1. When Love Goes Wrong

2. Textbook Read page 100 “Evaluating our Relationships”
Make sure you also look at the table “Signs of Love” on pages 104 – 105.

3. Prayer Journal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNYA4pAGjI
Concrete Angel – Martina McBride
What is this song about?

4. Types of Abuse
Psychological: Encompasses various tactics to undermine an individual’s self-confidence such as yelling, insults, threats, humiliation, and deliberate denial of emotional care or isolation.
Physical: The most obvious, ranges from pushing and shoving to hitting, beating, physical abuse with a weapon, torture, mutilation and murder.
Sexual: Any form of non-consensual sexual activity. Ranging from harassment, unwanted touching, to rape.

5. Types of Abuse
Financial: Encompasses various tactics for total or partial control of an individual’s finances, inheritance or employment income. It may include denying access to one’s own financial records and knowledge about personal investments, income or debt, or preventing a partner to take employment outside the home.
Spiritual: Works to destroy an individual’s culture or religious beliefs through ridicule or punishment, forcing someone to practice a religion, or adopt another one.

6. The Cycle of Abuse Tension-building stage:
Insults and other verbal attacks; minor abusive situations; victim tries to be compliant, "walks on eggshells" and feels helpless; atmosphere becomes increasingly more oppressive.

7. The Cycle of Abuse Violent episode:
Built-up tensions erupt into incidents ranging from severe verbal/emotional abuse to physical/sexual assault and can last from a few minutes to a few days, depending on the relationship. It is during this time that a woman is most likely to be seriously injured or killed by her partner.

8. The Cycle of Abuse Honeymoon stage:
Following a violent episode the abuser is usually contrite and attentive; the victim once again recognises the person she first fell in love with and may be inclined to believe his promises to change.
After this honeymoon stage, it will then start to transform back into the tension-building stage once again and so the cycle continues.

9. Textbooks Page 100 – “Does Love Accept Abuse?”
Answer the reflection questions.
Page 102 – “Blessed are the Peacemakers.”
Page 101 – “I wish that I could help them see.”
Write a paragraph in your prayer journal describing how this passage makes you feel.