{"id":398,"date":"2010-12-01T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/?p=398"},"modified":"2010-12-01T01:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T01:47:00","slug":"10-ways-to-build-solid-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=398","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Build Solid Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you lead through relationships?  John Maxwell has been quoted saying &#8220;People don&#8217;t care how much you know until they know how much you care.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Leadership cannot be separated from relationship.  In order to accomplish anything of significance it takes people and healthy relationships in order to bring lasting results.  By developing good relational skills a leader can get much more done.  In Romans 12:9-21 Paul gives us ten instructions on how to build solid relationships:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Avoid hypocrisy<\/span> &#8211; be sincere and real, walk the talk (v. 9)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Be loyal<\/span> &#8211; treat others like brothers and sisters (v. 10)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Give preference to others<\/span> &#8211; honor the desires of others above your own (v.10)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Be hospitable<\/span> &#8211; look for ways you can serve and meet the needs of others (v. 13)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Return good for evil<\/span> &#8211; Don&#8217;t retaliate when others hurt you, hold your tongue (v.14)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Identify with others<\/span> &#8211; Celebrate with others, show compassion to others (v.15)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Be open-minded toward others <\/span>&#8211; Connect with people by being more interested in them than yourself (v. 16)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Treat everyone with respect<\/span> &#8211; This shows you value them as a person (v. 17)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Do everything possible to make peace <\/span>&#8211; do your best to resolve conflict (v.18)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Remove revenge from your life<\/span> &#8211; Let God judge others; you love them (v.19-21)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you lead through relationships? John Maxwell has been quoted saying &#8220;People don&#8217;t care how much you know until they know how much you care.&#8221; Leadership cannot be separated from relationship. In order to accomplish anything of significance it takes people and healthy relationships in order to bring lasting results. By developing good relational &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=398\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;10 Ways to Build Solid Relationships&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-personal-growth","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}