Our hearts are always the ultimate cause of our responses, and where the true spiritual battle is fought.

Every day your words give your relationships their tone. Every day you tell people what you think of them, what you want from them, and what you would like to enjoy with them.

To the degree that you forget you are a sinner, you will underestimate your daily need for Christ and the relationships in his body that are his tools of change.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There

In this chapter we invite you to listen to your words and evaluate the way they shape your relationships.