SEED OF DESTINY

TOPIC: The Two-Sided Effect Of Relationship

SUNDAY 2702.2022
SCRIPTURE:
• Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of
his friend. Proverbs 27:17.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
• Your relationship can either facilitate your gain or guarantee
your loss.
• It has been established that the relationship we keep is critical to life
and destiny. That is why having wisdom for relationship is critical to
destiny fulfilment.
• In our study today, we shall be looking at the two sides of
relationship. This will guide you to relate correctly:
• A. Relationship can bring you pain or pleasure (2 Samuel 13:1-6, 23-
28).
• One person in your life can be the reason for your pain or the
reason for your pleasure.
 Sometime ago, someone told me that he was invited to a church but
he refused to go until he saw enough reason to go. He refused to go to
church initially because the person who invited him had defrauded him
before.
• Beloved, you may not know the number of people who refused to go
to church or probably went to hell because of someone in church who
was the cause of their pain. So, your relationship can bring you pain
or pleasure.
• b. Relationship can facilitate your gain or guarantee your loss (Daniel
2:49, Judges 16:16-19)
• If you tell some people, “Oh, Sister or Brother, I like your dress. I like
your shoes”. Their response would always be, “Thank you”.
• Question is, why don’t you sow that compliments back to that person
by saying, “Your dress is very good as well. I like yours too. I am only
as smart as you are”. Etc.
• When you are given compliments, sow it back almost immediately.
You see, the truth of the matter is, where love is at work,
compliments flow out naturally.
• Beloved, make up your mind to always compliment people. And when
you are given compliment, sow it back. That is love.
REMEMBER THIS:
• Whatever compliments you can give without being misunderstood is
a flow of love.
ASSIGNMENT:
• 1. Always make up your mind to compliment people.
• 2. When you are given compliment, sow it back to the person who
complimented you.
PRAYERS
Lord, I receive the grace to release compliments always. Help me not to
be mean in appreciating people and their works, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING
• GET THIS MESSAGE: The Practice of Love (Part 1).
QUOTE:
• True spiritual growth is defined by increasing capacity to love what
God loves and hate what God hates.
• Culled from “Who Are You?” by Dr Paul Enenche.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
• Judges 17-20.
REFLECTION:
Love-filled people make everyone to feel good around them. Self-filled
people make everyone to feel small around them. They magnify their
importance and minimize the relevance of others. Where do you
belong?
PROPHETIC WORD/DECLARATION:
• The Lord cause the value of your life to increase as you enhance the
value of others.