THAT MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP

THAT MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP The MOST important relationship That we will ever have In our life Is with God At least As far as I am concerned I believe ALL other relationships All things of importance Stem from there Stem from LOVING GOD FIRST And stem from loving others second CONNECT to God And connect to others BUILD fellowship-BUILD LOVE In this world “RISING early-before dawn He left And went off to a deserted place WHERE HE PRAYED” Mark 1:35 In the passage Immediately preceding this Jesus HEALED an entire town Of people Who were ill Or POSESSED by demons I don't know-but I imagine He was tired-after a day LIKE THIS Nevertheless-his first action- WHEN getting up- Was going to pray To the FATHER CONNECTING with the Father That most important relationship Maybe that should be OUR FIRST ACTION everyday too PRAYING to the Father- Connecting to the Father- And PRAYING FOR OTHERS each day “My servant Job Will pray for you And I will ACCEPT his prayer And NOT deal with you According to your folly You have not spoken The truth about me As my servant Job has” Job 42:8 The POWER of A praying man-or a praying woman That most important relationship Is our relationship With God “Therefore-confess your sins To each other And PRAY for each other So that We may be HEALED The prayer Of a righteous person IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE” James 5:16 WHEN we connect To God first It changes the way That we think It changes the way That we feel It EFFECTS every choice That we make OUR RELATIONSHIP with God IS our most important relationship And it should stem From love On our side too And WHEN we connect With God out of love That leads us To CONNECT with others out of love too Is it any wonder That Jesus told us That these Were the first two commandments (In fact-the only two) The choices that we make Dictates our actions Our actions Dictate our character And our character Dictates OUR DESTINY Our destiny is INTERTWINED With God and with others If we just REMEMBER THAT MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP CONNECTING WITH GOD Robert P. Wallman 1-12-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong