The DNA of Relationships - Week 1

The notes below are from a small group series called The DNA of Relationships by Dr. Gary Smalley. For more info online, visit the Smalley Relationship Center.
I will be posting my notes from the small groups each week so that more people can benefit from the Biblical truths communicated through this dynamic book on relationships. Who doesn't need to improve their relationships??? I can't think of anybody. :)

Week 1 ~> Notes...

*I am in charge of my words, my emotions, and my actions.

It does not matter what happens to you in life from people or circumstances. It is what you think in response to them (i.e. how you respond to them) that defines who you are.

Verses that encourage proper reactions and proper thoughts...

"For as he thinks within himself, so he is."
Proverbs 23:7

"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,"
James 1:19

"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows."
Galations 6:7

"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,"
Ephesians 3:16-20

"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
2 Corinthians 10:5

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."
Philippians 4:8,9

Photo Excursion with Josh...

Josh and I just began the very large task of capturing different parts of Little Rock and the surrounding area on film for the new and improved Mosaic Church website. Our plan is to take up to 3 photos for each page on the new site to illustrate the Mosaic-ness of Central Arkansas. Stay tuned for more info. :)

As of yesterday...

I have successfully completed 31 years of life on this earth! It was an awesome day! September 17th, 2005 was my first birthday as a married man. I spent the entire day with Inés. We went to Memphis where we had lunch at Rendezvous (best dry ribs in the country) followed by some random shopping experiences at the Peabody Palace and Pottery Barn outlet. Then we came back to LR to have dinner with mom and dad at Whole Hog BBQ. Yep, it was a BBQ kind of day I guess.

Someone remarked to me this morning at church that I looked refreshed. An occasional leisure day of nothing-in-particular-to-do does just the trick!

Mo News, Issue 20, September '05

Greetings! They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is a pictoral newsletter to show you some of the events I've experienced over the last four weeks. I hope they are not only visually stimulating to you, but also a blessing. Enjoy!


The view from the WGO mission house balcony.


Same view, but at night.


The Mosaic team in Honduras doing some site seeing.


Shopping in Honduras...lots of colorful ceramics!


The people waiting in line at the first medical brigade site.


Ines assisting a Honduran dentist.


De-licing and washing the children's hair.


Faces of the people. So beautiful!


My mom LOVED the kids!


Our team at WGO's Rancho Ebenezer.


More beautiful faces.


Coffee field at Rancho Ebenezer.


Ines and I pray for a woman after she receives some medical attention.


The entire team, Mosaics and all!

Stats for the Week:
Evangelism Report:
First time decisions……………..79
Re-dedications………..........…....35
Children/Christ story …………. 420
Rejections ………….……………27
Christians ...…………………... 404

Clinic report:
Dental ………………………….163
Medical ……………………...1,517

After Honduras, Ines and I were blessed by a week of vacation in her home country of Nicaragua. We visited her family and friends, ate lots of gallo pinto (rice and beans), and saw many beautiful sites such as an active volcano, Lake Apoyo, and Lake Nicaragua. See the pics below to see what we saw.





Below, Dr. Terrence Roberts and the other Little Rock 9 unveil the statues at the State Capital that commemorate the first nine black students to intergrate into Little Rock Central High School in 1957.


Below, Nigeria and Zambia united Saturday, Sept. 3rd in the wedding ceremony of Yetty and Mac. The night before they had their traditional tribal ceremony where Mac offered a formal proposal to Yetty's family as well as the dowry and some other humbling rituals such as laying prostrate on the floor along with his groomsmen to show respect to the bride's family. It was a rich evening of singing, praising and thanking God, and seeing two families come together.


It was an eventful summer, and all of the staff at Mosaic are looking forward to our church's fourth full year of ministry beginning this month. We are anxious and excited to see what God is going to do in and through our body at Mosaic.

Be blessed!
Rob McBryde <><