Building Relationships That Last

  For the Audio Version on YouTube, click here -  Healing from the Past For the Audio Version on SoundCloud, click here -  Healing from the Past Every one of us have been influenced by various factors from our past, and these have shaped our lives. Most of these are from our childhood, and therefore were beyond our control . These include our place of birth, our parents, siblings, extended family, school, society, church and other environments that we were exposed to.   There are other aspects of our lives that we chose later on, as grown-ups, some of which might have been beneficial to us, and some detrimental to us as well. We are often not aware of the amount of baggage we carry with us, but this becomes evident later in life, mostly in close relationships. For instance, if we grew up in an environment where we experienced love, acceptance, patience, positivity, encouragement, fairness, security, tolerance, faith and godliness, it would be quite easy for us to r...

# 3 Eliminate Envy For the Audio Version on SoundCloud click here -  Eliminate Envy   For the Audion Version on YouTube click here -  Eliminate Envy In the second message in this series we saw how the love that we show to others should be genuine and sincere. There is another aspect of this love which Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 13:4 , the point that, “ love does not envy”. Let us look at some examples from the bible to understand the ill-effects that envy could have in our relationships with others. Cain envied Abel In the very first family that lived on earth, here’s what happened between two brothers. Cain and Abel the sons of Adam and Eve brought an offering to the Lord. While Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground, Abel brought an offering of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord respected Abel’s offering and rejected Cain’s (Genesis 4:3-5). Something happened to Cain right away. His countenance fell and he became envious and angry toward...