In part two of “Healthy Things Grow,” titled “Healthy Relationships—Believe God for the Good,” Senior Pastor Travis Tullis teaches from Proverbs 4:20–27 that healthy relationships begin with healthy, guarded hearts. What settles in our hearts eventually flows into how we love, communicate, forgive, and respond to others.

Healthy relationships require wisdom, discernment, grace, forgiveness, and healthy boundaries. As we pray for wisdom, God teaches us to establish boundaries without building walls. Guarding our hearts does not mean shutting people out; instead, it means protecting what enters and settles within us so that past pain does not overflow and wound people who never hurt us.

Therefore, we must consider how we handle disappointment and offense, receive correction, and respond when we feel ignored. What we continually hear and see enters the heart, and what fills the heart eventually comes out through our words, attitudes, and actions. Our relationships with others can reveal areas where God is still growing and transforming us.

So, we must ask: What is flowing from my heart into my relationships, and what is my next relational step? When we surrender our hearts and relationships to Jesus Christ, we can choose forgiveness over bitterness, connection over walls, and love over offense. Healthy relationships grow when we believe God for the good, trust His will, and allow His love to flow through us.

Thank you, Senior Pastor Tullis, for leading us forward and higher together and reminding us that we are called to be fruitful image bearers, producing lasting fruit in God's Kingdom community with pure hearts and healthy spiritual relationships.