Five Lies that Ruin Relationships

Building Truth-Based Relationships

10 VIDEO SESSIONS FROM CHIP INGRAM

In this ten-part DVD series centered in the book of James chapters four and five, Chip Ingram defines five of the most common lies that have the potential to ruin relationships with those we love.

This series is also available on an audio CD and as downloadable MP3s (five 50-minute messages).

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Wrong Beliefs Can Ruin Your Relationships

Have you ever looked back over a relationship in your life and wondered how it became so messy or difficult? Often, at the source of our relationship problems are our wrong beliefs.

In this series, together with Chip Ingram, we will be able to ask and answer the question: “Do wrong beliefs produce wrong behavior?” What we think about life determines how we live it, so there is power in knowing and applying God's truth to our relationships. God longs for us to have right relationships, and he longs for intimacy, peace, love and joy to reign in our hearts.

To have these kinds of relationships, we must first identify five common lies we believe. We’ll uncover the source of quarreling, how our words wound, how not to make decisions, and why better things don’t always make things better.

Five Lies That Ruin Relationships includes the following messages:

   Lie #1 - Sensual Pleasure Will Satisfy My Inner Longings For Happiness

   Lie # 2 - If Other People Would Shape Up, My Life Would Work Out

   Lie # 3 - Upwardly Mobile Work Opportunities are Automatically the Will of God

   Lie # 4 - My Significance and Value are Measured By the Quality and Quantity of the Things I Possess

   Lie #5 - The Grass is Greener on the Other Side of the Fence


FIVE LIES THAT RUIN RELATIONSHIPS

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  • Group Starter Kit
    (DVD + 5 Study Guides)
  • Study Guide 5-Pack
  • Personal Study Kit
    (DVD + 1 Study Guide)
  • Study Guide (1)
  • Audio (CD and MP3)
  • Sermon Transcripts
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