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Year of theYear of the

FamilyFamily


2/23

““Cut the Strings!”Cut the Strings!”Matthew 19:1-6Matthew 19:1-6


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FrederiFrederiartholdiartholdi

"le#andre"le#andre$iffel$iffel


4/23

%nside struture of the Statue of%nside struture of the Statue of

&i'erty(&i'erty(


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"nother )iew"nother )iew

of theof the

s*eletals*eletalframewor*framewor*

of the Statueof the Statue

of &i'ertyof &i'erty


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%% Cut the String of &ea)ingCut the String of &ea)ing

"" .hat /e is 02 Saying.hat /e is 02 Saying

.hat /e %S Saying.hat /e %S Saying


8/23


9/23

Miah 3:19Miah 3:19

““You will again ha)e om,assion onYou will again ha)e om,assion onus4 You will tread our sins underfootus4 You will tread our sins underfoot

and hurl all our ini5uities into theand hurl all our ini5uities into the

de,ths of the sea”de,ths of the sea”


10/23

+hili,,ians :1+hili,,ians :1

““rethren7 % do not regard myself asrethren7 % do not regard myself as

ha)ing laid hold of it yet4 'ut oneha)ing laid hold of it yet4 'ut one

thing % do: forgetting what liesthing % do: forgetting what lies

'ehind and reahing forward to what'ehind and reahing forward to whatlies ahead(”lies ahead(” 0"S0"S


11/23

%%%% Cut the String of Clea)ingCut the String of Clea)ing

"" Clea)e to the MarriageClea)e to the Marriage

Co)enantCo)enant


12/23

Marriage is aMarriage is a covenant covenant not anot a

contract contract

!!


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Some 8 of ou,lesSome 8 of ou,les

getting married see*getting married see*

,renu,tial,renu,tialagreements(agreements(

"rlene ;u'in"rlene ;u'in

0ew Yor*0ew Yor*

di)ore attorneydi)ore attorney


14/23

Cs mine is yours +rotet what>s “mine”+rotet what>s “mine”

Your interests are mineYour interests are mine My interests mattersMy interests matters

+re,ares for life together+re,ares for life together +re,ares for life a,art+re,ares for life a,art


15/23

%%%% Cut the String of Clea)ingCut the String of Clea)ing

"" Clea)e to the MarriageClea)e to the Marriage

Co)enantCo)enant

Clea)e to the 2ruthClea)e to the 2ruth


16/23

$?e*iel :1-8$?e*iel :1-8

““My ,eo,le ome to you7 as they usually do7My ,eo,le ome to you7 as they usually do7and sit 'efore you to listen to your words7 'utand sit 'efore you to listen to your words7 'ut

they do not ,ut them into ,ratie .ith theirthey do not ,ut them into ,ratie .ith their

mouths they e#,ress de)otion7 'ut theirmouths they e#,ress de)otion7 'ut theirhearts are greedy for un@ust gain %ndeed7 tohearts are greedy for un@ust gain %ndeed7 to

them you are nothing more than one whothem you are nothing more than one who

sings lo)e songs with a 'eautiful )oie andsings lo)e songs with a 'eautiful )oie and,lays an instrument well7 for they hear your,lays an instrument well7 for they hear your

words 'ut do not ,ut them into ,ratie”words 'ut do not ,ut them into ,ratie”


17/23

Aames 1:88Aames 1:88

““;o not merely listen to the word7;o not merely listen to the word7and so deei)e yoursel)es ;o what itand so deei)e yoursel)es ;o what it

says”says”


18/23

%%%%%% Cut the String of eing neCut the String of eing ne

"" Con)erging StreamsCon)erging Streams


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20/23

$lesiastes B:9-18$lesiastes B:9-18

““2wo are 'etter than one7 'eause they2wo are 'etter than one7 'eause theyha)e a good return for their wor* %f oneha)e a good return for their wor* %f one

falls down7 his friend an hel, him u,falls down7 his friend an hel, him u,

ut ,ity the man who falls and has no oneut ,ity the man who falls and has no oneto hel, him u,! "lso7 if two lie downto hel, him u,! "lso7 if two lie down

together7 they will *ee, warm ut howtogether7 they will *ee, warm ut how

an one *ee, warm alone 2hough onean one *ee, warm alone 2hough onemay 'e o)er,owered7 two an defendmay 'e o)er,owered7 two an defend

themsel)es(”themsel)es(”


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%%%%%% Cut the String of eing neCut the String of eing ne

"" Con)erging StreamsCon)erging Streams

eoming neeoming ne


22/23

0any /an*s0any /an*s

2homas &inoln2homas &inoln

Sarah AohnstonSarah Aohnston


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Summary and Conlusion:Summary and Conlusion:

2he marriage of 2homas and Sarah is not a2he marriage of 2homas and Sarah is not a,artiularly romanti lo)e story7 'ut it,artiularly romanti lo)e story7 'ut it

ser)es well to summari?e this messageser)es well to summari?e this message

2hey 'oth had a ,ur,ose in their union:2hey 'oth had a ,ur,ose in their union:they had hildren to raise7 land to lear7they had hildren to raise7 land to lear7

de'ts to ,ay7 ro,s to tend7 and a life tode'ts to ,ay7 ro,s to tend7 and a life to

,ro)ide for eah other( 2heir life was not,ro)ide for eah other( 2heir life was notfilled with thrills and hills4 instead7 historyfilled with thrills and hills4 instead7 history

shows their life together as(shows their life together as(

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