How to Choose the Right Mate:How to Choose the Right Mate:Seven Keys to a Lifelong LoveSeven Keys to a Lifelong Love

Marriage Enrichment SeriesMarriage Enrichment SeriesBy Ryan N. Fraser

Introduction:Introduction:

• Marriage is a wonderful blessing from God and a sacred institution (Gen. 2:18).

• Matthew 19:3-6

• Too many marriages fail before they ever officially begin!

Seven Keys to a Lifelong Love:Seven Keys to a Lifelong Love:

I. Don’t marry the person you think you can live with. Marry the one you can’t live without.

– Genesis 29:16-30

II. Don’t marry someone who has characteristics that you feel are intolerable.

M-A-T-E• Maturity• Attitudes & Attractiveness• Temperament• Example & Expectations

– Ephesians 5:22-25

III. Don’t marry impulsively!

– Ephesians 5:25-33

IV. As a Christian don’t allow yourself to become “unequally yoked” with an unbeliever.

–2 Corinthians 6:14-15

V. Don’t move in with a person before marriage.

– 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

VI. Don’t get married too young.

VII. Simply put, the stability of marriage is a by-product of an iron-willed determination to make it work.

– Ecclesiastes 5:4

ConclusionConclusion

• There are a lot of different variables to weigh out when choosing a mate.

• Choosing the right mate will enrich your life and be a great blessing to your children and to the church.