A toxic relationship is one that makes you feel unsupported, misunderstood, demeaned, or attacked. On a basic level, any relationship that makes you feel worse rather than better can become toxic over time. These relationships are unhealthy physically and mentally to not only those in it but to those close to it. 

Relationships should be reciprocal. You should be able to receive the love, affection, and support that is given. If this is not being done, reevaluate.

                                                                          1 Corinthians 13: 4-8

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.“

Key Takeaways:

• It's Imperative to know God as a father.
• Love does not hurt.
• Trust in God's love for you.
• God convicts. He does not condemn.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:00] Intro
• [00:20] Welcome
• [00:55] Podcast begins
• [01:15] Alexis's bio
• [03:00] Alexis desire to help others
• [04:40] Alexis's Story
• [06:35] How can a toxic relationship start
• [08:55] Alexis hears the voice of God
• [16:00] Raising children in a toxic home
• [17:25] Defining your own idea of success
• [22:21] The bondage of guilt and shame
• [24:10] Forgiving yourself
• [25:45] Holding yourself accountable
• [26:45] Do not project past anger to future relationships
• [30:00] Trusting that God wants what's best for you
• [31:00] We all have value
• [33:20] Rapid Fire Questions
• [35:18]Prayer
• [38:53] Outro/Thanks

Quotes:

• "We all have value".
• "Once I started looking at God as a father, I stopped looking at a man to fill what my natural father could not."

Resources Mentioned:

"Victory in Spiritual Warfare" by Tony Evans

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