Parkway Church

Relationships make life rich because we are wired by God to live in relationships. The Good Life is found in living in relationships that add to our life and lead us to honor God.

How do we show love and open our lives to those we love?

Submit Your Life to One Another

BIG IDEA #1: In my relationships, I am either living with reverence for Jesus or in rebellion against Him.

Biblical Submission Leads to Biblical Relationships
Husbands - Submit to God - Love Your Wife
Wives - Submit to God - Respect Your Husband
Kids - Submit to God - Obey Parents
Parents - Submit to God - Don’t Embitter Children, Raise in the Lord

We are all meant to submit ourselves to the Lord and then to one another. That’s how life works.

Build Up, Don't Tear Down

We have become experts at tearing others down and have become novices at building encouraging relationships.

BIG IDEA #2: Tearing people down never builds up better relationships.

Words Build Up or Tear Down: unwholesome take tears down - seems like there are no “bad words” anymore. School hallways, FB reels, TV, movies, talk at work - this is just how people talk. It’s a cultural expression. BUT HERE'S THE QUESTION: Is this making our world better or damaging it? Is the unwholesome talk making us better or worse? I think the answer there is obvious.

Words Benefit Others or Hurt Others: EARS matter more than MOUTHS. What does that mean? It means that the needs of people matter more than our need to get things off of our chest.

Words Please or Grieve the Holy Spirit: remember your life isn’t your own. Your body isn’t your own so even your words aren’t your own. Please or grieve the Spirit who hears all of your words and even more knows the truest motives behind your words.

BIG IDEA #3: I submit to and serve others because this is the Jesus way of living.