Posts tagged: marriage

Expectations, Intimacy, and Shared Life Purpose # To surface unspoken expectations and ground shared life; emotionally, spiritually, and physically, in service to the Lord and each other. Key Scriptures # 1 Corinthians 7:1–5; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 24:3–4; Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 1 Corinthians 7:1–5 (LEB) 7Now concerning the things about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.” 2 But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband. 3 The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does. 5 Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then you should be together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control. Hebrews…

Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness Purpose # To normalize conflict and equip the couple to handle it with humility, clarity, and grace. Key Scriptures # James 1:19–20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:25–32; Matthew 18:21–35 James 1:19–20 (LEB): 19 Understand this, my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God. Proverbs 15:1 (LEB): A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir anger. Ephesians 4:25–32 (LEB): 25 Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another. 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need. 29 No rotten word must proceed from your mouth, but only something g…

Covenant, Calling, and Friendship Purpose # To establish a biblical vision of marriage that shapes expectations, priorities, and endurance. Key Scriptures # Genesis 2:18–25; Malachi 2:14; Ephesians 5:31–32; Proverbs 18:22 Genesis 2:18-25 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper (עֵ֫זֶר |e-zer) corresponding (נֶ֫גֶד | ne-ged) to him.” 19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found corresponding to him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. 22 Then the Lord God made the rib he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 And the man s…