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“National Marriage Week USA” (Feb 7-14) “Life’s short. Get a divorce.”

(FGALAWFIRM.COM)• “Life is short. Have an affair.” (Ashley Madison)

Must strengthen every marriage that God joins together, Matt 19:4-6; Heb 13:4• No marriage is above/without problems• Each can be improved – Requires 100% from

both• Wives: More consistent respect for husbands• Husbands: More complete love and honor for

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•Honor your mate from a heart that treasures him/her, 1 Peter 3:1-7– Marriage is exclusive• Fornication dishonors self, mate and marriage, Heb 13:4– Breaks trust, defiles purity

and courts disaster, Prov 7:24-27; 6:32

– Do not flirt, favor or foster any relation other than marriage, Prov 6:27-29

• Pornography and cybersex, Matt 5:27-30; Gal 5:19; Col 3:5

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•Unfounded suspicions are destructive and sinful, 1 Tim 6:4–Raging jealousy reveals

a problem (control, insecurity, self-loathing)–Result: Destroys trust

and security–Overcome: Unhesitating

loyalty that shows value and respect to each other, SofS 8:6

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•Communication breakdown •Self-seeking is on display when one constantly badgers his/her spouse–Control and contentiousness– “Brawling”, quarrel, Prov

19:13–Causes isolation, Prov 21:9,

19–Kills communication– “Willing to yield” without

bitterness, for sake of peace, Jas 3:17-18; Matt 5:95

•Be fond of and tender toward each other, Gen 2:23-24–Husband: Court your

wife, Hosea 2:14-15; SofS 2:10-14; 4:7–Wife: Be affectionate,

Titus 2:4 (philandros: “affectionate as a wife”)

•Render due benevolence, 1 Cor 7:3-5 6

•A divided house falls, Matthew 12:25–Be united; work together• Do not undermine the authority and discipline of your mate

–Neither provoke to wrath nor discourage to despondency, Eph 6:4; Col 3:21• Teach and correct while there is hope, Psa 13:24; 19:18 (22:6)• Fear the Lord, Psa 128:4 7

-For marriage to thrive it -For marriage to thrive it must be nurtured must be nurtured

-Will we nurture our -Will we nurture our marriages, or be guilty marriages, or be guilty of “marriage of “marriage murder”?murder”?

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