Thursday Meeting Sermon by Wokoma, Nimi Briggs.

Topic :UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE (THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIP )

It is impossible to succeed on earth without understanding the power of
relationships. The earlier the better you discover the power of relationships. If
there the only thing you really know how to do is to relate, you are a step closer
to succeeding in this life. Relationship started with God and it is seen in Genesis
1 vs 26 “Let US create man”. The US did not mean God alone, it means a
relationship with another. Stressing further, God sought for a relationship too
and that was why He created man, placed him in a garden and comes down to
fellowship/ relate with man.
Whenever God wants to bless a man, he sends a relationship his way and
likewise, whenever the enemy wants to destroy a person, he sends a relationship
his way too. It is not necessarily speed you lack or money in this life but a
RELATIONSHIP.., This is because just when you get the right relationship
things changes really fast for you. Truth is, when you lack relationships, you
lack almost everything...
Just as relating with people is important, understanding people is the key to
actually having a great relationship as you can relate with people but destroy the
relationship simply because you do not know how to work with them...
Understanding a person is a gift from God as Humans are dynamic and so is
their lifestyle, wants, expectations and belief pattern....
I show you 12 principles to understand people and build a strong relationship
1. Eliminate parasitic mindset
2. Approach every relationship with the mindset of “I am here to be a
blessing and contribution to your success” Rom 1:12
3. Be generous as a rule, not as trade by barter. John 3:16
4. Be sacrificially involved with real and genuine passion. Heb.10:24
5. Build a connection/relationship before you ever need one
6. Be and remain an asset. Phillipians 2:2
7. Honour and respect boundaries, secrets, commitments
8. Reach out first. Col 2:7
9. Earn trust either by loyalty or capacity to deliver result
10. Make the gate keeper your ally than an adversity
11. Be wise in solving relationship problems
12. Close and end relationships wisely not deadly.
13. Never forget the hand of God in all you do... God bless you and I
pray for you, the grace to get right relationships and the wisdom from
God to understand them and make exploits in this life journey. AMEN.