Happily Ever After: To Have and To Hold!
Proverbs 24:3-4
Proverbs 24:3-4 ESV
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 1:7
Proverbs 1:7 ESV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
A Biblical Perspective of Marriage
1. Holy comes before happy. 2. Marriage is a sacred trust. 3. Marriage requires a lifetime commitment. 4. Marriage is more than a good idea it is God’s idea.
Colossians 1:15-17
Colossians 1:15-17 ESV
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Ephesians 3:14-21 ESV
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
1 Corinthians 13:1-8 ESV
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
Real Love
1. Real love is dependent on the lover not the loved. 2. Real love is consumed with giving not receiving. 3. Real love is a choice supported by commitment. 4. Real love is selfless. 5. Real love is expresses kindness. 6. Real love doesn’t keep score. 7. Real love loves forever.
How Can I exhibit “Real Love” in my marriage?
1. Take every opportunity to tell your spouse “I love You!”
How Can I exhibit “Real Love” in my marriage?
2. Nurture your relationship with Jesus! The more you love Jesus the more you will show real love to your spouse.
How Can I exhibit “Real Love” in my marriage?
3. “Sweat the small stuff”-look for opportunities in small ways show your spouse you love them.