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Covenant R elationships

Covenant R elationships. Christ-Like Love Be With Me Read “One Fishtail too many” together on Page 70. Covenant relationship. A relationship based on a covenant is different in many ways from “popular love” Covenant love is: Self-sacrificing Faithful Respectful in all situations

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Covenant R elationships

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  1. Covenant Relationships

  2. Christ-Like Love Be With Me Read “One Fishtail too many” together on Page 70

  3. Covenant relationship A relationship based on a covenant is different in many ways from “popular love” Covenant love is: • Self-sacrificing • Faithful • Respectful in all situations • Committed • Unconditional • Generous (while expecting nothing in return) • Equal

  4. Covenants • A covenant is a sacred agreement between 2 people or groups of people. • Each person or group promises to do something special for the other. • The relationship is made official with a special action or symbol. Some symbols are a handshake or a ring. • Some people have mistaken a covenant for a contract. • A covenant is different than a contract.

  5. Examples: Baptism: • you are welcomed into the life of Christ and you begin a faith journey with the Christian community towards God. • You are given a baptismal certificate to commemorate this event. Sometimes you will also receive a baptismal candle. Confirmation: • when you become an adult in the Church, you are re-stating your baptismal promise. • Often people will adopt a new name (usually after a saint). This new name represents your renewed covenant with God. Marriage: • A marriage between a woman and a man is an example of a covenant relationship. Each promises to love and to be faithful to the relationship. • The symbol for this covenant is a wedding ring.  

  6. A covenant is anagreementbetweenGodandhispeopleinwhichGodmakescertainpromisesandrequirescertainbehaviorfromtheminreturn. A covenant is also a solemn agreement (sometimes involving signatures) between two or more people. • Name three examples of a covenant between people or groups of people • When and why might people make a covenant with God?   • Under what circumstance(s) do people make a covenant with God and people at the same time?

  7. In Scriptures, several people and groups of people make covenants with God. Read the following passages and explain, in your own words: • how, when and why the people in the story make covenants with God • the results of the covenant • the mark or symbol of the covenant Moses – Exodus 19: 3-6, 24: 1-8 Noah – Genesis 6, 9: 8-18 Abraham and Sarah – Genesis 17: 1-27 Mary – Luke 1

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