1) God created marriage because it is not good for man to be alone. God made Eve as a suitable helper for Adam. 2) Marriage is a calling from God to be helpers for one another through both challenging and fulfilling times. 3) As husband and wife, couples should pray together for each other daily, supporting each other's spiritual growth and mission in life.

1. I WANNA GROW OLD WITH YOU
GENESIS 2:18

2. GENESIS 2:18 NIV
Then the LORD God said, "It is
not good for the man to be
alone; I will make him a helper
suitable for him."

3. 1. GOD KNOWS WHAT’S
GOOD FOR YOU.

4. GENESIS 2:18 NIV
It is “not good” for the man
to be alone...

5. 1 Corinthians 7 NIV
8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I
say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as
I do. 9 But if they cannot control themselves,
they should marry, for it is better to marry
than to burn with passion.

6. 1 Corinthians 7 NIV
25 Now about virgins: I have no command
from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one
who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26
Because of the present crisis, I think that it is
good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are
you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be
released. Are you free from such a
commitment? Do not look for a wife.

7. 1 CORINTHIANS 7 NIV
28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;
and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned.
But those who marry will face many troubles
in this life, and I want to spare you this.

8. 1 CORINTHIANS 7 NIV
32 I would like you to be free from concern.
An unmarried man is concerned about the
Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord.
33 But a married man is concerned about
the affairs of this world—how he can please
his wife— 34 and his interests are divided.

9. 1 CORINTHIANS 7 NIV
An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned
about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be
devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.
But a married woman is concerned about
the affairs of this world—how she can please
her husband. 35 I am saying this for your
own good, not to restrict you, but that you
may live in a right way in undivided devoDon
to the Lord.

10. II. MARRIAGE IS A CALL
FROM GOD.

11. GENESIS 2:18 NIV
“I” will make him a helper
suitable for him.

12. III. YOU ARE EACH OTHER’S
HELPER.

13. GENESIS 2:18 NIV
I will make him a “helper”
suitable for him.

14. GENESIS 2:18 KJV
And the LORD God said, It is
not good that the man should
be alone; I will make him an
help meet for him.

15. “HELPER”
To surround, to protect, to aid, to help.
It conveys the idea of someone who assists
another to complete fulfillment. It refers to
someone coming to rescue another.

16. “COUPLE”
copula = tie or connection
ko-ap
ko = "together"
ap = "to take, reach"
To take together.
To reach together. = MISSION

17. “HELPER”
As husband and wife, pray together.
AND
Pray for each other every day.

18. 1 corinthians 13
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not
jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It
does not demand its own way. It is not
irritable, and it keeps no record of being
wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about
injustice but rejoices whenever the truth
wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses
faith, is always hopeful, and endures through

19. Replace “love” with “I”.
I am patient and kind. I am not jealous or
boastful or proud or rude. I do not demand
my own way. I am not irritable, and I keep
no record of being wronged. I do not
rejoice about injustice but I rejoice
whenever the truth wins out. 7 I never give
up, I never lose faith, I am always hopeful,
and I endure through every circumstance.

20. I WANNA GROW OLD WITH YOU
GENESIS 2:18