Relationships 7 gen 16 1 6 slides 050111

1. You were in a relationship where the ideal became an ordeal because your significant other wanted out

1. You were in a relationship where the ideal became an ordeal because your significant other wanted out2. You were in a relationship rupture where your vision of life together turned into a nightmare of separation

1. You were in a relationship where the ideal became an ordeal because your significant other wanted out2. You were in a relationship rupture where your vision of life together turned into a nightmare of separation3. You didn’t know what you were getting till you got it

• Success of intimate

relationships is the gold standard

by which we measure

happiness over the course of our

lives.

• Nothing costs you more than

picking the wrong person

for a prominent permanent

position.

A. God will allow you to make relational mistakes

A. God will allow you to make relational mistakes

B. If image is your preoccupation, then thatmeans you are trying to be who people think you are instead of being who you are in Christ

• You do not want to take your Ex into your next.

F—Face the reality, 1-4

• You cannot escape it, you do not have the power to change it, but with faith you are always able to face it.

• If you draw bad conclusions from wrong generalizations, you simply recycle pain from the past into your present.

• Whenever you get in so much a hurry you get

ahead of God, you are in dangerous territory.

F—Face the reality, 1-4A—Accept your role in the failure, 5-6

F—Face the reality, 1-4A—Accept your role in the failure, 5-6S—Start to learn the lessons, 7-12

• The end of a relationship is a time to learn, not linger, but endings become cumulative rather than exclusive if you ignore them and fail to learn from them.

• What you think is the end of the road is just a bend in the road if you are willing to make the curve.

F—Face the reality, 1-4A—Accept your role in the failure, 5-6S—Start to learn the lessons, 7-12T—Trust God to frame your future, 13

• Rechannel your energy so you can reclaim your life.