{"id":2780,"date":"2013-10-28T08:29:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T12:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2013-11-03T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T16:49:01","slug":"relationship-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2013\/10\/relationship-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 Relationship Matters<\/h2>\n

TEXT:\u00a0 2 Cor.5:14-21 (p.966)<\/h2>\n

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\u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUR MOTIVATION \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\u201cThe world can do almost anything as well as or better than the church.\u00a0 You need not be a Christian to build houses, feed the hungry, or heal the sick. There is one thing the world cannot do.\u00a0 It cannot offer grace.\u201d\u00a0 Gordon MacDonald<\/p>\n

\u201cOur culture diets on the candy of tolerance, but what it really needs is the meat of grace.\u00a0 Tolerance does not value people but simply puts up with their behavior or beliefs.\u00a0 Tolerance alone cannot accommodate justice and mercy-it can only look the other way.\u00a0 Tolerance might deal with differences, but it can\u2019t embrace us in full knowledge of sin and remove the guilt.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 John Burke in No Perfect People Allowed<\/i>.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s unconditional love and grace is a (game-changer<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Paul never lost his sense of (wonder<\/span><\/strong>) at Christ\u2019s love.\u00a0 See Romans 8:35-39.<\/p>\n

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II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUR APPROACH \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\u201cDon\u2019t worry that children never listen to you; worry they are always watching you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Fulghum<\/p>\n

What should our approach to people be?<\/p>\n

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  1. There should be no prerequisites needed.<\/li>\n
  2. There should be a strong desire to rid ourselves of the (\u201cUs vs. them\u201d<\/span><\/strong>) mentality.<\/li>\n
  3. Understand (acceptance<\/span><\/strong>) does not mean (agreement<\/span><\/strong>) with people about their choices, beliefs, or behaviors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0Service Matters- Phil.2:5-21<\/p>\n

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