Are happy endings just for fairytales? Sometimes it can feel that way. Listen to https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) discuss how to know when it's over and how to deal with the ending.

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Outline

0:10 - How to deal with endings

1:55 - Why don't we end things when things need to end?

2:20 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944267.Boundaries (Boundaries) by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

3:15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3.1-8&version=NIV (Ecclesiastes 3.1-8)

4:00 - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/175701-face-reality-as-it-is-not-as-it-was-or (Jack Welch): "Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be"

4:30 - How to let go

5:45 - https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/14529227-necessary-endings---the-employees-businesses-and-relationships-that-al (Necessary Endings) by Dr. Henry Cloud

7:00 - Wishing vs. Hoping

10:10 - Past vs. Future

12:40 - Do they ask for help?

13:40 - How do we know when someone needs to change?

16:10 - Message to singles

17:50 - What's my strategy?

18:40 - The Wise Person

19:00 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+9.9&version=NIV (Proverbs 9.9)

20:00 - The Fool

21:10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+9.8&version=NIV (Proverbs 9.8)

27:35 - The Evil Person

29:40 - Subscribe. Rate. Share.

 

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Scripture

Ecclesiastes 3.1-8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3.1-8&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3.1-8&version=NIV)

Proverbs 9.9: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+9.9&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+9.9&version=NIV)

Proverbs 9.8: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+9.8&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+9.8&version=NIV)

 

References

Jack Welch quotes: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/175701-face-reality-as-it-is-not-as-it-was-or (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/175701-face-reality-as-it-is-not-as-it-was-or)

Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/14529227-necessary-endings---the-employees-businesses-and-relationships-that-al (https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/14529227-necessary-endings---the-employees-businesses-and-relationships-that-al)

 

Resources

Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944267.Boundaries (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944267.Boundaries)

 

Related

Biblical Friendship: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/biblical-friendship-davids-life-in-22-stories-1-sam-20/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/biblical-friendship-davids-life-in-22-stories-1-sam-20/)

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