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With the 5 Key Nutrients
Bloom!Bloom!Bloom!Bloom!Bloom!Bloom!Bloom!Bloom!With the 5 Key Nutrients
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Doom Cycle
Bloom Cycle
Vs.
Whether you are fully aware of it or not, you are in one cycle or the other
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Cycle CycleVs.
WHY WE DOOM
Finances
“ONENESS BROKEN”
Health
Passions/Hobbies
Family
3
Friends Culture
Kids Career
Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you…through painful toil…all the days… Gen. 3
AddictionsLoss
HOW WE BLOOM
Finances
“ONENESS SUSTAINED”
Kids
Health
Passions/Hobbies
Family
4
Friends Culture
KidsCareer
…they will become one flesh Gen. 2:24Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Eph. 5:21
Addictions
Loss
WHY WE MUST BLOOM
5
God patterned them after Himself. Gen. 1:27…so that we can be mirrors that reflect His glory 2Cor. 3:18
What it takes to BLOOM!What it takes to BLOOM!The 5 key nutrients:The 5 key nutrients:
••Commit to LoveCommit to Love••Cherish & RespectCherish & Respect
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••Cherish & RespectCherish & Respect••Be Gracious & ForgiveBe Gracious & Forgive••Choose the Right WordsChoose the Right Words••Seek a Greater PurposeSeek a Greater Purpose
Signs you are lacking the 5th nutrient
� You experience a lack of spiritual integration as a couple
� You are struggling to pray together as a couple� You feel like you are being held back by the other
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� You feel like you are being held back by the other from living into your passion
� You feel you lack a greater purpose for your marriage and or family
� You and your spouse have yet to clarify values and goals for you marriage and family
N1: N1: COMMIT To “sacrificial” LOVECOMMIT To “sacrificial” LOVEHOW FULL IS YOUR LOVE TANK?
AGAPE
Love LanguagesWordsQuality TimeGiftsActs of Service
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EROS
FILOActs of ServicePhysical Touch
with cherish
she responds
he responds without
“DOOM”“DOOM”
N2: CHERISH & RESPECT N2: CHERISH & RESPECT “LL=CR”“LL=CR”
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with respect
respondsresponds
she reacts
he reacts
without respect
without cherish
“BLOOM”“BLOOM”
Without G&F Without G&F With G&F With G&F
N3: BE GRACIOUS & FORGIVEN3: BE GRACIOUS & FORGIVE
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“oneness lost”“oneness lost” attitude + rec. process attitude + rec. process “oneness gained”“oneness gained”
N4: N4: CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORDSCHOOSE THE RIGHT WORDS
REACT: “STAND OFF” REACT: “TELL OFF”
RESPONDING
Listen
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REACT: “GIVE UP” REACT: “HOLD ON ”
Listen
Clarify Thoughts
Identify Feelings
Right Tone, Time, Words
Pray, Compromise, Forgive
DOOMING Myth #5: God’s purposes for your marriage will naturally evolve
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BLOOMING Truth #5:God purposes for your marriage must be sought and intentionally lived into
What you will gain from this 5th nutrient� How to more naturally integrate God into your life/marriage
� Identify the road blocks to praying?� Opportunity to identify your what you are truly passionate about?
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passionate � How to identify God’s marriage purpose statement and values for your relationship or family ?
� Opportunity to regain oneness by identifying short and long term goals as individuals and couples?
� Opportunity to identify the passion and holy discontent God has placed on your heart?
N5: N5: SEEK A GREATER PURPOSESEEK A GREATER PURPOSEThe Lord will fulfill His purpose for me. Psalm 138:8
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N5: N5: SEEK A GREATER PURPOSESEEK A GREATER PURPOSE
Each have a two-fold purpose on earth
Character = BEING And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him, reflecting him like a mirror.
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more and more like him, reflecting him like a mirror. 2Cor. 3:18
Accomplishment = DOINGFor we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Eph. 2:10
Here’s a story of a Doom Cycle
�Jim and Jan exhibit signs that they really need Nutrient #5….
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Nutrient #5….
Here’s a story of a Bloom Cycle
�Wayne and Casey really found oneness through integrating
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integrating nutrient #5 into their marriage
“People seldom hit
what they
do not aim at.”
Thoreau
“If you aim at nothing you’re
sure to hit it every time.”
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The place God calls you is the place where your deep joy
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deep joymeets the world’s deep need.
Fredrick Buechner
N5: N5: SEEK A GREATER PURPOSESEEK A GREATER PURPOSE
By prayerfully & intentionally clarifying:
-Marriage/Family Purpose Statement-Marriage/Family Passage-Values (3-7)
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-Values (3-7)-Passions (holy discontent/life giving)-Dreams-Goals (short term/long term)
N5: N5: SEEK A GREATER PURPOSESEEK A GREATER PURPOSE
PRAYER: reveals His purposes
WHY WE DON’TBelief issues Pride
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The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you .” Psalm 32:8
PrideLack the skillLack a plan Tired/Other Urgencies
HOMEWORK: HOMEWORK:
SEEK A GREATER PURPOSESpend time praying together and then discuss and list the following:
-Marriage/Family Purpose Statement
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-Marriage/Family Purpose Statement-Marriage/Family Passage-Values (3-7)-Passions (holy discontent/life giving)-Dreams-Goals (short term/long term)
Bonus: In the next 6 weeks, write a note of recommitment