Building Relationships

Today Phillip got the privilege to preach at Lakeview Baptist Church. We got invited there by one of the girls that was in our youth groups at Pleasant Grove, Jordan Lowder, and I we were so excited to go. Jordan and Abby came by the house on Monday and just hung out til midnight and we just had a blast catching up on everything. Anyways, Phillip preached today on building relationships with those that are nonbelievers and I must say, God really used him to bring a wonderful message that we all need to be reminded about. Building relationships is something that Phillip and I are very passionate about because that is exactly the tool we plan to use most through 704 youth center in reaching students. He said some very important things this morning that I just thought I would share for you to chew on:

*Building relationships is not hard-Jesus gave us the perfect example over a meal with the tax collectors.

*The same Holy Spirit that had a hand in helping create the universe lives inside of us and can help us be creative in order to build those relationships-now that’s powerful!

*Until we invest in people’s lives, they don’t want to hear what we have to share so building relationships should not be an options for us.