Internal Process

1. Be Still – Ex. 14:13 Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.
   • Being Still confronts your predetermined paradigm.
   • Being Still initially increases your anxiety and fear.
   • Being Still reveals the deliverance of the LORD.
2. Honor the Relationship - Joshua 3:5 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”
   • Your Emotional Reactions Tell on You!
   • Others’ reactions inform you of who they are.
   • Commitment to the Relationship is the key to Success.
3. Do Justice – Joshua 5:9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Joshua 6:18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them.
   • Distinguish between What is Yours and What is Another’s and Return What Is Not Yours!
   • Another’s reactions come from their assumptions and expectations about what “should” or “shouldn’t” occur.
   • Leaving another’s reactions with them leads to Justice.

Communication

4. Ask, Seek, and Knock – Matthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
   • Ask for More Information or Forgiveness of Your Judgment.
   • Seek to Understand your partner in View of God’s Mercy.
   • Knock on the Door of Connection.

External Process

5. Receive Freely – Matthew 10:8b Freely you have received, freely give.
   • Humility makes room for receiving from others.
   • Personal Authority enables you to receive.
   • Gratitude provides the initiative to give freely.
6. Hold as a Gift - Romans 14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.
   • Leave room for the Relationship to Grow.
   • “Presence” is Becoming in You.
   • The Best Gift you Give is You.
7. Give Liberally – Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.
   • Trust develops when you give liberally.
   • Your security is in God to sustain you.
   • Giving brings you to the next level of growth.