This document discusses the biblical view of marriage. It argues that marriage was instituted by God as a lifelong, monogamous relationship between one man and one woman. The document outlines God's original design and purpose for marriage according to scripture. It also acknowledges that marriage has been imperfect since the fall of man but that the church should still uphold God's standard while ministering to those in difficult situations.
A happy wife makes a happy life.
Marriage is a give and give and give and give, sing it with me, relationship.
A successful, godly marriage is not based upon the issue as long as both shall live but as long as both shall give.
Marriage is empowered by the grace of God and sustained by the love of God.
Marriage is probably one of the greatest opportunities to experience the goodness and grace of God in your own personal life and to experience love for each other.
Financial Freedom: Based on Crown Ministries materialsVector Consultants
In the Bible, Jesus had more to say about money than about heaven and hell. Nearly half of Jesus' parables are about possessions. There are over 23,250 scripture references.
A happy wife makes a happy life.
Marriage is a give and give and give and give, sing it with me, relationship.
A successful, godly marriage is not based upon the issue as long as both shall live but as long as both shall give.
Marriage is empowered by the grace of God and sustained by the love of God.
Marriage is probably one of the greatest opportunities to experience the goodness and grace of God in your own personal life and to experience love for each other.
Financial Freedom: Based on Crown Ministries materialsVector Consultants
In the Bible, Jesus had more to say about money than about heaven and hell. Nearly half of Jesus' parables are about possessions. There are over 23,250 scripture references.
We know the dictionary definition of worship (a feeling, or devotion to a deity), and we have read John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth"; but, what does the Bible teach us about the subject of worship? This is a series of lessons that gets to the heart of worship and what it really means for Christians.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Serving God By Serving Others" sermon at New Life Christian Church in November 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Relationships 101 Biblical Courtship and Marriagecebrooks50
These slides contain a brief introduction to biblical courtship. But be warned. What you are about to see may sound archaic, outdated, old-fashioned, ancient and very technical. Much of what Pastor Chuck Brooks is going to share is from a culture that has gone extinct in the United States but, be assured, the principals of courtship are found in God’s timeless and Holy Word. In its day biblical courtship kept many boys and girls from being sexually active before the age of 18. It kept millions of teenagers from getting pregnant annually. It kept pregnancies from ending in abortion. It kept many of our young women from becoming the victims of “date-rape.” Let’s revisit Relationships 101 from the biblical text.
The fruit of the spirit is joy. Paul’s letter tto the Philippians teaches us that real joy is not dependent on our circumstances, but on being in a right relationship with our Lord Jesus and with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
This is a collection of my Sunday preaching sermon, you may open and see this Power point presentation by clicking the above title. Our Labor in the Lord is not In Vain. God bless — at Panabo City Ibcp Gredu.
What do you hope for? Do you hope for a new job? A new relationship? A new adventure in life? A new smartphone? But first let me ask you this question, what is hope?
Hope looks at the future. You are hoping because there is something to look forward to. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Singles individual might hope in their work to achieve their goals and dream. Or they might hope for a relationship where they would receive the love they need. These can be the wrong anchors or sources of our hope.
Hebrews 12:2 says keep your eyes on Jesus who perfects our faith. It is actually also saying that we are to hope in God. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Wherever there is full assurance of hope, there is faith. Faith is the full assurance of hope. Hope is part of Faith. Therefore, in Hebrews 12 God is the one who initiates, He is the author or source of our faith and He is the one who is the source of our hope. He is the one we are to hope for because he will be one who will make what we hope for come into a reality. Look at what Romans 15:13 says also.
Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
God of hope means God is the source of hope. I like how its translated in the NLT version, it says this: “God, the source of hope, will.” Hope here in Greek is elpis meaning expectation, trust, confidence and expectation of what is sure or certain. We can now relate this to God the source of hope as God our source of confidence as we expect something to be sure or certain
That’s why I would like to define hope as CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE ANCHORED ON GOD WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Great Expectations because God can do more than what we could think of our imagine and because we expect it to actually happen. As one famous preacher said, biblical hope is just not a desire but it expects it to happen
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
This presentation covers having to live in what you have built with regard to your home environment and God's desire to see "his way" preserved through the unified actions of husband and wife as they "construct" the home by God's plan.
We know the dictionary definition of worship (a feeling, or devotion to a deity), and we have read John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth"; but, what does the Bible teach us about the subject of worship? This is a series of lessons that gets to the heart of worship and what it really means for Christians.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Serving God By Serving Others" sermon at New Life Christian Church in November 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Relationships 101 Biblical Courtship and Marriagecebrooks50
These slides contain a brief introduction to biblical courtship. But be warned. What you are about to see may sound archaic, outdated, old-fashioned, ancient and very technical. Much of what Pastor Chuck Brooks is going to share is from a culture that has gone extinct in the United States but, be assured, the principals of courtship are found in God’s timeless and Holy Word. In its day biblical courtship kept many boys and girls from being sexually active before the age of 18. It kept millions of teenagers from getting pregnant annually. It kept pregnancies from ending in abortion. It kept many of our young women from becoming the victims of “date-rape.” Let’s revisit Relationships 101 from the biblical text.
The fruit of the spirit is joy. Paul’s letter tto the Philippians teaches us that real joy is not dependent on our circumstances, but on being in a right relationship with our Lord Jesus and with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
This is a collection of my Sunday preaching sermon, you may open and see this Power point presentation by clicking the above title. Our Labor in the Lord is not In Vain. God bless — at Panabo City Ibcp Gredu.
What do you hope for? Do you hope for a new job? A new relationship? A new adventure in life? A new smartphone? But first let me ask you this question, what is hope?
Hope looks at the future. You are hoping because there is something to look forward to. Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Singles individual might hope in their work to achieve their goals and dream. Or they might hope for a relationship where they would receive the love they need. These can be the wrong anchors or sources of our hope.
Hebrews 12:2 says keep your eyes on Jesus who perfects our faith. It is actually also saying that we are to hope in God. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Wherever there is full assurance of hope, there is faith. Faith is the full assurance of hope. Hope is part of Faith. Therefore, in Hebrews 12 God is the one who initiates, He is the author or source of our faith and He is the one who is the source of our hope. He is the one we are to hope for because he will be one who will make what we hope for come into a reality. Look at what Romans 15:13 says also.
Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
God of hope means God is the source of hope. I like how its translated in the NLT version, it says this: “God, the source of hope, will.” Hope here in Greek is elpis meaning expectation, trust, confidence and expectation of what is sure or certain. We can now relate this to God the source of hope as God our source of confidence as we expect something to be sure or certain
That’s why I would like to define hope as CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE ANCHORED ON GOD WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Great Expectations because God can do more than what we could think of our imagine and because we expect it to actually happen. As one famous preacher said, biblical hope is just not a desire but it expects it to happen
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
This presentation covers having to live in what you have built with regard to your home environment and God's desire to see "his way" preserved through the unified actions of husband and wife as they "construct" the home by God's plan.
is a holy sacrament, officiated by a priest, of uniting a man to a woman. Through this holy sacrament, the man and woman become one, for as the Lord Jesus said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh. So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate” (Matthew 19:5,6).
Change never seems natural. We naturally repel it and often want to retreat back into our comfort zone. There is all the resistance to change. When then there is a crisis you must equip yourself for change or be overcome by the change. Every man must prepare himself to handle crisis.
You Must Make Important Changes in Your LifeKIGUME Karuri
Making important changes in your life can be stressful but if done for the right reasons, it will be very rewarding once completed. By making some adjustments here and there, you can move closer toward your goals in life with greater passion and confidence.
Assumptions Can Easily Drain Your MarriageKIGUME Karuri
Assumptions are dangerous and we must work on how we can avoid making assumptions. Assumptions rob us of living well. Assumptions set us up for confrontations, and then we blame each other for the confrontations.
What lessons have we learnt from the pandemic? We need to adjust in such a way as to get our feet back on track. There is always hope. Never give up. There are many things we were doing that were draining our resources and not adding value to our lives. Make an about turn and seek to look for opportunities that will change your life and those that are close to you. You are important and that you will make it. The key word is ADJUST.
The root of our struggles is found in the struggle with an over-estimation of ourselves. It’s pride.
The Bible says that “Pride only breeds quarrels” (Proverbs 13:10a). If pride is left unchecked, it can eventually lead to an absolute loss of intimacy, communication, and connection between a husband and wife.
Marriage is the joining together of a man and a woman in a very special way, and if it is done in the way God designed and planned it, it opens the way for prosperity and blessings both in the natural and in the supernatural or spiritual realm.
Life is full of opportunities and challenges. We can meet these challenges and still live life abundantly. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Tough people who survive do so because they have learnt to reach positively to their predicaments.
If you can nurture a spirit of “we’re in this together and must find our solutions together” as you navigate this crisis, you’ll be greatly strengthened for the journey. If you can view your spouse as vulnerable, fragile, and in need of your love, you’ll grow in empathy toward each other, creating a powerful bridge.
If you are not prioritizing, then you are not thinking ahead of where you currently are and this means that you also probably don’t have a handle on where you are in relation to your overall vision.
Marriage is all about love, kindness, patience and staying grounded. These four things promote a healthy relationship by encouraging understanding, keeping the lines of communication open and making sure both spouses feel loved, understood and supported. This is why you need wisdom in marriage.
You can be the man you ought to be in 2019. Make responsible decisions and actions and stand firm for your family. Be there for your family and take the lead in being the man in 2019.
A long lasting love is just a couple who have made it their goal to go one more day in love and invested the time and effort to pull it off one day at a time.
As much as possible work on minimizing debts in your marriage, I personally advise couples to watch on their spending against their income. There are many items that you don’t need.
The choices you make today not only affect you, but also those around you and your descendants! If your choices are good this is good, but if the choices were bad…you have set up a string of negative events with a myriad of consequences!
Commitment allows us to fulfill our most basic needs and achieve our most sought after dreams. It gives us purpose. It’s never too late to learn how to commit.
2. Introduction
The history of Christianity
contains divergent views and
interpretations regarding the
subject of marriage and divorce.
Many sincere
theologians, counselors, and
ministers have agonized
laboriously over this subject, yet
have been unable to come to a
3. Value systems constantly seem to
change and divorce runs rampant,
even in the church.
4. The scripture is clear as to God’s
original design for marriage: i.e. that a
man and a woman be united in a
monogamous life-long relationship.
While we recognize that the very
foundation of this divine institution
has been attacked and marred since
man’s fall in the Garden of Eden, it is
still incumbent on us to strive for and
5. However, we also recognize that
we are working from a fallen state
trying to achieve God’s purpose.
We are commissioned to minister
to all without prejudice. As such
then, the church must continue to
uphold this principle, yet accept
the challenge of ministering God’s
grace in a fallen world.
6. Preparation for marriage continues
to be one of our weakest areas of
training and expertise.
And, perhaps preserving of
marriages ranks behind this.
Therefore, we must aggressively
pursue training that will help our
ministers better prepare people for
marriage and will assist in saving a
7. In the same manner as Jesus, we
must be prepared to accept and
minister love to those who have
suffered the trauma and rejection
of a broken marriage. While we
understand that this is a very
complex issue, we also
understand that God is sovereign
and that He is the final judge.
8. We will have to leave some things
to His sovereignty. We must also
be prepared to expand our
understanding of God, as we
watch Him work in the lives of
people, just as the early Church
did.
9. THE DIVINE DESIGN OF
MARRIAGE
From the beginning of
creation, marriage was in the mind
of our Creator who purposed by
His own design that “aloneness”
was not good for the relational
creature He called “mankind”
(Genesis 2:18; 1:27–31).
10. Contrary to modern
thinking, marriage is not a human
expediency. God designed
marriage as the foundational
element for all human interaction
and for society as a
community, including
churches, schools, and
governments.
11. Marriage is God’s platform for
creation, maintenance, and
development of family. Genesis
2:24 declares, “For this cause shall
a man leave his father and his
mother and shall cleave to his
wife; and they shall become one
flesh.” God in the Garden of Eden
initiated the institution of marriage.
12. Therefore, it may be defined as the
mystical union between one man
and one woman as indicated by
the above scripture passage. It
involves leaving and
cleaving, both actions that
necessitate decision and
commitment.
13. Marriage was instituted in the
context of creation, making it an
ordinance of faith. God’s purpose
in giving marriage to all mankind
was (1) to compensate the
weakness a man or woman has in
being alone; (2) to establish a
faithful, monogamous
relation, which is essential for the
14. and (3) to create the one-flesh
relationship. The biblical standard
for marriage is a relationship in
which a man and a woman share a
lifetime commitment to each
other, second only to their
commitment to God (Mark 10:5–9;
Matthew 19:4–9).
15. God affirmed this as the principle
of marriage inherent in His
creation. Paul cited this key
principle to show the sinfulness of
sexual relations outside marriage (
Corinthians 6:12–20) and to
emphasize the importance of self-
giving love in marriage (Ephesians
5:28).
16. Genesis 2:24 emphasizes the
oneness of the marriage and the
priority of the bond over all others,
including the relationship of the
couple to their parents. Marriage is
also for companionship (vv. 18–23).
Paul described the kind of mutual
submission that should characterize
the marriage relationship (Ephesians
17. Although the husband is head of
the home, his role is modeled after
the role of Christ as Head of the
church, who “loved the church and
gave Himself for it” (v. 25).
18. Biblical marriage involves three
elements:
The consent of the partners and of
the parents (Genesis 21:21; 34:4–6;
Judges 14:2, 3; Joshua 15:16;
Ephesians 6:1–3; 1 Corinthians 7:37,
38). It should be understood that
there may be circumstances in
which parental consent may be
impossible.
19. The public declaration, which
should include a marriage
covenant/contract, as well as legal
and social customs (Genesis
29:25; 34:12). The legal/contractual
aspect was important and made
the period of betrothal binding.
20. The physical consummation of the
union, which normally follows.
However, sexual intercourse alone
does not constitute a marriage
(Genesis 22:24; Judges 8:30, 31; 2
Samuel 3:7; 5:13; 1 Kings 11:3;
Deuteronomy 22:28, 29; Exodus
22:16, 17).
21. As we can see from the Scripture
(Genesis 2:18–24), marriage was
instituted (established) when man
was in innocence and in an
environment of peaceful or heavenly
bliss, often referred to as “paradise.”
22. In its original state, marriage was
designed to be a monogamous
relationship involving a committed
partnership between a man and a
woman and thereby completing
God’s
creative work, which was
concluded as being
perfect/commendable/good
23. Marriage is a foundational
institution; it is more than
mating.
Marriage has a four-fold purpose:
The Maturation of Personality
Sexual Fulfillment
Reproduction and Nurturing
The Spiritual Enrichment of the
Soul
24. The reason for marriage was to
solve the dilemma of “aloneness”
(Genesis 2:18–25).
Companionship, therefore, is the
essence of marriage in the
simplest sense.
25. Scriptures like Proverbs 2:17 and
Malachi 2:14 are reminders by God
that marriage was a “covenant of
companionship.” Therefore
companionship is a union whereby
one man and one woman enter
into a close relationship and
intimacy, united in
thoughts, goals, efforts, and body.