Marriage for Lovers & Aspirers
Fundamental
Attitudes for a Lasting Relationship
April 7, 2013
Memory
Verse: Romans 15:7 (NIV) 7 Accept
one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to
God.
TEXT: Ephesians 5:22–33
1. Have a Solid
Spiritual Conviction about the Place of God in your marriage.
Matthew 6:33; Psalm
127:1; Mark 10:9
“A magnificent marriage begins not with
knowing one another but with knowing God. In him we have the foundation and
resources necessary to love one another.”-- Gary and Betsy Ricucci
“Knowing God gives us
the creativity to be romantic; it gives us the grace to lead and follow. Faith
toward God sustains, instructs and motivates us.”-- Gary and Betsy
Ricucci
“I have never been
given to envy, save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the
ability to make a marriage work and endure happily. It’s an art I have never
seemed to master. My record? Five marriages, five divorces. In short--five failures.”-- Billionaire J. Paul
Getty
Matthew 5:32; Malachi
2:16
2. Be Confident in God’s
Sustenance of your marriage.
Philippians 1:6; Numbers
23:19; Deuteronomy 31:6; Genesis 2:18; Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18; 1 Peter
3:1; Ephesians 5:23; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Joshua 24:15; 1 Timothy 5:8; Ephesians
5:23–25; Ephesians 5:28–29; Colossians 3:19; John 15:13;1 John 3:16–18; 1 John
4:21; Ephesians 5:26–27; Romans 15:7
“If the husband makes Christ’s love
for the church the pattern for loving his wife, then he will love her
sacrificially “--
Warren W. Wiersbe
“In the marriage ceremony, the
husband is set apart to belong to the wife, and the wife is set apart to belong
to the husband. Any interference with this God-given arrangement is sin.” -- Warren Wiersbe
3. Be committed to
everything that makes the relationship to thrive
Hebrews 13:4; Amos
3:3; Genesis 2:24
CONCLUSION: Jude 24
