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QUESTION? How Do We Remove As Many Stressors As Possible From Our Relationships?

There Are Times In A Relationship When We Need To Change
Ephesians 4:25-32

5 Questions You Need To Ask If You Are Experiencing Stress In Your Relationships

1. Am I Being Honest In This Relationship?
   25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
2. Am I Harboring Anger From the Past?
   26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil.
3. Am I Focused On What I Can Get or What I Can Give?
   28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
4. Am I Looking For Opportunities To Build Up (Speak Grace)?
   29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
5. Am I Dealing With This Relationship In My Own Strength?
   31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

There Are Times When a Relationship Needs To Change
Romans 12:8 “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.”

3 Steps to Take When Your Relationship Needs to Change:

1. Step Up
   Matthew 18:15-17
2. Step Back
3. Step Away