Sermons on Marriage Union:

When I’ve Done My Best

Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Jun 14, 2025

Have you ever reached a point where you said to yourself: “Lord, I’ve done all I know how to do—at home, in the marriage, in the ministry, and in my life—and it still seems like nobody cares?”

“And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.” Have you ever reached a point where you said to yourself: “Lord, I’ve done all I know how to do—at home, in the marriage, in the ministry, and in my life—and it still seems like nobody ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:15

Denomination: Baptist

Your Wife And Family Is Your Ministry And Everything Else Is Just Work.

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jan 10, 2026

Every husband is in the ministry of marriage.

Second only to our relationship with God, marriage is the single most important relationship that we will ever have. People enter into a marriage with great joy and wonderful expectations of spending the rest of their days with the love of their life. Vows are exchanged, commitments are made, and ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-10, Ephesians 5:21-33, Mark 10:2-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Family Talk: Hearts And Bridges PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 1, 2024

This sermon explores the importance of effective communication in fostering unity and wisdom in relationships, emphasizing listening, understanding, and careful speech.

Good morning, church family! I feel a warm sense of joy and anticipation as I stand before you today. We’re here, not by accident, but by God's divine appointment. We are here to share, to learn, to grow, and most importantly, to encounter God in a real and transformative way. Today, we are going ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 1:5

Topics: Communication, Building, Marriage

Eternally Married

Contributed by Damien Saylor on Dec 5, 2019

When the idea of marriage is brought down to, oh she’s stuck with me now. That idea robs the marriage of the intimacy, the closeness you’re supposed to have.

Sermon - eternally married? - There is a statement used to describe marriage that I really don’t like. - This isn’t a message describing divorce, but one of a marriage that is like the marriage between the church & Christ. - The notion is why don’t you let yourself go, you’ve already ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-29

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting, Dating, And Mating Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jan 24, 2006

A biblical discussion of sexuality and marriage

SERIES: “OVERCOMING OBSTACLES THAT OBSTRUCT OBEDIENCE” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 7 TITLE: “WAITING, DATING, AND MATING” INTRODUCTION: A. The preacher of a congregation made it a habit to visit all the Sunday school classes. One particular Sunday, he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Conflict Resolution Series

Contributed by John Eldridge on Feb 6, 2009

It is time to stop fighting in your marriage and start fighting for your marriage.

Conflict Resolution Family Series Introduction: testimonies about marriage Somebody’s gotta tell the truth. Statistics about marriage Irreconcilable difference – leading trend for divorce Divorce mans idea not happy example were the martyrs happy? God will not contradict His word. Christ ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sex Mystery Series

Contributed by J. D. Greear on Jul 12, 2013

Sex is NOT just physical. It is so much more. Sex is symbolic, sacred and service.

Ephesians 21 …submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Building Blocks Series

Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 2, 2022

Based on Gen 1-3 - Sermon challenges hearers to consider the building block of a strong home & family.

“THE BUILDING BLOCKS” Gen. 1-3 FBCF – 5/1/22 Jon Daniels INTRO – I’ve never built a house before. Some people love to do that. Build multiple houses over course of their lives. Others say it’s a quick way to mess up a good marriage! Ha! Even though I’ve never built one & would never try to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31

Denomination: Baptist

We All Become Shepherds Of The Flock

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 7, 2015

The value of chastity and the witness of a Christian marriage to a depraved culture

Sixteenth Sunday in Course 2015 Ordinary Form “A great throng. . .like sheep without a shepherd.” What a picture for those of us with any experience with cattle or sheep. If you have a good cutting horse, one man or woman can control the behavior of a herd of cows. If you have a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:31-34

Denomination: Catholic

Judging Actions, Not Interior Dispositions Of Others Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 7, 2009

We may not judge the internal disposition of others, but we can judge the evil of what they want to do to society, especially against marriage.

March 9, 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis How many times in recent years has this phrase of Jesus’s, “Judge not, lest ye be judged” been shoved into the faces of faithful Christians who are protesting the murder of the innocent, the perversion of the sacred union of husband and wife, or some other of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38

Denomination: Catholic

Trouble In Paradise Series

Contributed by Tim Diack on Jan 16, 2012

We begin our marriages with high hopes and great expectations and marriage is a wonderful gift from God. No marriage is perfect though and we experience "trouble in paradise." Our understanding of what God's word has to say about marriage and divorce wi

Trouble in Paradise - Matthew 5:31-32 - January 15, 2012 Series: Kingdom Life – A World Turned Upside Down #14 This April I will have been in full time pastoral ministry for some 10 years. In that time I’ve had the privilege of literally preaching several hundred messages. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:31-32

Denomination: *other

Getting To Intimacy Series

Contributed by Michael French on Mar 18, 2008

Paul compares the Christian life to a marriage and just like a marriage men will nevery have the intimacy that they desire without communication (prayer).

This morning’s message is perhaps much more of men and prayer, but I hope that it will have impact on all of us. I want you to take some time today and consider why scripture describes our relationship with the Lord in the context of a marriage. Both men and women need to develop a longing for ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Purity PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 23, 2024

This sermon encourages Christians to pursue purity in their lives, relationships, and personal conduct, guided by discernment and wisdom in a world that often blurs moral lines.

Good morning, cherished family of faith. We gather here today, not as strangers or mere acquaintances but as brothers and sisters united in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. We come together, not merely to fill a building, but to fill our hearts with the Word of God. We assemble here, not because ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:16-20, 1 Corinthians 7:1-2, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Peter 1:16, 1 Timothy 4:12, Ephesians 5:3-5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, 1 Corinthians 7:2-5  (view more)  (view less)

Topics: Sexual Purity, Holiness, Marriage

the Covenant Signs And Seals: Covenant Baptism Series

Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 8, 2002

Baptism is a sign of covenant inclusion for the visible people which seals our union with Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit.

INTRODUCTION: A Reformation study of the sacraments is a sad study, filled with testimonies of bitter polemics, schism, division, and even execution. One may catch a glimpse of the pain, seeing Zwingli at Marburg, or a drowning protestor in Zurich, or a banished ¡°sacramentarian¡± in the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38-39

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Not To Smite, But To Save The Evildoer Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 12, 2010

Our witness to love our enemies, and to so live that we attract them to Christ and the Church, is a union with Christ's sacrifice

Monday after Eleventh Sunday in Course June 14, 2010 You Will Be My Witnesses There’s something satisfying in seeing the smiting of the evildoer. “Ah, justice is done, finally,” we say when someone gets his comeuppance. But God does not desire the death of the sinner in his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-16

Denomination: Catholic