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1. We are long past the day when everybody grew up in a nuclear family

1. We are long past the day when everybody grew up in a nuclear family

2. Many singles in our society are settling for irregular relationships

1. We are long past the day when everybody grew up in a nuclear family

2. Many singles in our society are settling for irregular relationships

3. Many of the families in the Bible were actually irregular relationships

• Irregular relationships means getting benefits without the commitment.

• Nothing works against the long-term vitality of any relationship like a lack of commitment.Matthew 19:8 Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your

wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

• Commitment is really about our willingness to face our own insecurities and fix our own issues.

• Relationships are always made from two imperfect people whose ability to commit to each other is an indicator of their maturity and motivation to heal their own insecurities and manage their own issues.

• Family is not destiny,

but it is definitely identity

until you act like who you are in

Jesus Christ.

We can never get our horizontal relationships

straight with people till we first get our vertical

relationship right with God.

• It’s not always the things around you that need to change, but the

things in you.

1. Be involved in ministry, 1-6

1. Be involved in ministry, 1-62. Be aware of chemistry, 9-11

• Attraction is important and the things that will attract you are the things closest to your heart.

1. Be involved in ministry, 1-62. Be aware of chemistry, 9-113. Be cognizant of compatibility

1. Be involved in ministry, 1-62. Be aware of chemistry, 9-113. Be cognizant of compatibility4. Be careful with communication,

7-11

1. Be involved in ministry, 1-62. Be aware of chemistry, 9-113. Be cognizant of compatibility4. Be careful with communication,

7-115. Become content within a

covenant, 12-13ff

• Avoid irregular relationships, because a righteous relationship is worth wishing for, worth working for and worth waiting for.