The 7 Golden Rules of Relationships

There are different kinds of relationships e.g. siblings, mother, friend, leader, wife and so on. Our ministry should flow out of our lives. The quality of your life should speak for itself. Live a life of joy and peace. Have clean fun.......be fun to be with.

The 7 golden rules are:
1. Measure value to others: add value or worth to others. Everybody has an intrinsic worth. We were made in the image of God. Don’t add worth to someone after the flesh – the car they drive, the house they live in, their bank balance, clothes they wear etc. Get to know people. Give everyone a chance. Esteem others better than yourself. Look for areas they are better and acknowledge them. Tell people how they have blessed you when they are alive. Sometimes our pride gets in the way but when last did you say “thank you” to someone. Treat people as people not as things. Love people, care about people and go the extra mile. Invest in people “ The people you build will build the work.” Raise people, don’t use them. Treat people with dignity, treat them properly. Proverbs 17:17. Be committed to people. Don’t be a fair weather Christian or a fair weather friend. A friend loves at all times.
2. Do unto others what you want people to do to you: The way I want to be treated is the way I should treat people. Put yourself in the shoes of others. Think about how our decisions, actions and words affect others. It’s not good to crack jokes at the expense of others, or to talk about others. We can so easily embarrass our husbands, family or friends. Learn to forgive the mistakes of others. Be gracious and give people a fresh start. We judge ourselves by our intensions but others by their actions. The measure you use to judge is the same measure that will be used on you.
3. Overcome your insecurities: “Perfect love casts out all fear.” Insecurities and fear hinder us from relating to properly or rightly with others. There is fear of rejection. Remove the log out of your own eye before trying to remove the speck from someone else’s eye. Insecurities affect accurate discernment. If you are a man pleaser, your discernment isn’t right. You say of others: “She is so proud....” No. It’s you who is proud or “She thinks she is better than others” No, it’s you who thinks you are better than everyone else. Another ‘label’ is “She doesn’t have any friends...” No, it’s you who doesn’t have any friends. Don’t project your insecurities on others. Overcome your insecurities or else you’ll be a “pain” to be around. You won’t relate right to others and it will cause errors in our judgements. You cannot see clearly and therefore you see things that don’t exist. Before you can “fix” others, “fix” yourself.

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