God created us to need Him and to need others. These needs are met through relationships. Our lives are incomplete without healthy relationships with both God and man. In order for a newborn baby to develop and grow he must be loved - held, cuddled, hugged, and kissed. This need continues throughout our lives. We never outgrow the need for love and the need to be touched. People need people.
Material things are not nearly as important as relationships - especially relationships with God and His people. Research has shown that people who have strong social ties live longer. Loving people is more important to a healthy lifestyle than good health habits. Studies show that those who spend time with friends and neighbors are more likely to engage in good health habits than those who spend little time with others.  
The key to healthy relationships is our relationship to God.   If we have a good relationship with God, we will get along better with others. Matt. 22: 37, 38 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
We need relationships with people we love, trust, and who are genuinely interested in us. Spending time with good friends actually makes us feel better. The church is our extended family and the source of our closest friends.
A healthy relationship is better understood when we consider who man is. Man has a physical body. In this body God has placed a soul. He is made in the image of God. As Christians we are to have respect and love for all of God’s creation. We cannot love God and despise our fellowman whom God has made in His image. I John 4: 20 “If someone says, ‘I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?” 
Jesus loved us so much that He willingly gave His life as a ransom for our salvation. He sacrificed His blood for us. He wants us to love each other. John 13: 34, 35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Love is an identifying mark of His followers. Since all people were created in His image and are loved by Him, we must love, honor, and respect all people.   This will keep us from harming others by word or deed.
The Christian life is all about relationships - our relationship with God and people. We cannot make it in this life without one another. Dr. Paul Faulkner said, “When my relationship with God is right, there is absolutely nothing that can go wrong that He and I together can’t handle.”
The most meaningful and happiest times of our lives have been through good relationships: in our childhood with parents, siblings, playmates, friends, school mates, and later our spouses, our children, and grandchildren. Throughout our lives our church family, the family of God, has been a source of encouragement and joy. Let’s grow as Christ did… Luke 2: 52 “And Jesus increased in wisdom and statue and in favor with God and man.”
With God we can have a healthier relationship with both God and man.