Eight Covenants of Relationships v.2

Being part of the body, a Christian has the following covenants – with the individual members of the cell group and the body as a whole.

 

1. AFFIRMATION. There is nothing you have done and nothing you can do that can make me stop loving you. (Luke 23:33-34, Colossians 3:12-15, 1Corinthians 13:7-8)

 

2. AVAILABILITY. Everything that is mine – my time, my talent, my energy, and everything that is of me is at your disposal to the limits of my resources. (Mark 3:14)

 

3. PRAYER. I will pray for you in a more or less regular fashion, believing that the Father wants me to bring your needs to Him. (Luke 22: 31-32)

 

4. OPENNESS. I will strive to become a more open person – a person who will not be afraid to express his needs, his weaknesses, or his failures to a sister / brother who will accept me and love me for who I am. (Matthew 26:36)

 

5. HONESTY. I will speak the truth in love even at the risk of discomfort for you and me. I will trust our relationship to hurdle difficulties that may arise as we confront each other with what must be said. For I realize that in speaking the truth in love that we both grow up into Him who is head. (Ephesians 4:15, John 21: 15-17)

 

6. SENSITIVITY. I will endeavor to be sensitive to your needs, to observe and not just to see, to listen and not just to hear, to feel not just with my senses but with my heart. (Luke 7:37-50)

 

7. CONFIDENTIALITY. I promise to keep what you have shared within the fellowship, realizing that is in keeping personal things personal that trust grows in the body. (Proverbs 11:13, 20:19, 25:9)

 

8. ACCOUNTABILITY. I covenant to be part of the fellowship, not just to come and go as I please. I am accountable to discover and use my gifts for the body. More than these, I covenant to guard my inner life, endeavoring to grow up in the Lord that I may be an asset for you and the body. If there is anything wrong in my life, anything weak in my relationship with God, I promise to struggle with it, in order that I may be a stronger person – a stronger person for you and the body. (Matthew 26:39)