Central Assembly
August 21, 2022 | Dr. Jim Bradford | Great Friendships of the Bible - Adam & Eve
August 21, 2022 | Dr. Jim Bradford | Great Friendships of the Bible - Adam & Eve
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1301 N Boonville Ave, Springfield, MO 65802, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
If you are single . . .
I Corinthians 32-34a
32I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34and his interests are divided.
32I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34and his interests are divided.
If you are single . . .
* Embrace your singleness as a calling
* Pursue life-giving friendships
* Avoid marrying someone you don't TRUST or RESPECT
* Embrace your singleness as a calling
* Pursue life-giving friendships
* Avoid marrying someone you don't TRUST or RESPECT
If you are married . . . make it a FRIENDSHIP
> MUTUALITY
> MUTUALITY
Genesis 2:20b, 21
20…. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.21So 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.
20…. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.21So 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.
If you are married . . . make it a FRIENDSHIP
> MUTUALITY
> INTIMACY
> MUTUALITY
> INTIMACY
> INTIMACY
* Time
* Communication
* Vulnerability
* Time
* Communication
* Vulnerability
C. S. Lewis: “Friendship is born at that minute when one person says to another, ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”
C. Raymond Burr: “Friends are people with whom you dare to be yourself . . . Friends understand those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With them you breathe freely.”
C. Raymond Burr: “Friends are people with whom you dare to be yourself . . . Friends understand those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With them you breathe freely.”
If you are married . . . make it a FRIENDSHIP
> MUTUALITY
> INTIMACY
> RESPONSIBILITY
> MUTUALITY
> INTIMACY
> RESPONSIBILITY
> RESPONSIBILITY
* Take responsibility for your own feelings and behaviors rather than trying to control the feelings and behaviors of the other
* Stop asking whether this is the right person for you and start asking how you can be the right person for that person
* Take responsibility for your own feelings and behaviors rather than trying to control the feelings and behaviors of the other
* Stop asking whether this is the right person for you and start asking how you can be the right person for that person
The hope for us all . . .