Quotes about Relationship

What we are is much more important to Him than what we do for Him. We mean far more to God than the work we do.

We think, How much better life would be if a certain situation or a relationship were different! Meanwhile, God says that what needs change most is us! He does not just work to fix situations and relationships; he is intent on rescuing us from ourselves. We are the focus of his loving, lifelong work of change.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There has never been a good relationship without good communication. And there has never been a bad relationship that didn't get that way in part because of something that was said.

He had the theological dexterity of a gymnast, but he lived like a relational paraplegic.

Human marriage is only an illustration of our union with Christ. God ordained marriage to help us understand what it means to be in relationship with him.

Does it surprise you that God presents himself as a model for human community?

God will dwell in community with his people so that they can know community with one another

The perfect, eternal love relationship between Father, Son, and Spirit was ripped apart to allow us to be restored to God and reconciled to one another.

The Bible reminds us that God wants—and deserves—to be the defining center of both these things. When I live out of a biblical sense of who I am (identity) and rest in who God is (worship), I will be able to build a healthy relationship with you. These are not abstract theological concepts. We're talking about the content and character of our hearts.

The circle of human community is only healthy when it exists within the larger circle of community with God.

The heart regulates the hands.

Look at your relationship to money. What does it tell you about your relationship to God?