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Couples Building Rock Solid Marriages Cherry Hills Community Church

Couples Building Rock Solid Marriages Cherry Hills Community Church. Trademarks March 6, 2011. Trademarks reflect:. Confidence Quality Authenticity Reliability Known behavior Predictability Protection for the trademark holder. People have trademarks, too. Outspoken Conviction

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Couples Building Rock Solid Marriages Cherry Hills Community Church

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  1. Couples Building Rock Solid MarriagesCherry Hills Community Church Trademarks March 6, 2011

  2. Trademarks reflect: • Confidence • Quality • Authenticity • Reliability • Known behavior • Predictability • Protection for the trademark holder

  3. People have trademarks, too • Outspoken • Conviction • Passion • Integrity • Never boring • Hard workers • Authentic--what you see is what you get

  4. US Currency • Increases and decreases in value • Benchmark for most countries’ currency • Carries the full faith of the USG • Inflation and deflation • Monetary system • Economy and market base support

  5. Real are Authentic, Sincere, Solid, Reliable Or, Bogus & Counterfeit

  6. Counterfeit • In 1800’s, individual banks printed money • Counterfeit was rampant • 1863 National currency created • Counterfeit was rampant • July 5, 1865, United Stares Secret Service was formed to combat counterfeit (Treasury) • 1901 Assassination of McKinley (Treasury and DHS) • Average Agent detection time is seconds (test)

  7. Counterfeit

  8. Dollar coins Quarter Sacagawea

  9. At your tables Meet and greet Open the envelope List the anti-counterfeit methods

  10. Anti-counterfeit

  11. What are the characteristics of counterfeit people? Impure heart, manipulative motive Ungrounded, low integrity Inconsistent, hypocritical, insincere Lack of Walk---fruit, gifts, service As compared to: 1Tim1:5 1Peter1:22-23 2Tim1:7

  12. At your tables • What are the characteristics of authenticcouples (Tables 1,2,3,4), to each other and to others? • What are the characteristics of unauthenticcouples (Tables 5,6,7,8,9), to each other and to others?

  13. The Difference between Counterfeit / Authentic • Focused on the failures of others / Focused on own need for development • Critical, fault-finding / Can forgive much in light of how much they have been forgiven • Look down on others / Esteem others better than themselves • Must be right / Can yield their right to be right • Desire service / Desire to serve others • Self-advancing / Promotes others • Wounded when others are promoted / Lifts others up

  14. The Difference between Counterfeit / Authentic • Keep others at arms length / Risks getting closer and being known intimately • Defensive when criticized / More and more open to civil suggestions • Overly concerned with reputation and being seen as solid / Concerned with being real, and less concerned about what others think and more about what God knows • Find it hard to simply share faith / Willing to be transparent when God opens the door • Wait for the other for forgiveness / Initiates the discussion • Doesn’t need revival, but sure you do / Sense the need for a fresh encounter with God

  15. Write a 6-word story of your marriage’s authenticity • Three blind mice. One happy cat. • He’s right! She’s right! None tonight! • Atheist. Struck by lightning twice. Baptist. • Finding Nemo. Grilling Nemo. Eating Nemo. • Found pig. Applied lipstick. Still pig. • Clear. No fog. Easy to trust.

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