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I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. Kurt Cobain

Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution?

“Only three other guys have compared to you.” Sinead O’Connor

Personal experience?Celebrity culture?

Statistics?

Personal experience?Celebrity culture?

Statistics?Bible?

Jay See“Marriage is becoming

obsolete. The only people getting married in the future

will be religious freaks.”

God, the best maker of all marriages, combine your hearts in one.Shakespeare, Henry V.

HighYet

Honest

Gen 2:18It is not good for man to be

alone.

Gen 2:18It is not good for man to be

alone.

1 Cor 7:1It is good for a man not to

marry.

Eph 5:31-32Marriage is a profound

mystery. I am talking about Christ and the Church.

Eph 5:31-32Marriage is a profound

mystery. I am talking about Christ and the Church.

You can only understand marriage by

understanding the Gospel.

Mt 26:28This is the blood of the

covenant, poured out for the forgiveness of sins.

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Mt 19:6 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and

the two shall become one flesh.  What God has joined, let

no one separate.”

Jn 6:37Whoever comes to me I will

never drive away.

2 Tim 2:13If we are faithless, He will

remain faithful.

Perseverance

PerseveranceForgiveness

PerseveranceForgiveness

Character

PerseveranceForgiveness

CharacterLove the unlovable

PerseveranceForgiveness

CharacterLove the unlovable

Christ-follower

Position

PositionStrengthen

PositionStrengthen

Defend

Heb 8:10-12This is the covenant I will

make with Israel: I will forgive and remember their sins no

more.

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Jn 15:14I no longer call you servants

but friends.

Gen 2:18 Then God said, “It is not

good for man to be…….”

Gen 2:18 Then God said, “It is not

good for man to beALONE”

SoS 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself. He is altogether

lovely. This is my love, this is my friend.

Loyal

LoyalVulnerable and honest

LoyalVulnerable and honest

Understands you

LoyalVulnerable and honest

Understands youFun

LoyalVulnerable and honest

Understands youFun

Christ-follower

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2 Cor 5:20 We are Christ’s Ambassadors; God is

making His appeal through us.

Eph 5:22,25 Husbands love your wives like Christ loves the Church. Wives submit to

your husbands as to the Lord.

Mal 2:15 Has not the Lord made them one? And why

one? Because he is seeking godly offspring. So do not break faith with the wife of

your youth.

Kids?

Kids?Headship & submission?

Kids?Headship & submission?

Missional Living?

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