Week 4: Commitment that Costs | Relationship Goals Series

2-22-26

Discover why the relationships that matter most will always cost you something. In Week 4 of Relationship Goals, we unpack why convenience keeps connections shallow—and how choosing costly commitment builds trust, depth, and real growth in every relationship.

Key Verse:

Matthew 16:24 (NLT) — “Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.’”

Sticky Statement:

Choose the people and commitments that matter. Not what’s easy.

What You’ll Learn:

Patterns that sabotage: ghosting, avoiding hard conversations, choosing comfort over connection

God’s model of commitment: Jesus choosing the costly way over the convenient way

How baptism declares it: alive in commitment, dead to convenience

Skills that build depth: showing up consistently, saying the hard things, stepping into community

Weekly gut-check: Where am I choosing convenience over commitment—and what’s one costly step I can take this week?

From friends shaping futures (Week 1), to boundaries protecting hearts (Week 2), to words that build instead of burn (Week 3)—now commitment that costs, the shift that makes every relationship stronger.