Weaving Jesus Into Your Relationship Pastor Jon Fulton October 15, 2017 Series: The Jesus-Centered Relationship

9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)

John 19:26-27 (NLT) 26 When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.” 27 And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home. John 19:26-27 (NLT)

1. When you weave Jesus into your relationships, people become family.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36 I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ 37 “Then these... (cont’d) Matthew 25:34-40 (NLT)

...righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ Matthew 25:34-40 (NLT)

2. When you weave Jesus into your relationships, you do things for God.

And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me. Matthew 18:5 (NLT)

3. When you weave Jesus into your relationships, people become comforted in hope.

Praise be to the God and Father…he has given us new birth into a living hope… 1 Peter 1:3 (NLT)

4. When you weave Jesus into your relationships, people become protected by the Spiri

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT) A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT)

parakletos. The form of the word is The Greek word translated “Comforter” or “Counselor” (as found in John 14:16) is parakletos. The form of the word is unquestionably passive and properly means “one called to the side of another”.

into battle paired up. Standing “back to back”, The term paraclete, stems from ancient Greek military vocabulary. Greek soldiers went into battle paired up. Standing “back to back”, sword and shield in hand, they fought off enemy troops. The person standing behind was a "wing man" whom the other relied on to watch his backside! The Greeks called this trusted soldier and friend the “paraclete”.

a back-to-back-to-back protection A cord of three is a back-to-back-to-back protection

1. Talk about Jesus together

1. Talk about Jesus together 2. Pray to Jesus together

1. Talk about Jesus together 2. Pray to Jesus together 3. Submit to Jesus together

1. Talk about Jesus together 2. Pray to Jesus together 3. Submit to Jesus together 4. Worship Jesus together

1. Talk about Jesus together 2. Pray to Jesus together 3. Submit to Jesus together 4. Worship Jesus together 5. Serve Jesus together

Weaving Jesus Into Your Relationship Pastor Jon Fulton October 15, 2017 Series: The Jesus-Centered Relationship