"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." — 2 Timothy 1:7

What if the exhausting effort to change your spouse, your children, or your coworkers is actually working against you — not because your desires are wrong, but because you've confused influence with control? When Peter tried to redirect Jesus from the cross, Jesus called it exactly what it was: "Get behind me, Satan." Well-meaning, love-driven — and still a tactic of the enemy.

In Part 1 of Building Strong Relationships, Pastor Mark draws from 2 Timothy 1, Matthew 16, Luke 15, and Galatians 5 to introduce the first principle of redeemed relationships: being powerful. You'll learn the difference between true power and the illusion of control, why powerless language keeps you stuck in the victim cycle, and how to start asking the most important question in every relationship: “What am I going to do with me?”