Key Scripture:
Genesis 2:24 - NLT
24. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Key Point #1: GOALS
Ephesians 5:22 - NLT
22. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:21 - NLT
21. And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 5:25 - NLT
25. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
Key Point #2: GUARDRAILS
Genesis 15:4 - NLT
4. Then the Lord said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.”
Genesis 16:2 - NLT
2. So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai’s proposal.
Key Point #3: GOD
Matthew 6:33 - NLT
33. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - NLT
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 every circumstance.
Jeremiah 29:11 - NLT
11. For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord . “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
