131110 eng i wish i knew series (part 5 - keys to a strong marriage) by ps. timothy loh

Part 5: Keys to a Strong Marriage

Introduction

IntroductionA practical series about living life

with fewer regrets and more purpose.

Habakkuk 2:2“Write the vision, And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”

The series:

The series: • How to make better decisions

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage• How to build a healthy dating life / parenting life

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage• How to build a healthy dating life / parenting life • How to keep anger at bay

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage• How to build a healthy dating life / parenting life • How to keep anger at bay• How to not worry

Keys to a Strong Marriage

Cultural Storm:Marriage is under attack

Marriage today culturally:

Cultural Storm: Marriage is under attack

Marriage today culturally: •Optional


Marriage today culturally: •Optional •Disposable


Marriage today culturally: •Optional •Disposable •Redefinable


With a dolphin

With a pillow

With a dog With the Eiffel Tower

With a video game

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right


1. THINK right2. TRANSIT right


Genesis 2:15-18The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”


Genesis 2:22-24Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.


Matthew 19:4-6“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”


1. THINK right


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional)


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision –Noahic Covenant – Rainbow


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision –Noahic Covenant – Rainbow–New Covenant – Holy Spirit


1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision –Noahic Covenant – Rainbow–New Covenant – Holy Spirit –Marriage – intimacy / sex


1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)


1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)• Not a contract


1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)• Not a contract • A “contract” is an agreement between

two parties who mutually agree to provide each other with certain benefits as long as the other party upholds their end of the agreement.


1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)• A covenant relationship is when two

parties mutually agree to enter into a relationship and seeks out the other person’s best interest, regardless of the personal cost and/or sacrifice to self.


1. THINK right–Marriage is ORDAINED / ORIGINATED BY

God (not redefinable)


2. Transit Right


2. Transit Right –Matthew 19:5-6

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh


2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE


2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME


2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The ME in a Marriage



Serve me, love me, bless me, care for me…etc.



Serve me, love me, bless me, care for me…etc.

My way, my preference, my opinion, my desire, my wishes…etc.


2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Meeting of 2 MEs



Bigger ME wins, smaller me shrinks



Bigger ME wins, smaller me shrinks 2 same size ME fights all the time



Bigger ME wins, smaller me shrinks 2 same size ME fights all the time The ME gets “my clans …” to get

involve, the fights grow larger …


2. Transit Right – The earlier a marriage moves from me to WE,

the stronger the marriage will be!


Battlegrounds in Marriage

Part 5: Keys to a Strong Marriage

131110 eng i wish i knew series (part 5 - keys to a strong marriage) by ps. timothy loh

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