Marriage

Problems

Marriage Problems

Common Problems Among Married Couples:1. Finances2. Sexual Relations3. Child Training4. Religion5. Social Activities/Recreation6. Associating With Friends7. In-Law Relationships

- Building a Successful MarriageLandis & Landis

Marriage Problems

Religion• Marry a Christian

2 Corinthians 6:14–17 (NKJV) 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what

fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial?

Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple

of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” 17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the

Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”

Marriage Problems

Religion• Marry a Christian

2 Corinthians 6:14–17 (NKJV) 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what

fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial?

Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple

of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” 17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the

Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”

Marriage Problems

Religion• Marry a Christian

2 Corinthians 6:14–17 (NKJV) 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what

fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial?

Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple

of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” 17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the

Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.”

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Religion• Marry a Christian

Ephesians 5:17 (NKJV) “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord

is.”

“ginomai” (pronounced ghin'-om-ahee) and “me” (pronounced may)

Is it optional to understand the will of the Lord?

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Religion• Marry a Christian

Ephesians 5:7 “do not be partakers with them.”

“ginomai” (pronounced ghin'-om-ahee) and “me” (pronounced may)

Is it optional to be a partaker in fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, filthiness, coarse speech and idolatry?

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Religion• Marry a Christian

1 Corinthians 14:20 “…do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes,

but in understanding be mature.”

“ginomai” (pronounced ghin'-om-ahee) and “me” (pronounced may)

Is it optional to have a mature understanding of the scriptures.

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Religion• Marry a Christian

John 20:27“…Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

“ginomai” (pronounced ghin'-om-ahee) and “me” (pronounced may)

Is it optional to believe in the resurrected Christ?

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Religion• Marry a Christian• Convert Them

1 Corinthians 7:12–13 (NKJV) 12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who

does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.

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Religion• Marry a Christian• Convert Them

1 Corinthians 7:16 (NKJV) 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your

husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

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Recreation• The family bond is so much closer when you can learn to find things

you enjoy doing together.

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Finances1 Timothy 6:9–10 (NKJV)

9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in

destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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FinancesProverbs 22:7 (NKJV)

7 The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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FriendsEcclesiastes 4:9–12 (NKJV)

9 Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him

who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one

be warm alone? 12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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FriendsProverbs 18:24 (RSV)

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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FriendsPsalm 119:63 (NKJV)

63 I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.

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Children• Come to an agreement concerning the raising of children, preferably

before marriage.

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In-LawsMatthew 19:5 (NKJV)

…‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife…

• Young couples need to remember that this is a new home that you will make together.

• In-laws should be involved in the disputes between husband and wife as little as possible.

• Couples should run to in-laws as little as possible, working out problems for themselves.

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Intimacy• Problems with intimacy are usually the symptom of other problems.

1 Corinthians 7:3–5 (NKJV) 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have

authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife

does. 5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come

together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.