Topic What Damages Relationships Flashcards
Relationships suffer for ____ primary reasons; if we _______ in doing things that _______ relationships, and second if we ______ to do things that are _______ to keep relationships alive and well
Two
Persist, Hurt
Fail, Necessary
We must be ready and prepared to ______ wrong thinking, ______ negative habits, and ________ poor skills so as to achieve Relational _________.
Replace
Change
Improve
Progress
….. Yet it is ______ _______ we must also be open to both ___-learn and ____-learn.
Not, Enough
Un, Re
_______ behavior, attitudes and words are ________ that cause relationships to __________ and overflow (Luke 6:38) while __________ behavior, attitudes and words are __________.
Positive, Deposits
prospure
Negative
withdrawals
Relationships can also be compared to _________: they grow according to the _______ of _______ sown, and according to the _______ the plant and _______ regurlaly receives.
Garden
Kind, Seeds
care, Soil
Things that wound love
2. __________ puts another person at a _________.
Withdrawal
Distance
_________ is being a ‘________’ without any intent or concern to give in return
Ingratitude, Taker
Things that wound love
5. Meanness (_______) is being _________ rude, petty and spiteful in thoughts, words or actions.
Malice, deliberately
Cruelty can be ________ violence, or it can be psychological/ _________ abuse, which is just as ___________.
Physical
Emotional
Devastating
Cruelty is destructive and as believers, it is _________ __________ - PERIOD!
Totally
Unacceptable
Betrayal
It acts knowingly, willfully and/or secretly for some type of ______ ______
Personal, Gain
Moral weakness undermines trust because trust requires a person to be able to ______ _____ under _______, in _______ and/or against _________.
Stand, Up
Pressure, Temptation
Opposition
_______ of ________ self confidence, especially in those who lead and are authority figures, creates ______ in the follower.
Lack, Healthy
Insecurities
_________ in our short-comings, or ________ _________ failure.
Complacency
Repetitive, Needless
We lose respect even further when we try to ‘________ the buck’ or ________ others.
Pass, Blame
Self __________ or self-________ causes us to be _________ on our selves. By it, we take _________ of others so as to ________ discomfort, hardship or work
Indulgence, Pity
Softer, Advantage
Avoid
Respect (honour) always ________ and ________ the other person up; it _______ tears them ________ put-downs by parents or their children……
Protects, Builds
Never, Down
Sometimes disreepct and dishonor is ________ and up front, other times it is deliberate but _________: it can be ________
Deliberate
Underhanded, unconscious
The first common barrier to understanding is a _______ of, or _______ communication
Lack, Inadiquate
_________ or insecurity - we may be convinced we have nothing of value to share……
Inferiority
A ________ view of the other person - often based on our _______ perspective - such as an incorrect impression….
Faulty
Flawed
These conditions cause two basic behavior patterns - _______ or _______
Fight, Flight
The ________ always begins with the frank _________ of our failure.
Solution
Admission
That must be followed by a _______ to do all we can do _______ it.
Readiness
Correct
