The Session:  Lessons From The Life of Jesus

How Our Relationships Are Impacted by Jesus

Romans 12:9-13

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love.Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Uncondtional Love 

Roman 12:10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 

• When we honor people in relationships, we honor what’s important to them and those things that they value.
• Unconditional love exists, even when the person’s performaynce or disconnection with you is present
• A great example is the prodigal son in Luke chapter 15

Forgiveness of Sin

• John 4:4-8

Now Jesus had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 

Serving Others

• Jesus showed servant leadership

After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet,drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

Accepting The Outcasts

• The impact in relationships is powerful. Accepting the outcasts and the sin of others not only shows grace but it also shows great forgiveness 

Comforting The Grieving

• Relationships are enhanced when we grieve with the hurting. Jesus said “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). The Lord will wrap His arms of love and comfort around those who trust in Him. 
• Relationships are healed when we pray with loved ones. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).

Sacrificial Love

Jesus was a sacrificial leader. In John 3:16 the scriptures tells us, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” That was the ultimate sacrifice. When we sacrifice our plan or will in relationships it shows great love. 

Patience

Jesus was patient. We read in Luke 10:38-42. “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”  “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. When we are patient in relationships the relationships grow.”

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