Most every morning, I listen to Rick Warren, Andy Stanley or Tim Keller. On long runs, all three. This series of talks “You Make Me Crazy” by Rick Warren was excellent. I didn’t post them all here, at the bottom of post are links to them all.
Relationships Are Worth Restoring
BY RICK WARREN — FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Relationships are always worth restoring. Life is all about learning how to love, and God wants us to value relationships and make every effort to maintain them instead of discarding them whenever there is a rift, a hurt, or a conflict.
Restoring Relationships: First Talk to God
BY RICK WARREN — MARCH 1, 2018
The first biblical step toward restoring a relationship is to talk to God before talking to the person. Discuss the problem with God. If you’ll pray about the conflict first instead of gossiping to a friend, you’ll often discover that either God changes your heart or he changes the other person without your help.
Restoring Relationships: Take the Initiative
BY RICK WARREN — MARCH 2, 2018
The second biblical step toward restoring a relationship is to take the initiative. Whether you are the offender or the offended, God expects you to make the first move. Don’t wait for the other party. Go to that person first.
Restoring Relationships: Use Your Ears More Than Your Mouth
BY RICK WARREN — MARCH 3, 2018
The third biblical step toward restoring a relationship is to sympathize with the other person’s feelings. Use your ears more than your mouth. Before attempting to solve any disagreement, you must first listen to the other person’s feelings.
Restoring Relationships: Fix the Problem, not the Blame
BY RICK WARREN — MARCH 5, 2018
The fifth biblical step toward restoring a relationship is to attack the problem, not the person. You cannot fix the problem if you’re consumed with fixing the blame. You must choose between the two.
Requirements of Restored Relationship
BY RICK WARREN — MARCH 10, 2018
Forgiveness is not resuming a relationship without change. In fact, forgiveness and resuming a relationship are two different things. Forgiveness is what you do as the offended person. Resuming the relationship is what the other person does in order to get back into your good graces. Saying “I’m sorry” is not enough. In fact, the Bible teaches three things that are essential to resume a relationship that’s been broken — and the offender has to do all three of these things.
These talks are all from Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope, this series “You Make Me Crazy”
You Make Me Crazy Complete Audio Series
We all want peace in our relationships, since they are the only things in our lives that will last. In this message series, Pastor Rick helps you understand that to be a peaceful person, you need to be more like Jesus Christ. Join him as he talks more about how God is your perfect model of peace.
You Make Me Crazy includes the following messages:
- Message 1: Six Keys to Peace In Relationships
- Message 2: Who’s Pushing Your Buttons?
- Message 3: Resolving Conflict
- Message 4: Finding the Love of Your Life
- Message 5: Breaking Free from Abuse
- Message 6: When Escaping the People Pleaser Trap
- Message 7: Keeping the Crazymakers from Making You Crazy
- Message 8: How to Keep Your Marriage Growing
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