Healthy Relationships Workbook
For Singles & Couples
by Dr. David Eckman
This workbook develops the essential concepts and skills behind healthy relationships. Starting out with the most basic information on what it means to be human, it goes on to teach how to be relationally effective as a male or a female. Many people have used this workbook with great value as a private or small group study, or as a follow-up to our seminars.
The workbook is unusual in that it develops biblical passages as a means to illuminate our humanity, and God’s intention that couples and singles learn how to become part of interdependent relationships.
Healthy Relationships contains 6 chapters with 5 readings in each chapter. It can be used over a 6 week period, or for more in depth study it can be used over a 30 week period using one reading per week.
Chapter Outline
CHAPTER 1 Humanity's Creation
Explore what it means to be human. See how God created the world and the great purpose He gave humanity as the pinnacle of His creation. Look at God’s original intent for man and woman. Examine how He intended woman and man to work together as an interdependent team, as “one flesh”.CHAPTER 2 The Teams’ Failure
See the challenge that God allowed to come upon this interdependent team. With that challenge, the team failed. In their failure are many valuable lessons for us to learn. The greatest lesson is that God should be trusted.CHAPTER 3 Ineffective Communication Patterns
In Genesis 3 and in life, four negative miscommunication patterns appear again and again: blaming, placating, rationalizing, and distracting. They are responses to powerful emotions within.CHAPTER 4 Healthy Communication
Discover that effective communication describes what is going on inside of us, and that it is shared for the other person’s benefit. It is balanced by our own sympathetic listening to the other person.CHAPTER 5 What Is Headship?
Discover that the New Testament teaching of the Headship of the male in marriage relationships is a powerful extension of the Old Testament teaching that the wife is the great helper, or Azer, like unto God.CHAPTER 6 The Art of Forgiveness
In human relationships forgiveness is a necessity to sustain a friendship with a spouse or any other friend. This forgiveness is not only important relationally, it is important to God.
Be sure to get the Healthy Relationships: Leader’s Guide. This guide is available free for group leaders if you purchase the workbooks for your group. Add to your cart with the workbooks.
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