Relationship Goals by Michael Todd
Week 4: Chapter 3 — Before the Person Comes the Process
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We pray for the right person to show up, but God is more interested in the process that prepares us to receive them — and that process requires patience we'd rather skip.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Todd makes the case that most people are praying for a person when God is trying to walk them through a process. What's the difference between praying for God to send someone and praying for God to prepare you? Which prayer feels more natural to you?
2.He draws on the story of Ruth and Boaz as a picture of preparation, faithfulness, and God's timing working together. What stands out to you about the way that story unfolds — particularly the fact that neither Ruth nor Boaz was passively waiting, nor frantically striving?
3.Todd talks about the danger of forcing a relationship to happen before you're ready — what he might describe as picking fruit before it's ripe. Have you ever pushed into a relationship before the timing was right? What did that cost you?