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Relationships Under Stress March 20 Think About It … What do you think? Why? We all go through good and bad times … ? Today we look at what Peter says about  how to keep healthy relationships in all  situations Hard times pull people apart. Hard times bind people together. Listen for how Christianity is a “counter culture.” 1 Peter 2:11-12 (NIV) Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. [12] Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. Conduct among Unbelievers How does Peter describe Christians as being different from unbelievers? Why, then, should believers keep away from sinful desires? How do these fleshly or sinful desires war against believers? Conduct among Unbelievers How does knowing heaven is your real home (and you reside temporarily on earth) make temptations easier to resist? How might it make temptations harder to resist? According to Peter, why is it important for believers to live good lives? What does it mean to live a “good life”? Conduct among Unbelievers Why do we need encouragement to live good lives among non-Christians? What kinds of good deeds would non-Christians see and take note? Listen for reciprocal attitudes spouses should have. 1 Peter 3:1-7 (NIV) Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, [2] when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. [3] Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Listen for reciprocal attitudes spouses should have. [4] Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in Gods sight. [5] For this is the way the holy women