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Goal or Objective:

To understand how to seek, find and maintain a Forever Relationship. In accordance with the Word of God.

Genesis 2: 18-24

18 The Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, for she was taken out of man. 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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The Cycle of a Forever Relationship

Topic Focus:

Intentional Dating

Singleness
Intentional Dating
Engagement
Marriage
Love
Children

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Why do we need a Forever Relationship?

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Marriage, Family and Love

Intentional Dating : With the goal to enter into a relationship that leads to

Engagement and then Marriage.

In general men or women seek out a companion for life, to be a:

Partnership-Helper/Security

Pleasure-Sex/Friendship

Parenting-Procreation

Perfecting- Building Each Other Up/Pruning/Counseling

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Types of Love

Philia= Friendship
Eros= Sensual or Romantic
Storge= Family
Agape= Perfect & Unconditional

(1 Corinthians 13: 1-13)

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The Screening Process

Friends First

Do not compromise Principles and Values

Make a List of Standards in coordination with your Beliefs

Do not rush/Wait on God

Cultural Similarity +

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Who Does God Want us to Choose?

Someone who is a Follower of Christ. (2 Corinthians 6:14-16)
Someone that seeks Purity. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; 1 Corinthians 6:15-18)
Someone who is Hardworking and Purposeful.

(2 Thessalonians 3:6-13)

Someone who Motivates and Encourages you. (1 Thessalonians 5:11-13)
Someone who is God’s Choice. (Psalm 37:4-5; Matthew 6:8)

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My Forever Date

GAME SHOW

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Q & A

Please Fill Out Index Card with Your Questions

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Focus Verses

Genesis 2:18-24
1 Corinthians 7:2
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Hebrew 13:4
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Matthew 6:33
Psalm 37:4
Jeremiah 29:11
Proverbs 15:22
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
1 Thessalonians 5:11
1 Corinthians 13:4-13
Proverbs 19:14
Proverbs 31:30
Ephesians 5

So much more…..

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The End

Thank You For Attending this Workshop!