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I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. Kurt Cobain
Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution?
“Only three other guys have compared to you.” Sinead O’Connor
Personal experience?Celebrity culture?
Statistics?
Personal experience?Celebrity culture?
Statistics?Bible?
Jay See“Marriage is becoming
obsolete. The only people getting married in the future
will be religious freaks.”
God, the best maker of all marriages, combine your hearts in one.Shakespeare, Henry V.
HighYet
Honest
Gen 2:18It is not good for man to be
alone.
Gen 2:18It is not good for man to be
alone.
1 Cor 7:1It is good for a man not to
marry.
Eph 5:31-32Marriage is a profound
mystery. I am talking about Christ and the Church.
Eph 5:31-32Marriage is a profound
mystery. I am talking about Christ and the Church.
You can only understand marriage by
understanding the Gospel.
Mt 26:28This is the blood of the
covenant, poured out for the forgiveness of sins.
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Mt 19:6 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and
the two shall become one flesh. What God has joined, let
no one separate.”
Jn 6:37Whoever comes to me I will
never drive away.
2 Tim 2:13If we are faithless, He will
remain faithful.
Perseverance
PerseveranceForgiveness
PerseveranceForgiveness
Character
PerseveranceForgiveness
CharacterLove the unlovable
PerseveranceForgiveness
CharacterLove the unlovable
Christ-follower
Position
PositionStrengthen
PositionStrengthen
Defend
Heb 8:10-12This is the covenant I will
make with Israel: I will forgive and remember their sins no
more.
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Jn 15:14I no longer call you servants
but friends.
Gen 2:18 Then God said, “It is not
good for man to be…….”
Gen 2:18 Then God said, “It is not
good for man to beALONE”
SoS 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself. He is altogether
lovely. This is my love, this is my friend.
Loyal
LoyalVulnerable and honest
LoyalVulnerable and honest
Understands you
LoyalVulnerable and honest
Understands youFun
LoyalVulnerable and honest
Understands youFun
Christ-follower
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2 Cor 5:20 We are Christ’s Ambassadors; God is
making His appeal through us.
Eph 5:22,25 Husbands love your wives like Christ loves the Church. Wives submit to
your husbands as to the Lord.
Mal 2:15 Has not the Lord made them one? And why
one? Because he is seeking godly offspring. So do not break faith with the wife of
your youth.
Kids?
Kids?Headship & submission?
Kids?Headship & submission?
Missional Living?
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