Building Productive Relationships
Understanding the Spiritual Journey towards a Healthy Marriage
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The purpose of dating is getting to know the personality of a potential spouse to determine whether or not you can spend the rest of your life in a marriage relationship with someone. Prior getting to know a person beyond occasional sighting and brief Introduction, singles (especially women) sometime project characteristics upon a person that they do not necessarily possess. In their minds, the object of their affection, is faultless. If that relationship isn't working end it and wait for God's connection. Some women remain in non-productive relationships because they fear being alone. They are afraid that the relationship maybe their only hope for marriage and a family. However operating out of fear often causes low self-esteem, doubt, disbelief and confusion. All of which can lead to bad choices. Are you operating out of fear? If so, it will hinder you from moving forward in other relationships including your relationship with God. As women we tend to judge men by how they look, the clothes they wear, the title before their name, the amount of money they make, or what they can offer. However, clothes, looks, title, money and intellects does not determine a man's worth. A Godly man may have come your way and you missed him because you judged him before you had the opportunity to know his character. Apostle James challenged the first-century Jewish Christians to not favor the desirable in society over the less desirable. Christians today struggle with the same prejudice that James, exposes (lames 2:2-4). We often discriminate because we are moved by societal standards or who or what is worth our attention and who is not. However we are a peculiar people whom God has set apart from the world to be different.
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About the Book
On a cold night living in a Chicago Suburban town (Hanover Park, IL) left all alone as a widow woman I decided to write this book on building productive relationships, After being married to a wonderful man, I wanted to share the happiness on building successful relationships. When building a relationship one should get to know the personality of a potential spouse to determine whether or not you can spend the rest of your life with someone. Sometimes as women, we tend to project characteristics upon a person that the person does not necessarily possess. Don't create something in a person that isn't there. Engaging in a relationship prematurely will only create heartaches. When waiting on God you will receive his best. As a Pastor I waited on God, my husband and I dated for several years. We both knew that God had ordained our relationship. He was my precious jewel. We were both made in the image of God, neither my husband nor I was made in the image of God more than the other, God was unique in his making when he made man. Man gave life to woman because of the rib that was taken from his side, and woman gives life to the world, because one of her greatest contributions is to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth. We are both variable to each other. How unique! We are bone of man bone and flesh of his flesh. And for this cause man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.
About the Author
Pastor Sara Jackson was born to the wonderful parents of Pastor Johnny and Kayort Hughes. She is the
Her parents told her that she had a call to ministry on her life. At that time, those were not the words she wanted to hear. However, in 1989, after the death of her parents, the Lord called her to the ministry. For six years, Pastor Jackson evangelized in various states in the
She published her first book, Happiness in a Fulfilled and Complete Marriage, two years ago. The book was birthed out of pain after the “homegoing” of her dear husband, Dwight Jackson.