HOW TO STICK TOGETHER WHEN YOU’RE STUCK TOGETHER God’s Way to Restore Your Relationship May 14/15, 2020
THE PROBLEM – WE ARE ALL BROKEN
“In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.” 1 Peter 5:10
“Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.” Romans 12:18
“Your strong love for each other will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:35
THE SOLUTION – HUMBLY FOLLOW GOD’S WAY, NO MATTER WHAT CULTURE DICTATES
Now that you have taken care to purify your souls through your submission to the truth, you can experience real love for each other. So love each other deeply from a pure heart. You have been reborn... 1 Peter 1:22-23a
GOD’S PRINCIPLES:
“…male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27
“Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.”
Ephesians 5:33
“Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for it.” Ephesians 5:25
“Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children…” Titus 2:3-4
“Now that you have taken care to purify your souls through your submission to the truth, you can experience real love for each other. So love each other deeply from a pure heart. You have been reborn.” 1 Peter 1:22-23a
AS WE SUBMIT TO THE TRUTH OF SCRIPTURE OVER THE DICTATES OF CULTURE, WE WILL EXPERIENCE GIVING AND RECEIVING OF DEEP LOVE!
GOD’S WAY TO SHOW YOUR MAN LOVE
“The wife must see to it that she respects her husband.” Ephesians 5:33
“If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.” 1 Corinthians 14:11
Men are looking and listening for respect
Give unconditional respect
Carefully choose my words, tone of voice, and facial expressions
GOD’S WAY TO SHOW YOUR WOMAN LOVE
Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for it.” Ephesians 5:25
“Live with your wives in an understanding way...”1 Peter 3:7
Don’t try to fix it, just listen
Pay total attention
Connect through conversation
“The heart of the wise instructs his mouth.” Proverbs 16:23
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