HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE (1 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Colossians 3:6-17
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How To Make Friends and Influence People (1 of 4)
Series: Relationship Goals
Jeff Strite
Colossians 3:6-17
OPEN: I read the true story of a woman who'd just given birth and had brought her newborn to the office to the child off to her fellow office workers. Everyone gathered around, ohhhing and ahhhing and totally enthralled with the baby. In the meantime, her 7-yr. old son had gotten bored and he quietly came up beside his mother and pulled on her sleeve. ''Mommy, can I have some money to buy a soda?''
The mother looked at her son and asked: ''What do you say?''
He replied ''You're thin and beautiful''... and she reached into her purse and gave him the money.
(Mercury Nicks, Reader's Digest 9/08, p. 87)
Now - why did that boy tell his mother she that she was thin and beautiful? Because he wanted that soda and he knew that was what she wanted to hear... Keep that in your mind as I introduce this sermon.
For the next 3 weeks we're going to be talking about relationship goals... and this week we're talking about how to make friends and how to get along with people. Most experts tell us that - Best friends (and close family members) are extremely important for your health and happiness.
Years ago there was a famous book entitled ''How To Make Friends And Influence People'' by Dale Carnegie. (we showed a picture of the book) It was very popular and was a best-seller. As you can tell by this picture, this book has been in print for 70 years. Seventy Years! For a book to be around that long implies that this topic resonates with folks. People wanted to know how can I make friends? How can I make people like me?
Well God actually beat that author to the punch with what we read here in Colossians 3. If you follow the plan God gives us here, you WILL have friends and you WILL have people who will want to be around you.
Now, before I get into the specifics about God's advice on this, I need to point out that not everybody is going to be a good fri ...
Series: Relationship Goals
Jeff Strite
Colossians 3:6-17
OPEN: I read the true story of a woman who'd just given birth and had brought her newborn to the office to the child off to her fellow office workers. Everyone gathered around, ohhhing and ahhhing and totally enthralled with the baby. In the meantime, her 7-yr. old son had gotten bored and he quietly came up beside his mother and pulled on her sleeve. ''Mommy, can I have some money to buy a soda?''
The mother looked at her son and asked: ''What do you say?''
He replied ''You're thin and beautiful''... and she reached into her purse and gave him the money.
(Mercury Nicks, Reader's Digest 9/08, p. 87)
Now - why did that boy tell his mother she that she was thin and beautiful? Because he wanted that soda and he knew that was what she wanted to hear... Keep that in your mind as I introduce this sermon.
For the next 3 weeks we're going to be talking about relationship goals... and this week we're talking about how to make friends and how to get along with people. Most experts tell us that - Best friends (and close family members) are extremely important for your health and happiness.
Years ago there was a famous book entitled ''How To Make Friends And Influence People'' by Dale Carnegie. (we showed a picture of the book) It was very popular and was a best-seller. As you can tell by this picture, this book has been in print for 70 years. Seventy Years! For a book to be around that long implies that this topic resonates with folks. People wanted to know how can I make friends? How can I make people like me?
Well God actually beat that author to the punch with what we read here in Colossians 3. If you follow the plan God gives us here, you WILL have friends and you WILL have people who will want to be around you.
Now, before I get into the specifics about God's advice on this, I need to point out that not everybody is going to be a good fri ...
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