Creating Healthy Relationships

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SAM: Single Adult Ministries Consider all that SAM Studies has to offer! Practical, relevant biblical application for today's single adults Everything you need in one place Adaptable sessions to meet the unique needs of most single adult groups Easy-to-use reproducibles for each session More than 50 options in each book to customize the study to fit your needs Ready-to-use material for Sunday school, mid-week, small group, or extended programs Creating Healthy Relationships . . . 'Healthy Relating' Means . . . How do you know when a relationship is "healthy"? Just as we can normally tell, by closely observing certain indicators, when we are unhealthy in body or spirit, so it is possible to tell when a relationship is suffering the symptoms of weakness and deterioration. When that begins to happen and --with the earliest warning signs and --we must quickly take remedial action. What, exactly, can we do? We can, of course, look to the Scriptures for wisdom and guidance. What we find there are myriad examples of both healthy and unhealthy relationships, all of which are provided for our spiritual instruction. And we'll see flowing through these examples some of the key qualities that must characterize our precious relationships if they are to keep thriving and be eminently God-pleasing. Such relationships will have at their core a basic unselfishness, a solid commitment, and a large dose of respect, all built on the foundation of scrupulous honesty. These are the things you'll be exploring in the weeks ahead through this SAM study course.