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Category Archives: Marriage

Four Habits – Happy Marriage

FOUR habits to a Happy Marriage  (information source: Warner, M., & Coursey, C. M. (2019). The 4 habits of joy-filled marriages: how 15 minutes a day will help you stay in love) Habit #1: Play Together Habit #2: Listen for Emotion Habit #3: Appreciate Daily Habit #4: Nurture a Rhythm Play together: Find things you […]

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MarriageForgivenessHARD

In Marriage Forgiveness Can Be Very HARD What is Forgiveness?  When is it Hard?  What role does that play in marriage? Purpose:  to provide something to think about.  Maul it over.  It will take time to wrestle with self over this… Some possible situations / scenarios: You have fought (Yes, I use this to indicate […]

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Marriage_Equality

Marriage Equality    (Message date:  01/21/18 at First Baptist Church of Elyria – links are below.) Woman was created as a ‘helper’ not a ‘slave’ or in a “subservient” position …. Sermon scripture text was:  Genesis 2:18-25 Genesis 2:18 (ESV) 18  Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; […]

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1Cor7-MD

1 Corinthians 7 – Questions  –  Answers From one studying the Bible answers are acquired for our lives today.  This chapter in 1 Corinthians addresses of marriage and singleness.  In today’s ‘sex filled world’ the Bible speaks out with instruction for holy living. In this study I will utilization the information provided by the “Life […]

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Children-Parents

Children, Parents and Masters TEXT:  Ephesians 6:1-9(ESV) 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  2£“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),  3“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”  4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, […]

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Marriage is..Eph.5 (4/4)

Marriage Is – Ephesians 5:21-33  (4/4) Ephesians 5:21-33(ESV) 21submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.  23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.  24Now as the […]

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Marriage is…Submission (3/4)

Marriage Is… Submission Submission – “Meek”, the Third Beatitude   We do well to remember the value of being “meek” in our households and especially in marriage with our spouse?   “Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”  (Matthew 5:5) Little difference is there between being “poor in spirit” and being “meek.”   The […]

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Marriage is…Solomon (2/4)

Marriage is… Song of Solomon   The Song of Solomon: A Look at God-Designed Marriage While authority and submission is to exist in the home, our relationships should be bathed in love so that they melt together with mutual love and respect. This is illustrated in the Song of Solomon, where we will see a […]

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Marriage is…(1/4)

Marriage is… Men and Women Are Equal in Value and Dignity Upon creation of humans God said He created them in His image.  Genesis 1:27   –  So God created man in his own image,  in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. To be in God’s image is a […]

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Love Is…Respect (5/5)

Love Is – Respect Is ‘respect’ to be something your spouse must earn before you give respect to them? Is ‘respect’ something that your spouse does not have to earn in order to receive it from you? In our brokenness we frequently want to wait for the other person to do their God given responsibility […]

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