Finding the One -You Decide

Red Flags – FINDING THE ONE – YOU DECIDE

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

Romans 12:2

“Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.”

Hebrews 13:4

MARRIAGE – THE CULTURAL WAY

1. the right person
2. in love
3. Fix all your hopes and dreams
4. If occurs, repeat steps 1, 2 & 3

MARRIAGE – THE CHRISTIAN WAY

1. the right person
2. in love
3. Fix all your hopes and dreams
4. If occurs, repeat steps 1, 2 & 3

BIBLICAL COMITTMENT IS…

• The on-going descion to to what you said you were going to do long after the has left you.

FIVE ACTIVE DESCIONS (FOR COMITTED CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES)

1. I will decide to you.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy…”

Ephesians 5:25

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”

I John 3:16

“Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.”

Psalm 85:10

1. I will decide to you.

“In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”

Ephesians 5:28,33

1. I will decide to you.

“Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.”

Colossian 3:18-19

“In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.”

I Peter 3:7

“Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.”

Proverbs 31:10

1. I will decide to for you.

“Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love.”

I Corinthians 16:13-14

“But God made them male and female from the beginning of creation. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

Mark 10:6-9

“Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.”

I Corinthians 6:18-20

1. I will decide to with you.

“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

I Corinthians 13:4-7

WHAT’S NEXT:

I’m deciding to commit to increasing my level in ____________________