Prescription for Healthy Relationships
“There is a Better Way”
Ephesians 5:15-20

God created us to be in relationships and meant for them to be healthy and to last.

Prescription for Healthy Relationships
	God’s prescription for healthy relationships
	How to find and keep the love of your life
	One of the most important skills we need in relationships is conflict management
	Sexual purity in a sex-crazed world

Ephesians 5:15-20

Types of People that are Unhealthy
Demanding, Dominating, Discontented, Disloyal, Disapproving, Destructive, Demeaning, Disrespectful

This can cause us to become “people-pleasers”
	God can’t please everyone
	We don’t need anyone’s approval to be happy
		John 5:41, Isaiah 51:12, Psalm 27:10
	What’s important now is often temporary
		1 John 2:17, Luke 16:15b
	We only need to please One
		John 5:30, Galatians 1:10
	One day, we will have to answer for everything
		Romans 14:12, Luke 9:26
	God has made us to be us
		Romans 12:2

Prescription for dealing with unhealthy people
	Refuse to be offended
		Proverbs 12:16
	Don’t wait for an apology; forgive them
		Colossians 3:13
	Refuse to gossip about them
		Proverbs 17:9
	Refuse to play their game
		Proverbs 26:21
	Refuse to give in to the manipulation
		Matthew 15:12-14
	Always take the high road
		Romans 12:14,21