Valentine

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Valentines Day
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Genesis 224 (NKJV)

• Therefore a man shall leave his father and
  mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall
  become one flesh.

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Not to be Alone

• (Gen 218 NKJV) And the LORD God said, "It is
  not good that man should be alone I will make
  him a helper comparable to him."

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Gen 222-24 (NKJV)

• Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from
  man He made into a woman, and He brought her to
  the man. 23 And Adam said "This is now bone of
  my bones And flesh of my flesh She shall be
  called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."
  24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and
  mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall
  become one flesh.

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Mat 194-6 (NKJV)

• And He answered and said to them, "Have you not
  read that He who made them at the beginning 'made
  them male and female,' 5 "and said, 'For this
  reason a man shall leave his father and mother
  and be joined to his wife, and the two shall
  become one flesh'? 6 "So then, they are no
  longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has
  joined together, let not man separate."

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Eph 525 (NKJV)

• Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also
  loved the church and gave Himself for her,

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Col 319 (KJV)

• Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter
  against them.

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Bitter

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• Thayer Definition
• 1) to make bitter
• 1a) to produce a bitter taste in the stomach
• 2) to embitter. exasperate
• 2a) render angry, indignant
• 2b) to be embittered, irritated

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1 Cor 134-7 (NKJV)

• Love suffers long and is kind love does not
  envy love does not parade itself, is not puffed
  up 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its
  own, is not provoked, thinks no evil 6 does
  not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the
  truth 7 bears all things, believes all things,
  hopes all things, endures all things.

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1 Cor 134 (NASB)

• Love is patient, love is kind, and is not
  jealous love does not brag and is not arrogant,

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Whats Nice about Valentines?

• Thoughtfulness

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Whats Nice about Valentines?

• Thoughtfulness
• Kindness

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Whats Nice about Valentines?

• Thoughtfulness
• Kindness
• Patience

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Whats Nice about Valentines?

• Thoughtfulness
• Kindness
• Patience
• Extra Attention

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Eph 429-32 (NKJV)

• Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth,
  but what is good for necessary edification, that
  it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do
  not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you
  were sealed for the day of redemption.

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The corrupt word

• Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth
• Literally rotten that which corrupts
  relationships.

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Eph 429-32 (NKJV)

• 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor,
  and evil speaking be put away from you, with all
  malice. 32 And be kind to one another,
  tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God
  in Christ forgave you.

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What about Bitterness?

• Let all bitterness, . . . be put away from you!

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What about Bitterness?

• Let all bitterness, . . . be put away from you!
• How do we deal with it?

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What about Bitterness?

• Let all bitterness, . . . be put away from you!
• How do we deal with it?
• First, we have to recognize that we have the
  problem.

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What about Bitterness?

• Let all bitterness, . . . be put away from you!
• How do we deal with it?
• First, we have to recognize that we have the
  problem.
• Then we have to admit to someone that we have the
  problem, and ask them to help us when they see us
  expressing bitterness.

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What about verse 32?

• Eph 429-32 (NKJV) 31 Let all bitterness,
  wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put
  away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind
  to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
  another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

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kind and tenderhearted,

• Could we say, be thoughtful?
• Be concerned about the feelings of the other
  person.
• Could we say, be sensitive?

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What about forgiving one another?

• Now things get sticky?
• Does forgiveness allow someone to continue living
  as they have, and just repeatedly ask for
  forgiveness?
• On the other hand, can someone who is sincere,
  slip?

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Col 319 (NKJV)

• Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter
  toward them.

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Not Good to be Alone

• (Gen 218 NKJV) And the LORD God said, "It is
  not good that man should be alone I will make
  him a helper comparable to him."

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How Many Ways to be Alone?

• We can be alone and be in the same house.
• We can be alone because we are lost in our own
  little world.
• We can be alone because we share so little common
  interest.
• Being alone can strain or weaken a marriage

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Eccl 49-12 (NKJV)

• Two are better than one, Because they have a good
  reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall,
  one will lift up his companion. But woe to him
  who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to
  help him up.

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Eccl 49-12 (NKJV)

• 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will
  keep warm But how can one be warm alone? 12
  Though one may be overpowered by another, two can
  withstand him. And a threefold cord is not
  quickly broken.

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Phil 48 (NKJV)

• Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,
  whatever things are noble, whatever things are
  just, whatever things are pure, whatever things
  are lovely, whatever things are of good report,
  if there is any virtue and if there is anything
  praiseworthy meditate on these things.

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James 116-17 (NKJV)

• Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17
  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
  above, and comes down from the Father of lights,
  with whom there is no variation or shadow of
  turning.

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Are you a Loving, caring Person?
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