"It's Complicated" is our series at Fusion Christian Church on relationships. Everyone knows our relationships are messy, but not everyone knows how to navigate them. This series will provide godly, biblical principles for keeping your relationships much less complicated! In Part 6, Pastor Zac teaches about how to lead yourself so that you can have better relationships.

Wherever I go, there I am.

Have you ever noticed that the common denominator in all your relationships is you? That means if you want to improve your relationships, you need to improve yourself. You need to choose to be godly and to follow God's designs. Regardless of how other people treat you, you can still choose to win in your relationships by doing things God's way.

Be the person who overlooks an offense.

People are going to do wrong to you. You cannot control that. What you can control is your response. One thing that God teaches through the scriptures is that it is good to be able to overlook an offense. Instead of focusing on how you have been wronged, try to forgive and not hold those wrongs against people. Learning how to be gracious to others will ultimately reflect God's grace in your life.

Be the person who loves instead of hates.

The only thing God calls us to hate is sin, and we have plenty of that within ourselves. When it comes to others, God tells us to love them. Loving others does not even mean that you have to like them, but it does mean you have to treat them well. To love someone is to act with their best interests in mind. This means you choose to treat them as God wants them treated even if you don't feel warm and fuzzy toward them. The warm feeling may or may not come later, but choosing to love our enemies is the Christ-like way to live.