PILLAR TALK Part 2: How To Pursue Your Spouse

Genesis 2:24-25
That is why a man
1. Leaves his father and mother and
2. is united to his wife,
3. and they become one flesh.
Adam and his wife were both
4. naked, and they felt no shame.
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1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply…

Genesis 2:24-25
That is why a man
1. Leaves his father and mother and
2. is united to his wife,
3. and they become one flesh.
Adam and his wife were both
4. naked, and they felt no shame.

United – (daw-bak’) to pursue closely

Marriage never works for selfish people

1 Corinthians 13:5
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking…

1 Corinthians 13:4
…it does not boast, it is not proud.

Mark 10:42-43
Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Melissa’s Triangle

Pillar 2:
Pursue your Spouse by Pursing God

Luke 12:37
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

1 Corinthians 7:3-4
The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.

Philippians 2:2-4
…make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Don’t keep score Matthew 6:1
Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.