FOR BETTEROR

FOR W RSE FIGHT FAIR

Proverbs 27:15

“A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm”

2 Marianne 2:4

“Better to have severe constipation than to live with a husband who is a jerk”

Healthy couples fight for resolution.Unhealthy couples fight for victory.

Signs that You Aren’t Fighting Fair

1. Criticism

2. Contempt

3. Defensiveness

4. Stonewalling (checking out)

James 1:19-20

“Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”

LISTEN INTENTLY

Proverbs 18:2

“A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.”

SPEAK CAREFULLY

SPEAK CAREFULLY

Never call namesNever raise your voiceNever get historical

SPEAK CAREFULLY

Never say never/alwaysNever threaten “d” wordNever quote a sermon

Proverbs 21:23

“Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble.”

HANDLE ANGER RIGHTEOUSLY

Ephesians 4:26-27

“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.”

Does that mean we never

go to sleep angry?

Seek God

Fight Fair

“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

Luke 18:27