Unmet expectations are the primary cause for relational breakdowns..
When you expect anyone – a friend, spouse, pastor, or family member – to meet a need that only God can fulfill, you are setting yourself up for disappointment and bitterness..
Instead of looking to GOD, we look to others to make us happy and then get angry when they fail us..
The first biblical step toward restoring a relationship is to talk to God before talking to the person..
“You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it….”(James 4:2)
July 14
“If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.” —John 15:10. Love is much more