\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Purpose of Marriage}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{To Follow The Lord Together}} Revelation 4:11, Ecclesiastes 12:13} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{To Make Disciples}} Matthew 28:18-20} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Companionship}} Genesis 2:18} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{To Have Children}} Genesis 1:28, Psalm 112:2} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Teamwork}} Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Ephesians 2:10} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Intimacy}} Genesis 2:24, \{\{link="https://cheatography.com/gregfinzer/cheat-sheets/song-of-solomon/"\}\}The Song of Solomon\{\{/link\}\}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{To Prevent Sexual Temptation}} 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Corinthians 7:5} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{General Advice}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Don't marry someone you can live with, marry someone you can't live without. Trust in the plan of God. Wait on the Lord. {\bf{Proverbs 18:22, Proverbs 3:5-6, Proverbs 19:21, Psalm 27:14}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{It is better to be single and miserable than married and miserable. Don't marry the wrong person. {\bf{Proverbs 12:4, Colossians 3:19}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{What you see is what you get. They might resist the completion of the Lord. {\bf{1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Philippians 1:6}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Baseline for Marriage}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{1. {\bf{Spiritual Commonality}} More than just believing in God. You must align on major doctrines. {\bf{2 Corrinthians 6:14, 1 Peter 3:8}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{2. {\bf{Family Unity}} 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. {\bf{John 17:21}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{3. {\bf{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. {\bf{Philippians 2:1-2}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{4. {\bf{Physical Chemistry}} Most people put this first and ignore the first three. The first three are more important. {\bf{Proverbs 11:22}}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Role of The Husband}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{1. To love the Lord God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. To love others. {\bf{Mark 12:30, Matthew 22:39}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{2. To love his wife sacrificially and teach her the word of God. {\bf{Ephesians 5:25-27}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{3. To dwell with the wife in an understanding way as the weaker vessel. {\bf{1 Peter 3:7}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{4. To provide and protect. {\bf{1 Timothy 5:8, Matthew 12:29}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Role of The Wife}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{1. To love God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength. To love others. {\bf{Mark 12:30, Matthew 22:39}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{2. To submit to her husband in everything. {\bf{Ephesians 5:22-24}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{3. To be a keeper of the home. {\bf{Titus 2:5}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{4. To be a helper to her husband. {\bf{Genesis 2:18}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{How to Find a Spouse}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Go to church. Join a singles Bible study. Serve the Lord at church or in a faith based charity.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Guys, get a job that has an income that can support a family. When things go wrong, help others.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Girls, help your mother and be a keeper of the home. Honor your father and mother.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What to Look for In A Husband}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Reject a guy that wants to have sex before marriage. {\bf{1 Corinthians 6:9}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Look for a guy that loves the Lord. A guy that loves the Lord serves the Lord. Attending church is not enough. {\bf{1 Samuel 12:24}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Look for a guy who has a job that can support a family. A guy with a fast food job is not enough. {\bf{1 Timothy 5:8}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Look for a guy who loves sacrificially. Does he come to the rescue like a knight in shining armor when things go wrong and you need help? {\bf{Ephesians 5:25-27}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What to Look for in a Wife}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Reject a girl that desires to have sex before marriage. {\bf{1 Corinthians 6:9}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Look for a girl that loves the Lord. A girl that loves the Lord serves the Lord. Attending church is not enough. {\bf{1 Samuel 12:24}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Look for a submissive girl. A girl that is disobedient to her father will be disobedient to you. {\bf{Ephesians 6:1-3, Proverbs 21:9}}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Look for a girl that desires to be a keeper of the home. Look for a girl that desires to multiply with children. Reject a girl that desires a career instead of children. {\bf{Genesis 1:28, Titus 2:5}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{How Marriage Works}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Love and Cherish}} Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:14} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Communicate}} Use words, not notes or hints. Only God can read people's minds. Speak the truth {\emph{in love}}. Ephesians 4:15} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Work with All Your Heart}} Marriage is not 50/50. Marriage is 100/100. Proverbs 6:6-11, Colossians 3:23} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Show the Fruit of the Spirit}} Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Galations 5:22-23} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Strength and Honor}} Show initiative each day to honor your spouse with words and actions. Philippians 2:3} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Be Tenderhearted and Forgiving}} Ephesians 4:32} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Be Intimate}} 1 Corinthians 7:3-8} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}