A thought by John Townsend from his book, People Fuel (p. 72). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Right before this John said, “I use the term relational nutrients to drive home the reality that these aren’t things you can make up in your head. They come from the outside of you, from the right kinds of relationships, from people who can dispense them to you. The different aspects of grace and truth—which is another, broader way of describing the nutrients—provided over time, come from our relationships with God and with people. That is why the horizontal… is so important. Remember that God created a system in which the vertical is not enough for us. He designed us to be fueled by his Spirit, his Word, and his people. When we truly become what I call relationally oriented, rather than self-sufficient, everything changes for the better.” And we need that to be true, don ’ t we? He goes on, “We can’t ‘do the relatio...
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