Improve your Relationship with God and Others: 22 Resources
Are you struggling in your relationship with God and others? Much truth can be found in the following insight:
“How do we improve our relationship with God?…A lot of times, people have a hard time building a relationship with God because they don’t know how to build relationships in general. They don’t know what it means to listen to someone, to see someone, to care about what someone else cares about, and to let them become a priority in [their] life. And of course with God, what He cares about, what matters to Him, is central in our lives. When we get the model of good relationship with others, that can often help us have a better relationship with God.”
Stephen Taeger, Live Loved RVVL Podcast
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Improve Your Relationship with God and Others
If you are looking to improve your relationship with God and others, here are some favorite resources:
Improving Relationships with Adults
The state of our relationships with the adults in our lives depends on the effort we invest into them. Relationships require sacrifice and hard work. If cared for, relationships can be deeply rewarding. Dig into these resources. Apply what you learn to your relationships. Then enjoy the fruits of your labors.
Reorder your To-Do List to put the most needful things first⎯relationships. Relationships, with others and with God, are what matter most.
“Do all things in wisdom and order.”
Mosiah 4:27
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Resources on Social Media
Jimmy on Relationships: Facebook Instagram
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Principle-Based Love: We’ve Got It All Wrong
We’ve got it all wrong.
We are often left feeling empty, frustrated, and confused in our relationships at home, in the community, and at church. Why?
Because we’ve got it all wrong.
Discover how to live a deeply rewarding principle-filled life.
Ministering Training Guide: 10 Building Blocks
Genuine act of Christ-like love lead to becoming one in heart. With continued ministering training and practice, we will ultimately find ourselves living in Zion.
Let the 10 Building Blocks of ministering change your life.
Love and Intimacy Guide: Choosing Sound Principles
Love and intimacy matter.
Why?
Because improving one’s relationships is central to one’s ability to draw close to God.
The world in which we live confuses love and lust, selfishness and intimacy.
Learn more about love and intimacy in relationships.
Improving Relationships with Children
Improving one’s relationship with the children in one’s life requires a special kind of care. Discover the methods and tools others have used to connect in meaningful ways with the children in their lives.
Six Questions to Ask Your Child on a Daily Basis
These six questions⎯some familiar, some surprising⎯can help families navigate home life in physically and emotionally healthy ways.
Which questions do you find most impactful?
Discover questions to add to your family conversations.
How To Raise Boys
My son and I stood peering into the bathroom, our eyes scanning each wall, the sunlight filtering through the windows. My son is ten-years-old, and I would do anything for him. I would certainly do everything in my power to protect him from harm.
He is ten. I am forty-something. That makes me the wiser one. Which is why, when he recently asked permission to do something risky, I said no.
Discover the surprising end to this story.
Invisible Children: Tips for Communicating with Children
Communicating with children has its challenges. Our family has experienced what I call “Invisible Children”; the result of this experience were life-changing for us all.
Discover for yourself how to best address the needs of “invisible children”.
Noticing Patterns of Love and Loneliness in our Children
“Good morning, class,” I said to the children seated around me. “Beginning today, we’re going to try something new.”
I had captured their attention and now all eyes were on me.
How would this church lesson end differently than most lessons?
Here is what others had to say:
“I never cared about the material things someone could give me, I care about time, attention, honesty, loyalty, and effort. Those gifts mean more than anything money could buy.”
Unknown
“The best predictor of a child’s security of attachment is not what happened to his parents as children, but rather how his parents made sense of those childhood experiences.”
Daniel J. Siegel
“Relationships don’t last because of the good times. They last because the hard times were handled with love and care.”
Anmol Andorre
“In relationships, respect means valuing each other’s thoughts and feelings, even in disagreements.”
Unknown
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gabor Maté, MD
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Raising Securely Attached Kids: Using Connection-Focused Parenting to Create Confidence, Empathy, and Resilience by Eli Hardwood
Speaking with the Heart: Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection
by Dr. Heather Browne, PsyD, LMFT
4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work–Anywhere! by Bento C. Leal III
Setting Boundaries Made Simple by Charmaine Glass Davis
Conclusion
If strengthening one’s relationships with others may be a pre-requisite for strengthening one’s relationship with God, surely developing and practicing healthy relationship skills is an effort worthy of our time and attention. Begin today to make small, incremental changes, and reap the benefits that come from having meaningful relationships with others, and with God.
Consider
In what ways are you being intentional about strengthening your relationship with God and others?
How might you, beginning today, improve your relationship with God and others?
Finally, what advice would you have for others when it comes to strengthening one’s relationship with God and others? I’d love for you to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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