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are too many of us to all live in the same house, so God puts us in separate houses. We call them churches. Our relationships within these church families are crucial to our wellbeing. How we relate to the other people there will greatly affect the quality of our life in the Lord. We can never reach our full destiny apart from the people God puts in our lives. I don’t mean they will necessarily help us do what we do, but our relationships with them will contribute to our success. It’s important to be yoked with people who walk closely with God. Accountability results from having close relationships with strong believers who are themselves accountable to other strong believers. It’s important to be accountable because we are all capable of being deceived. We all have blind spots. We need people who will help us see the truth about ourselves and our lives. And we need to have the kind of relationships that don’t break down when truth is spoken in love. This doesn’t mean that you will never have a problem in any of your church relationships or that if you do it’s a sign that you are in the wrong place. All relationships have things that need to be worked out. Getting beyond those problems are what make relationships rich. But we have to learn to protect our relationships with our spiritual family in prayer. Your enemy doesn’t want you to be in a spiritual family or have godly relationships. That’s because he knows how bene?cial they are for you. He knows that without a spiritual family you won’t grow properly. He knows if you are not joined and committed to a spiritual family, you will end up living in rebellion in some way whether you mean to or not. He knows you will never be all God created you to be if you are not connected to a spiritual family. That’s why he will