Foundations for Holy Relationships: Trust, Honor, and Love

To trust someone is to have a bold, secure confidence in that person. Bold, secure confidence in that person. So when trust is high, security is high. So when you have trust in a home, you're not constantly looking over your shoulder or worrying about can you be the real you, the authentic you. A trust in a home is going to bring a sense of security and safety and ease into a home. That's what it feels like. Trust feels like ease. Trust feels like safety. [00:45:20] (41 seconds)  #TrustFeelsLikeSafety

Trust requires these three things. Number one, trust trust requires truth. It requires transparency. Openness creates bonds. And so transparency brings us closer together so that we don't have we can trust even more because I've got nothing from my past or present that's hidden from you. You know what I've been through and what I'm going through, and I know what your past holds and what today is also throwing at you. [00:46:56] (40 seconds)  #TrustThroughTransparency

See, you you love speaking We You love the truth, you love speaking the truth, but the truth must be spoken with love. You gotta be kind. You may be right, but if you don't have a love when you're communicating that truth, you're wrong. Amen? We must have truth and we gotta have a love and those two must be must come together. [00:50:46] (27 seconds)  #SpeakTruthWithLove

But the most important thing today, before you can have a relationship that reflects trust and honor and love, the most important relationship is your relationship with Jesus. Maybe you feel distant from your spouse because you're distant from God. Maybe you're having a hard time trusting those in your life because you stopped trusting God like you used to. [01:21:07] (30 seconds)  #JesusFirst

Ephesians four nine gives us a great indicator of of the purpose of a holy relationship that's set apart for God. And as Ephesians four nine says, two are better than one. And it goes on to say in verse 10, because if one falls, the other one is there to pick them up. So we're we're not meant to do this thing alone. We're not meant to struggle alone. We're not meant to have heartache alone. We're not meant to to have We're not even meant to be on mountaintops alone. This thing we're supposed to do, God's called us to do together. [00:44:27] (32 seconds)  #BetterTogether

See see honor is a lifestyle choice. Honor is a lifestyle choice where I'm going to honor that person. I'm going to be intentional. I'm gonna make decisions that are gonna honor the people around me. So this means that honor is a choice that you have to live by. Honor, what does honor look like? Well, number one, honor does not gossip and honor is not jealous. You'll you'll not gossip about gossip about somebody that you honor. [00:59:30] (34 seconds)  #HonorIsALifestyle

Well, she already knows I honor her. Have you told her? Well, boss know, have you shown them honor? See, honor must be shown. Unexpressed honor is not honor at all. It's only honor when you take that intentional step to come outside of your comfort zone and says, I'm not just saying it, but I'm gonna express it to you. [00:58:08] (30 seconds)  #ExpressHonor

The bible says in Matthew five thirty seven, let your yes be yes and your no be no. In other words, if you say and you give a commitment, go ahead and follow through with it. But also on the opposite side, if you say no, realize this, that there are people in your life that are worth your attention, but not always worth an extended amount of time. You gotta make sure that you know, hey, this is my yes, my yes be yes, and my no be no. [00:53:36] (32 seconds)  #LetYourYesBeYes