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When Two Become One
Contributed by Scott Maze on Oct 11, 2021 (message contributor)
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1. Marriage 101
Contributed on Oct 11, 2021
In the past, and this is true especially for women, the relationship sequence that most ladies aimed to follow went like this: dating then marriage, which led to sex, then living together, and then children. Today, marriage comes near the end of the line.
Back in the 1980s, Buckminster Fuller created what is known as the “Knowledge Doubling Curve.” Fuller was an author, architect, systems theorist, inventor, designer, and futurist, and again, he presented the idea of the “Knowledge Doubling Curve.” Fuller observed that until 1900 human knowledge ...read more
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2. Help For Every Marriage
Contributed on Oct 27, 2021
God is saying, “Until you’ve been through a gut-wrenching experience of adultery, you can’t understand the impact of your wrongdoing and your coldness and toward me."
We continue our series When Two Become One this morning. Thank you for joining us. Our hope is that this strengthens the marriages of our church and our community. A number of men have been complaining that this series has been a little too hurtful to them. They asked that it might be balanced a ...read more
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3. Husbands, Love Your Wives
Contributed on Oct 27, 2021
Husband, if you’ll love the wife you have, you’ll may very well get the wife you want. It may take years of love and sacrifice to get there, but your sacrifice but will lead to your reward.
Open your Bibles to Ephesians 5:25-27 with me. We continue our year-long study of Ephesians and our recent series on marriage. Someone recently asked a wife why she chose to marry an obnoxious man. She quickly surveyed the available men and said, “Supply chain issues.” I am not claiming to be an ...read more
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4. Spiritual Help For Your Marriage
Contributed on Oct 27, 2021
Some men are ashamed that their wife is ahead of them spiritually. So they just hang back and think of the spiritual life as “woman’s work” and so protect their egos. Men are too proud to admit that spiritually they must play catch-up to their wives.
In the Bible, there are three human institutions that stand apart from all others — the family, the church, and the government. There’s nothing in the Bible about how a hospital or a school should be run, even though they are crucial to a flourishing society. There’s nothing there about business ...read more
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5. 5 Truths To A Great Marriage
Contributed on Nov 8, 2021
Marriage is a mystery. There is more here than meets the eye. Marriage is "completion" in a profound sense.
Today I want to share with you a message entitled, “5 Truths to a Great Marriage.” Almost every one of us can improve our marriages. Keep your Bibles open Ephesians, and we conclude our series When Two Become One this morning. Thank you for joining us. Our hope is that this strengthens the ...read more
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6. Your Relationship With God Is A Marriage
Contributed on Nov 8, 2021
This morning I want to focus on the unseen marriage in the minutes to come. It’s not until you see the marriage above that you’ll understand what marriages below are to look like. Because when see the marriage above, we’ll see the pattern and the design of marriage.
We continue our series When Two Become One this morning. Thank you for joining us. Our hope is that this strengthens the marriages of our church and our community. A number of men have been complaining that this series has been a little too hurtful to them. They asked that it might be balanced a ...read more