LET’S TALK FAMILY – LET’S TALK MARRIAGE

Give honor to marriage and remain faithful to one another in marriage.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage matters because God it, and if God designed marriage, then He gets to it.

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted.

Psalm 127:1

BIBLICAL MARRIAGE

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This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

Genesis 2:24

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“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’” And he said, “‘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.”

Matthew 19:4-6

Marriage is a lifelong designed by between one and one , joining them together as for His purposes and His glory.

The can recognize.

can have opinions.

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BIBLICAL TRUTH: We don’t change God’s to fit our . We change our to align with God’s .

Knowing God’s for marriage and actually God’s design for marriage are two very different things.

HOW DOES JESUS SHAPE OUR MARRIAGE?

And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her.

Ephesians 5:21-25

1. Following Jesus teaches us to .

If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.

Luke 9:23

Marriage doesn’t selfishness. Marriage selfishness.

Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her…

Ephesians 5:25

Great marriages aren’t built through nearly as much as repeated over time.

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others…

Mark 10:45

KEY TRUTH: You cannot love like  while insisting on living for .

In a marriage shaped by Jesus, somebody has to be willing to .

Go  in apologizing.

Go  in listening.

Go  in showing appreciation.

Go  in making time.

Go  in serving.

         2. Following Jesus teaches us to.

Make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Colossians 3:13

Forgiveness means we refuse to use as in present

         3. Following Jesus changes how we .

You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

James 1:19-20

Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

Ephesians 4:29

HOW DO PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW JESUS FIGHT DIFFERENTLY?

Attack the , not the .

Seek to  before demanding to be .

Lower your  before raising your .

The goal isn’t to the argument. The goal is to protect the relationship while working through the .

FINAL TRUTH: A marriage shaped by Jesus displays the .

This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.

Ephesians 5:31-32

The  doesn’t just save us. The  shows us how to .

Is the way I  becoming more like the way  loves me?