Gods Design for Marriage

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First sermon in our Sacred Marriage Series based on the book by Gary Thomas

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Me-Marriage : 

Me-Marriage

“Mature-Marriage” : 

“Mature-Marriage”

“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and SUBDUE it”. : 

“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and SUBDUE it”.

Marriage as God Designed… : 

Marriage as God Designed… God’s Design For Marriage Is Not To Make Us Happy, But To Make Us Holy! God’s Design For Marriage Is Not To Benefit Us, But To Empower Us!

TotallyMarried Non-Negotiables: : 

TotallyMarried Non-Negotiables: Marriage Requires a 24/7 Commitment. Marriage Requires a New and Selfless Life. (Gen. 2:20-25)

God Designed Marriage to Please Him! : 

God Designed Marriage to Please Him!

God Designed Marriage to Confront our Needs : 

God Designed Marriage to Confront our Needs 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 (NIV) Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

God Designed Marriage to Confront our Needs… : 

God Designed Marriage to Confront our Needs… You Decide If Marriage will Shape and Empower You. Marriage is “relational exercise” and stress-tests our heart.

Marriage: Signpost Pointing to God : 

Marriage: Signpost Pointing to God Marriage Is Used To Explore And Know God Marriage Is a Daily Reminder Of God In Our Life

Marriage:Pictures Reconciliation : 

Marriage:Pictures Reconciliation Isaiah 62:5 “As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you”

Man Centered vs. God Centered : 

Man Centered vs. God Centered We will maintain our marriage as long as our earthly comforts, desires and expectations are met. We preserve our marriage because it brings glory to God and points a sinful world to a reconciling Creator

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2 Corinthians 5:9 (NIV) So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

Marriage Fulfills the Ministry of Reconciliation : 

Marriage Fulfills the Ministry of Reconciliation

Commitment to Duty if You Want to Survive Lightning Strikes… : 

2 Corinthians 5:9 (NIV) So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. Commitment to Duty if You Want to Survive Lightning Strikes…