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Fighting in a relationship
The “problem” usually isn’t the “problem”

• Is a symptom of a Deeper issue

Deeper Issue:

• Selfish
• Hurt
• Bitterness
• Anger

In order for the relationship to FLOURISH, you have to get to the ROOT CAUSE

• This makes the relationship healthy

Something we all know…

Healthy Things grow

• Fruit trees produce fruit

Also…

When we are healthy, the important things in our lives grow fruit

• Relationships
• People/Kids
• Ideas
• Actions
• Etc…

It is the time of year when we all take stock of where we are

• Health
• Finances
• Friendships
• What is important to us
• Do more of
• Do less of

As Christians, we ask different questions
What does God’s Word say about being healthy?
Takes clues from Paul…

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
To be spiritually healthy, we must grow by the “Making New” of our minds
The important question is…

HOW

• How is our Mind renewed?

What is our MIND?

• The way we…
• Think
• Feel
• Act
• React

WHY behind the WHAT

The reason this is important is because our culture has answers for this…

Manifesting/Visualizing what you want

• Manifestation is the idea that you can bring a positive outcome into your life by simply “claiming” it as your own and believing it will happen

Scripture has another answer

Let’s look at a parable Jesus told
What is a parable?

Parable = A short moral story that tells of a spiritual and theological truth

Also found in:

Mark 4 & Matthew 18
Luke 8

4 As a large crowd was gathering, and people were coming to Jesus from every town, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it. 6 Other seed fell on the rock; when it grew up, it withered away, since it lacked moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns; the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

Find there are 3 possible outcomes/responses:

1: NO GROWTH (Unhealthy)

2: SOME GROWTH – NO FRUIT (Sick/Diseased)

3: HEALTHY GROWTH WITH FRUIT

Jesus tells the meaning of His parable…

Luke 8

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

• The learned truth and revelation of God to us, His people

This Truth is

Spoken, read, heard, learned
2 Timothy 3

14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you, 15 and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Back to Jesus’ Parable…

Luke 8

12 The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Not those that “have believed and lost their