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Our Advocate

John 15:26 (NLT)
“But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.

Paul's views on marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 (NLT)
Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.

Adultery

Romans 7:1-3 (NLT)
Now, dear brothers and sisters—you who are familiar with the law—don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living?

Divorce

Mark 10:1-12 (NLT)
Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River. Once again crowds gathered around him, and as usual he was teaching them.

Divorce

Matthew 5:31-32 (NLT)
“You have heard the law that says, ‘A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce.’

Children

Jeremiah 29:6 (NLT)
Marry and have children. Then find spouses for them so that you may have many grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away!

Live happily with your wofe

Ecclesiastes 9:9 (NLT)
Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.

The Amazing Wife

Proverbs 31:10-31 (NLT)
Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.

Wife is a blessing

Proverbs 18:22 (NLT)
The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the LORD.

Wife a fountain of blessing

Proverbs 5:18 (NLT)
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Not good to be alone

Genesis 2:18-25 (NLT)
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

Royal decree to receive respect

Esther 1:20-22 (NLT)
When this decree is published throughout the king’s vast empire, husbands everywhere, whatever their rank, will receive proper respect from their wives!”

The steadfast love of the Lord for me

Lamentations 3:22-25 (ESV)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

Do not be overwhelmed. He is with me.

Isaiah 41:9-10 (ESV)
you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off";

He has a plan for me

Jeremiah 29:11-12 (ESV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

The Spirit is With Me

John 14:16-18 (ESV)
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

He is with me

Isaiah 43:1-2 (ESV)
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

Anxiety, God's love and foolish anxiety

Matthew 6:26-29 (ESV)
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Faith and Anxiety

Jeremiah 17:7-8 (ESV)
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

The burdens carried by Him

Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV)
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Focus on today and seeking His Kingdom

Matthew 6:33-34 (ESV)
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Anxiety, faith and the focus of our hearts

Matthew 6:30-33 (ESV)
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Even when I slip the Lord holds me up - it's not all on me

Psalm 94:17-19 (ESV)
If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

Psalm 94:22 (ESV)
But the Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.

Trust in Him reduces anxiety

Psalm 62:5-8 (ESV)
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

Natural response to His love

Revelation 4:9-11 (ESV)
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,