Have you made a mistake in your relationship
communication? Maybe you lost your temper or said things you wish you had not
said. Maybe you’ve made decisions that damaged the relationship. What do you do now?
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Tips on How to Handle Your Relationship Mistakes
1. Accept responsibility for your mistake and don’t condemn yourself. Guess what? God doesn’t require you
to be perfect. He knows you are in a learning process and He is pleased with
your efforts.
2. Realize you have an enemy but he doesn’t have you! Your enemies are in
the dark thoughts that put you under condemnation and torture you with fear and
shame when you make a mistake. Light brings you the truth and the awareness of
forgiveness, redemption and second chances.
a. Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD
will be my light. Micah 7:8 (NIV)
3. Don’t give up! Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and give it another
try.
a. “For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.” Proverbs 24:16 (NIV) The righteous
man knows victory lies in getting back up after a fall. He knows to learn from
his mistake and to make attempts to do better until he gets it.
4. Ask God to help you, to direct your steps and teach you better ways.
a. If the LORD delights in a man's way,
he makes his steps firm; Though he
stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand. Psalm
37:23, 24
5. Believe in God’s ability to redeem and use your mistakes for good. Ask
Him what you is your part to help redeem it.
a. “And we know that in all
things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called
according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 (NIV)Apologize if you have
offended someone. An apology is often hard and it benefits as much for you as
the other person.
6. Apologize if you have
offended someone. An apology is often hard and it helps to remember that it benefits
you as the other person.
7. Receive God’s forgiveness and move on.
These tips are good not only for relationship mistakes but for dealing
with any kind of mistake or failure.
God’s mercies are new
every morning. Regardless of what has happened, when you cooperate with Him, He
will give you second chances or another opportunity and make all things new.
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I
am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a
way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18, 20 (NIV)
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