Setting: Single Adult Conference
Length: 35:01
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Occasion: An inter-church Christian single adult conference in Southern CA in January 2009
Title: The Relationship Principles for the Christian Single Adults, part 2 "The Operation"
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Operation
The essence of a serious relationship
Prov.2:17 …who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God
Mal.2:14…because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.The essence of marriage is _______________
1. _______________
-in the light of the confusion mentioned in the diagnosis
Creating gender identity
Created male and female
-Gen.1:27 So, God created man in his own image, in the image of
God he created him; male and female he created them.
As a reflection of _______________
-the female gender is a reflection of God
Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
-the most well known use of the word “helper” comes from Psalm 121:1-2-for futher insight, click the following audio: “Is the woman created inferior?"
-for a written version, click “created inferior?"Question: Is your man better off spiritually because he is with you?
-Helper Scale: on a scale of 5, what number are you?
-To what degree are you are helper to your man? check___ 1 = never ___ 2 = rarely ___ 3 = some of the time
___ 4 = most of the time ___ 5 = all the time
-God actually created the man to reflect the son of God
-Eph.5:25-28
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.Question: is your woman better off spiritually because she is with to you?
-Manly Scale: on a scale of 5, what number are you?
-To what degree do you act like a real man? check
___ 1 = never ___ 2 = rarely ___ 3 = some of the time ___ 4 = most of the time ___ 5 = all the time
* 1 Cor.16:13 “Act like men”
Creating a relationship dynamic
-symbiotic relationship
-complementation
2. _______________
Did God curse relationships?
Gen.3:16 Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you
-Gen.4:7
-for further insight, click The Biology of Sin
The top 3 conflict issues
1. Bad feelings keeping us from making peace
* do the right thing ______________ of how you feel
-for further insight, click: Feelings and Obedience
2. Unable to forgive
-principles of biblical forgiveness
-Forgiveness is NOT- _______________
-________________
-________________
-Forgiveness is a commitment to do 4 things
1. I will not bring it up to _________ ever again
2. I will not bring it up to _________ ever again
3. I will treat you as if it never _________
4. I will not talk to _________ about it
For further insight, click Conflict Resolution, part 2
3. Unaware of the nature of sin
-the classic passage on the nature of sin is Genesis 4:7
-for further insight, click The Biology of Sin
-Let’s remind ourselves of what a serious relationship is: Prov.2 , Mal.2
The essence of marriage is ______________
“companion” = _______________
3. _________________
Acquire a general _________ knowledge of gender differences
Adjust your _________ and _________
For some reason, the recording was stopped at this point. I will try to provide an audio for the rest of the seminar. Until then, further insight can be gained by clicking the following: Communication Breakdown, part 2
* the goal of this general knowledge is to know ______ woman
Acquire _________ __________ knowledge your partner’s idiosyncrasies
-1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives…
Greek: dwelling together according to _________
-Specific knowledge is acquired by doing 2 things
1. ______________
2. ______________
Prov. 20:5
The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,
but a man of understanding draws them out.
-in his book, The Complete Husband, Lou Priolo writes
______________ is a prerequisite to a relationship
Conclusion
Prov.2 , Mal.2 The essence of marriage is ____________
-we work at it because that’s our commitment before God
-in Prov.2 and Mal.2, we see this high form of commitment
Prov.2:17
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God
Mal.2:14…because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.
The essence of marriage is a _______________ of ______________
-so, the 3 things that we talked about….Creation, Conflict, and Communication
-together they develop this covenant of companionship
Listen to part 1:
Listen to "The Heart of the Single Adult", the heart is the most important place.
Listen to "The Church and the Single Adult"
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