Important Words In Your Important Words In Your MarriageMarriage

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GodGod

Many Don’t Have God In Their Many Don’t Have God In Their MarriageMarriage

• We Are Not theWe Are Not the product of of evolution. product of of evolution. • If marriage is seen as a man-made If marriage is seen as a man-made

social.social.• Then man can easily discard it. Then man can easily discard it.

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God ordained marriage. God ordained marriage. Genesis 2:24Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they mother and be joined to his wife, and they

shall become one flesh. shall become one flesh.

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God ordained marriage. God ordained marriage. Matthew 19:4-Matthew 19:4-

66 ..."Have you not ..."Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' "and said, 'For 'made them male and female,' "and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and this reason a man shall leave his father and

mother and be joined to his wife, and the two mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? "So then, they are no shall become one flesh'? "So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."has joined together, let not man separate."

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God Regulates Marriage.God Regulates Marriage.Mark 10:9Mark 10:9

"Therefore what God has joined together, let "Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."not man separate."

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God Must Be Included in Every God Must Be Included in Every MarriageMarriage

• Not just "in the wedding ceremony”. Not just "in the wedding ceremony”. • God tells us how success can be God tells us how success can be

achieved and sustained (Eph. 5:21-33).achieved and sustained (Eph. 5:21-33).

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Thank Thank YouYou

Must Be able To Thank God First.Must Be able To Thank God First.

Luke 17:16Luke 17:16 and fell down on his face at His feet, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. Samaritan.

Thank YouThank You

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Should Be Naturally Thankful.Should Be Naturally Thankful.• Thank God for a godly companion.Thank God for a godly companion.• Don’t take for granted the blessing of Don’t take for granted the blessing of

having a companion.having a companion.• Remember our spouses complete, not Remember our spouses complete, not

deplete us!deplete us!

Thank YouThank You

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I Love I Love YouYou

Couples need to express their love Couples need to express their love for each other.for each other.

1 John 3:16 1 John 3:16

By this we know love, because He laid By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. to lay down our lives for the brethren.

I Love YouI Love You

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Do So While You Have Opportunity.Do So While You Have Opportunity.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.grave where you are going.

I Love YouI Love You

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Love Your Spouse As You Love Love Your Spouse As You Love Yourself.Yourself.

Mark 12:31 Mark 12:31

"And the second, like it, is this: 'You "And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment There is no other commandment greater than these." greater than these."

I Love YouI Love You

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Will You Forgive Will You Forgive Me?Me?

• We choose spouse because of common We choose spouse because of common characteristics.characteristics.

• There will be conflict.There will be conflict.

Will You Forgive Me?Will You Forgive Me?

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God Shows Us How To Deal With God Shows Us How To Deal With Conflict.Conflict.

Don’t Bottle It UpDon’t Bottle It Up

Ephesians 4:26 Ephesians 4:26

"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, the sun go down on your wrath,

Will You Forgive Me?Will You Forgive Me?

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• We choose spouse because of common We choose spouse because of common characteristics.characteristics.

• There will be conflict.There will be conflict.• Ask & Give Forgiveness.Ask & Give Forgiveness.

Will You Forgive Me?Will You Forgive Me?

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Till Death Do Us Till Death Do Us PartPart

God Intends It To Be For Life.God Intends It To Be For Life.

Romans 7:2-3Romans 7:2-3 For the woman who has a husband is bound For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. So then if, while her the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.married another man.

Till Death Do Us PartTill Death Do Us Part

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God Intends It To Be For Life.God Intends It To Be For Life.

Mark 10:9 Mark 10:9

““Therefore what God has joined Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” together, let not man separate.”

Till Death Do Us PartTill Death Do Us Part

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