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Marriage from a Biblical Perspective
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
General Advice
Don't marry someone you can live with, marry someone you can't live without. |
It is better to be single and miserable than married and miserable. Don't marry the wrong person. |
What you see is what you get. Don't expect them to change after you get married. |
The Baseline for Marriage
1. Spiritual Commonality More than just believing in God. You must align on major doctrines. |
2. Family Friendship If both sets of parents do not like each other that is a problem. Marriage is not only the union of two people but a union of two families. |
3. Things in Common You will be old and wrinkly when you are 80. You should like to do similar things so that you have more to do than just eating. |
4. Physical Chemistry Most people put this first and ignore the first three. The first three are more important. |
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The Role of The Husband
1. To love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. To love others. |
2. To love his wife sacrificially and teach her the word of God. |
3. To dwell with the wife in an understanding way as the weaker vessel. |
4. To provide and protect. |
The Role of The Wife
1. To love God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength. To love others. |
2. To submit to her husband in everything. |
3. To be a keeper of the home. |
How to Find a Spouse
Go to church. Join a singles Bible study. Serve the Lord. |
What to Look for In A Husband
What to Look for in a Wife
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How Marriage Works
Love Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 |
Communication Use words, not notes or hints. Only God can read people's minds. Speak the truth in love. Ephesians 4:15 |
Effort Marriage is not 50/50. Marriage is 100/100. Proverbs 6:6-11 |
Fruit of the Spirit Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Galations 5:22-23 |
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