More awesome comments from Selwyn Hughes, Christ Empowered Living (my new Favorite book!)

Often, I have been asked, "what is God's overall purpose for out lives as Christians?" My reply has always been relationships.

We learn from teh Triniy that relationship is the essence of reality and therefore te essence of our existence... and we also learn that the way this relationship should be expressed is by concern for others. D. Broughton KNox.

Our Lord's mind was not preoccupied with himself but with how he could bring his Father's love to the men and women who crossed his path.

"Clyde Narramore says,"we don't know who we are until we know whose we are."

It follows then that we need supernatural support if we are to relate well to others because what often destroys relationships is the fear of getting hurt. When our relationships are governed more by a fear of getting hurt rather than by a desire to love, our relationships will be superficial. We will get close enough to people to be socially acceptable but not close enough to get hurt.

One definition of love is this: “love is moving towards others without self-protection”


In Parenting Adolescents, Kevin Huggins says: A person cannot be free to make another’s well being his top priority until he has entrusted his well being to Another. This frees us to relate even in the most painful relationships as Christ did with the goal of being a servant rather than a consumer.

“The measure of our relationships with others is the measure of out relationship with God”.

I have loved reading this book as it put relationships into the correct context and perspective it should be… in line with Jesus, that all of our needs are met in Him alone, that if we don’t live in right relationship with God first, then all others will be incomplete.

What good books are you reading???:)