Having All Sorts of Relationship Problems and Family Drama

Some people think of a few relatives as their friends. While others might treat one or two other family members like neighbors. But the truth is, family doesn’t belong in any of the other relationship categories. Placing them in any other relationship level creates “family issues.” The alignment of relationships are critical to reducing the normal consequences of having them out of alignment.

Prayer Condition:
It’s common to misplace family members in levels of relations we experience and as a result create all sorts of relationship problems and family drama. Are you having serious problems with one or two of your family members? It might be due to them or your being in an inappropriate relationship level with you.

The Prayer:
What you’re about to read is a passage from the book of Job, where Job identifies with six of the seven levels of relationship at once.

“God [Relationship Level 7] has blocked my way so I cannot move…
My relatives [Relationship Level 0] stay far away,
and my friends [Relationship Level 3] have turned against me.
My family [Relationship Level 0] is gone,
and my close friends [Relationship Level 4] have forgotten me.
My servants and maids [Relationship Level 2] consider me a stranger.
I am like a foreigner [Relationship Level 1] to them…
My breath is repulsive to my wife [Relationship Level 6].
I am rejected by my own family [Relationship Level 0].”
‭‭Job‬ ‭19:8, 13-15, 17‬ ‭NLT‬‬
https://www.bible.com/116/job.19.8,13-15,17.nlt

For this prayer, our focus is not on all six relationship levels (they’ll come later), but rather on relationship level zero, family. We’ve used the above passage to demonstrate how relationships challenges can occur at every level. Usually not all at once in the case with Job, but they occur more often than we’d like. For now let’s focus our prayer on relationship level one.

“My relatives [Relationship Level 0] stay far away,
My family [Relationship Level 0] is gone,
I am rejected by my own family [Relationship Level 0].”
https://www.bible.com/116/job.19.8,13-15,17.nlt

[Pray This]
Lord, relationships can be tough, they’re normally tough and I had no idea of how complex. Help me to understand the rules and guidelines that govern relationship level zero, family, so that I don’t find myself becoming the very thing that Job experienced. I don’t want to stay away from my relatives, neither do I want to be that family member who has gone away, nor am I interested in rejecting my family. Help master level zero so that I’m in the best place possible to be successful at all the other relationship levels, in Jesus’ name. 

Your Action:
(What action based on your prayer can you take?)

Like going to the doctor or a mechanic for preventative maintenance, it’s a good idea to do some relationship level zero preventative maintenance. Begin by making yourself more familiar with where you’ve currently misaligned members of your family outside their rightful place at relationship level zero. 

For more on this topic, see “Relationship Level Zero.”

Prayer Disclaimer Notice: prayer is not a miracle, it’s our conversation with God which gives us insight on how to respond to our situations and the world around us. For more detail, please review our prayer disclaimer notice in its entirety, available at nolongercommon.com/nlc-prayer-disclaimer.

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