Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships 01

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The Secret to a Lasting
Relationship

• Ephesians 51-2

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HollywoodsPrescriptionfor LastingRelationship
s
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4 Steps to Follow!
FIND

• 1. the right person.
• 2. in love.
• 3. your hopes and dreams on this person
  for your future fulfillment.
• 4. If occurs, repeat steps 1, 2,
  and 3.

FALL
FIX
FAILURE
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The Success Rate
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The Pain, the Fall-Out, and the Damage
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GodsPrescription for LastingRelationships
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Ephesians 51-2 (NASB)

• 1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved
  children 2and walk in love, just as Christ also
  loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an
  offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant
  aroma.

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4 Steps to Follow!
BECOME

• 1. the right person.
• 2. in love.
• 3. your hope on God and seek to please Him
  through this relationship.
• 4. If occurs, repeat steps 1, 2,
  and 3.

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Ephesians 432 (NASB)

• And be kind to one another, tender-hearted,
  forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also
  has forgiven you.

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4 Steps to Follow!
BECOME

• 1. the right person.
• 2. in love.
• 3. your hope on God and seek to please Him
  through this relationship.
• 4. If occurs, repeat steps 1, 2,
  and 3.

WALK
FIX
FAILURE
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The Success Rate
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The Reward, the Legacy, and the Blessing
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Pictorial Summary

• Two Models for Lasting Relationships

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Model 1
spiritual

social
psychological
emotional
physical
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Model 2

physical
emotional
psychological
social
spiritual
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Personal Evaluation and Analysis
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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• Which triangle most represents your approach to
  building lasting relationships?

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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• What would you like your present and/or future
  relationships to look like model 1 or model 2?

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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• What specific steps do you need to take to begin
  implementing Gods secret to lasting
  relationships?

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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• A word to . . .
• . . . uninvolved singles.

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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• A word to . . .
• . . . uninvolved singles.
• . . . involved singles.

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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• A word to . . .
• . . . uninvolved singles.
• . . . involved singles.
• . . . divorced/widowed.

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Personal Evaluation and Analysis

• A word to . . .
• . . . uninvolved singles.
• . . . involved singles.
• . . . divorced/widowed.
• . . . married couples.

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The 64,000 Question

• Where does romance fit in to all of this?
• How do you know when youre in love?

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The Answer

• NEXT WEEK!
• Invite a friend!

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