Contributed by Gene Barron on Feb 2, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Frequently in the wedding service we have the ceremony of lighting the unity candle by the bride and groom.  The couple each takes a small burning candle, representing their solitary life thus far, and together they light the large, center, wedding candle.  When they put their small candles back
                    
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                    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Feb 18, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Barna research shows:
    That divorce in the church is just as commonas outside the church. In the church 33%, outside the church 34%.
    Also, the south is second in the nation in divorce. The south has a divorce rate of 35%, just behind the west (38%), and leading the Midwest (32%) and
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    NO SECRETS HERE
A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other.
The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. "Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Semon on Nov 1, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?"
She replied, "About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream running by."
"No," he said, "I mean what is the foundation of this case?"
"It is
                    
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                    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 7, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I'M STANDING FOR MY MARRIAGE
A former Pastor in Seattle, WA wrote a power statement about marriage…
I am standing for the healing of my marriage!
I won’t give up, give in, give out, or give over till that healing takes place.
I made a vow; I said the words; I gave the pledge; I gave a ring; I
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Decker on May 23, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    On their 50th wedding anniversary, a couple summed up the reason for their long and happy marriage.  
The husband said, "I have tried never to be selfish.  After all, there is no ’I’ in the word ‘marriage.’”  
The
                    
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                    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Ivan the Great was the tsar of Russia during the Fifteenth Century. He brought together the warring tribes into one vast empire. As a fighting man he was courageous. As a general he was brilliant. He drove out the enemies and established peace across the nation.
Ivan was so busy waging his
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
                
                
                
                     “The school of Shammai say: A man may not divorce his wife unless he finds in her a matter of lewdness, as it says, "If he finds in her an unseemly thing" (Deuteronomy 24:1), but the school of Hillel say: Even if she burnt his food, as it says, "If he finds in her an unseemly
                    
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