REALationships: Don\u2019t give up. Culture doesn\u2019t have to define your relationships. You can be honest and real. In this series, we\u2019re going to get real with relationships and build strong families. We\u2019ll take a look at how to be real in our marriage, friendships, relationships, family and community
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\nTitle of Message:\xa0 Let\u2019s Get Real
\nThe key ingredient to a successful relationship is authenticity.\xa0
\n4 REAL Relationships I need:
\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 1. A REAL Relationship with God.
\n2. A REAL Relationship with Godly friends.
\n3. A REAL Relationship with Church.
(Ephesians 2:19) (ESV) So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
4.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 4. A REAL Relationship with a Team.
\n(1 Corinthians 3:9) (GNT) For we are partners working together for God,
\n(Colossians 2:19) (CEV) Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.
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\n4 Results of REAL Godly Relationships:
\n1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Encouragement
\n(Hebrews 3:12-13) (CEV) My friends, watch out! Don\u2019t let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God. \xa0You must encourage one another each day.
\n2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Prayer
\n(Colossians 4:12) (NIV) Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,
\n(Colossians 4:12) (NIV) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
\n3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Authenticity
\n(Proverbs 28:13) (NLT) People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.
\n(Ephesians 4:25) (NIV) Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
\n4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Growth
\n(Colossians 2:19) (CEV) Christ gives the body its strength, and he uses its joints and muscles to hold it together, as it grows by the power of God.
\n(Romans 1:12) (NLT) When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours