You Can Become an Expert at Relationships

CURRENT TEACHING SERIES 40 Days of Love

You Can Become an Expert at Relationships By Rick Warren — Jul 27, 2015 “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.” (1 John 4:7 NLT, second edition) Love is a skill that can be learned. In other words, it’s something you can get good at, and that means you get better at love by practicing love. You may think you’re a good lover, but God wants you to become a great lover, a skilled lover, a master lover. Yet most people never learn how to love. You can become an expert at relationships. Wouldn’t you like to become known as a person of extraordinary love? When people speak of you they might say: “He doesn’t care who you are or what you look like” or “She doesn’t care where you’ve been or what you’ve done or where you’re from.” The only way you get skilled at something is to practice. You do it over and over. The first time you do it, it feels awkward, but the more you do it, the better you become. The same is true with love. The Bible says, “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God” (1 John 4:7 NLT, second edition). Let’s practice loving each other. “Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all” (1 Timothy 4:15 HCSB). PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick>> Talk It Over How might the world’s perception of the Church change if every believer practiced loving others? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yABoahkMbOs What is something you can commit to that would help you practice showing love to others on a regular basis? Who is it hardest for you to show love to? Take some time to pray, and ask God to give you courage and his love to show to that person. Today’s Scripture “Keep me as the apple of your eye...” (Psalm 17:8, NIV) SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS The Apple of His Eye In this day and age, people are considered to be important for so many different reasons—titles, position, possessions, where you go, what you drive. But God’s value system is very different from the value system of the world. If you’ve ever thought that God has too many other important things on His plate to be concerned with you and your life, know this today—you are God’s number one priority. You are the apple of His eye, the center of His world! There’s nothing you can do to change that. There’s nothing you can do to be more important or less important to Him. God values you because He made you, and your value will never change. Always remember, you are significant. Your life is significant. The things that concern you, concern God. He carefully watches over every detail of your life, and there is nothing too big or too small for His attention! A Prayer for Today “Father, thank You for loving me unconditionally. Help me to understand Your love and share it with others. I open my heart to You completely and cast every care on You in Jesus’ name. Amen.”