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Here is a re-edited list of core relational values I posted years ago.
- Be motivated by the love of God, not by the need for acceptance.
- Impart God’s love in everything you say and do.
- Be moved with compassion for the lost and wounded.
- Err on the side of grace, rather than judgment.
- Live life in such a way that your highest priority is to have intimacy and communion with God, then with your spouse, then your children, and after that others.
- Commit to a lifestyle of never ending change, seeking to be conformed to the image of Christ.
- Take personal responsibility for your life, actions, and emotions, rather than blame others for things that go wrong in your life.
- Surround yourself with spiritual fathers and mothers who hold you to a lifestyle of personal accountability in all areas of your life and ministry.
- Seek to increase in wisdom and knowledge through continued study of sound biblical truths.
- Let your words be seasoned with grace, to lift up others, and never to bring down, devalue, or defame one of God’s creations.
- Seek to live a transparent life that is open with God, others, and yourself.
- Let your confidence and self-esteem not be found in your talents or accomplishments or possessions, but in your identity and faith in Christ.
- Practice the presence of the Lord 24/7.
- View your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit, and seek to live in purity and moderation.
- Receive God’s love, and give and minister out of the overflow of love in your life.
- Bear the faults and weaknesses of others in your life, and do not seek to please yourself or to get your own way in life.
- Be a servant-leader who leads by modeling a servant’s heart.
- Be a good listener who judges not by what your eyes see or ears hear, but by discerning the root issues of the heart.
- Rejoice more in your name being written in the book of life than in any success and praise that ministry can bring to you.
- Walk in the Spirit of Christ, who is meek and lowly of heart.
- Daily experience the Father’s love, and give it away to the people you meet.
- Live a lifestyle of thanksgiving and gratitude for all that God and others have provided for you.
- Walk in loyalty in all your relationships.
