Building Better Relationships- Part 2

A solid foundation relationship with God is very important in building healthier relationships. Coming to God in prayer, seeking information in the bible, and slowing down our reactions can help us build our relationship with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and goodness. Incorporating these qualities into our relationship will help us to show love to those around us and build stronger and healthier relationships. Also, recognizing that God alone is perfect and that we cannot do it without connecting with Him will help you extend the love and grace that you receive from God to those around you. Building a relationship with God is the only to be intentional in building healthy and strong relationships. Healthy relationships are not natural or automatic, you have to learn to practice empathy and compassion by putting yourself in the other person's shoes and coming back to your own shoes. 

Join today’s Therapy Thursday conversation with me, Lisa, and my friend Lidia Martinez as we dive into the second part of the series of Building Better Relationships. We have been referencing the fruit of the Holy Spirit from Galatians 5 to get the qualities of creating healthy relationships. In this part, we shall discuss Patient, Kindness, and Goodness.

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In This Episode, You Will Learn About: 

[00:18] Last week's recap Gal 5:22, Love, Joy and Peace

[01:37] This week's focus, Patience, Kindness, and Goodness

[01:53] Having patience with people around us; Ephesians 4:2

[03:19] What it means to be patient and demonstrate it through love

[04:18] Understanding and extending love through compassion and empathy 

[05:30] Listening to understand and not to respond

[06:29] Quieting your heart, slowing down, and paying attention  

[09:07] Kindness, Colossians 3:12, Ephesians 2:7 

[10:06] God’s kindness, Joel 2:3

[10:56] How to be diligent, intentional, and show kindness to others  

[11:33] Why the fruit of the Holy Spirit are all about abiding and maturity 

[13:50] Goodness, Psalm 23:6, finding goodness and love in following God and dwelling in His presence  

[15:36] How we are made perfect and good through Jesus Christ 

[17:56] Realizing we are not perfect and extending a little bit of grace to other

[20:13] How to be intentional this week in a tangible way by showing the attributes to other 

[21:06] Give away; Four free coaching sessions 

[22:24] Ending the show with a word of prayer and call to action 

Notable Quotes and Scriptures: 

• Being patient and bearing with one another in love, is impossible without connecting to God; Eph 4:2
• If you pray for patience, God will give you situations to stretch that patience muscle
• Patience is slowing down and paying attention to the person, and taking time to connect and hear their heart 
• Listen to understand and be on the same page, not respond
• Being patient with someone is being present with them 
• We have to prepare for patience; patience does not come naturally
• God's kindness to us comes through Jesus Eph 2:7
• The fruits of the Holy Spirit come from abiding or being connected to the Holy Spirit  

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