8 M A Y 2 0 1 1 M E S S A G E E I G H T

avoiding slips in
RELATIONships
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Avoiding Monotonous
Thesis:
Marriages fail when
spouses stop paying
Matrimony z

attention and come to see

their awesome assignment ECCLESIASTES 9:9
as a boring, monotonous
obligation
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AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF HOW TO KEEP LOVE ALIVE

YOUR SINKING RELATIONSHIP
1. As tragic as the sinking of the Titanic
is, with over 1500 lives lost, we can
multiply that number exponentially
when it comes to counting the death
toll of ________________ in America
2. So many couples begin the maiden
voyage of matrimony with intense
excitement, forever optimistic, and
extreme anticipation; yet do not know
how to avoid the icebergs attacking marital
____________________
3. The Titanic did not sink because it had to, but
because those assigned to guide it stopped paying
__________________
Point 1. The opposite of love is not hate but _______
SIX WAYS TO STAY IN LOVE
1. Give ___________________,
1 Pet 1:22; 3:7
2. Grant __________________,
Rom 14:13; 15:7
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have
purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one
another with a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them
according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together
of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Point 2. The same differences that
attracted you to them before you
got them, are going to __________
you once you have them.
Point 3. Do you have the _______-
________, flexibility love and desire
to accept your mate’s differences?
Point 4. In order to make
marriage work, every believer needs
the power of an _______________
Holy Ghost.
Point 5. Love means having to say
you are ____________, regularly,
repeatedly and quickly—sometimes
even if you have not done anything
wrong.
Point 6. God demands that you
treat others just like he is treating
you in this life—by _____________
• Paul teaches three things
about sex: It is a legitimate need,
it should be mutually pleasing, and
it has _______________ overtones.
• When hurt happens you have
four options: curse it, rehearse it,
nurse it or ______________ it.
AVOIDING SLIPS IN RELATIONSHIPS
FAMILY
Sun May 15 Avoiding Sibling Rivalry, Gen 37:1-5
PARENTING
Sun May 22 Avoiding Unassisted Living:
Parenting Elderly Parents, Psalm 90:9-12
Sun May 29 Avoid Acting like Dad, Gen 26:1-6
DEFN: To appreciate something
means to elevate its __________.
HOW TO KEEP LOVE ALIVE
SIX WAYS TO STAY IN LOVE
3. Give _____________________,
1 Cor 7:3-5; Song 4:1-6
A. Take the _________________
B. Do the __________________
4. Make _____________, Eph 5:21
5. Grant _____________, Col 3:13
HOW CAN I GRANT AMNESTY?
A. By a ________________
B. By a ____________________
6. Give ______________________,
1 Thes 5:12-13, Rom 14:19; Eph
4:29
Rom 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one
another any more: but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock or an
occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
Rom 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one
another, as Christ also received us to the
glory of God.
Eph 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to
another in the fear of God.
Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ
forgave you, so also do ye.
1 Thess 5:12–13 And we beseech you,
brethren, to know them which labour
among you, and are over you in the
Lord, and admonish you; And to
esteem them very highly in love for
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their work’s sake. And be at peace
among yourselves.
Rom 14:19 Let us therefore follow
after the things which make for peace,
and things wherewith one may edify
another.
Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt
communication proceed out of your
mouth, but that which is good to the
use of edifying, that it may minister
grace unto the hearers.
Heb 3:13 But exhort one another
daily, while it is called To day; lest any
of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin.
1 Thess 5:18 In every thing give
thanks: for this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus concerning you.