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avoiding slips in
RELATIONships
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Avoid the Ex Factor z

Thesis:
Success of intimate
relationships is the gold
standard by which we
measure
▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉ over
GENESIS 16:1-6
the course of our lives
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AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF WHY LESSONS FROM LESS THAN IDEAL RELATIONSHIPS

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO A. God will
1. You were in a relationship where the ideal became ________ you to
an ordeal because your significant other wanted ___ make relational
2. You were in a relationship rupture where your vision mistakes
of life turned into a nightmare of _______________ B. If _________
3. You didn’t know what you were getting till you is your
______ it preoccupation,
then that means
I. ABRAM’S PLOT, 1-3 Point 1. you are trying to
A. The Problem: No Fruit,1 Nothing ______ be who people
B. The Plan: No Faith, 2-3
you more than think you are
1. Accommodation, 2
2. Approval, 3 picking the instead of being who you are in Christ
II. SARAI’S PRICE, 4-6 wrong person
A. Pregnancy in Her Timing, 4 for a prominent
B. Hypocrisy in Her Tongue, 5
permanent Point 2. You do not want to take your Ex into your
C. Cruelty in Her Temper, 6
position. ________.
HOW TO AVOID LIVING IN
THE EX FACTOR:
F—F______ the reality, 1-4
A—A__________ your role in the
failure, 5-6
S—S________ to learn the lessons,
7-12
T—T________ God to frame your
future, 13
Point 3.You cannot escape it, you
do not have the power to change it,
but with faith you are always able to
________ it.
Acts 14:23 And when they had
ordained them elders in every
church, and had prayed with
fasting, they commended them to
the Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I
commend you to God, and to the
word of his grace, which is able to
build you up, and to give you an
inheritance among all them which
are sanctified.
Point 4. If you draw bad
conclusions from wrong
generalizations, you simply
______________ pain from the
past into your present.
Point 5. Whenever you get in so
much a hurry that you get
__________ of God, you are in
dangerous territory.
Point 6. The end of a relationship
is a time to learn, not linger, but
endings become _______________
rather than exclusive if you ignore
them and fail to learn from them.
Point 7. What you think is the end
of the road is just a bend in the
road if you are willing to make the
__________.
Point 8. __________________
your energy so you can reclaim
your life.
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Avoiding Monotonous
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AVOIDING SLIPS IN RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY
Sun May 8 MOTHER’S DAY:
Avoiding Monotonous Matrimony, Eccl 9:9
Sun May 15 Avoiding Sibling Rivalry, Gen 37:1-5
PARENTING
Sun May 22 Avoiding Unassisted Living, Psalm 90:9-12
Sun May 29 Avoid Acting like Dad, Gen 26:1-6