Family Strong: “Kicking the Tires” Before saying, “I Do”
Don’t most people “kick the tires” before buying a car? Absolutely! So why not “kick the tires,” so to speak, before committing to a lifelong relationship? Seems reasonable. But…not so fast. My purpose this week is to show why living together before marriage is not a part of God’s design. I pray that you will use this information to make godly decisions and give godly counsel.
The Lord is My Shepherd – Part 1
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Family Strong: Living Together Before Marriage
Taking a test drive before you buy a car. Good move. Trying on a pair of pants to make sure they fit. Yep. Checking out a home before taking on the mortgage, who wouldn’t do that? Even when you order online, you try things out and try things on. So why not live together before marriage?
Giving God a Standing “O”
“You know you make me want to shout,” that joyful refrain from the Isley Brother’s tune “Shout,” is a faint echo from an earlier time. The difference is; the older song has an infinitely more deserving object of adoration.
Today Ron Moore plays to that ancient verse and invites you to join him in jubilant singing.
Family Strong: For Those Who Have Been Divorced or Going through a Divorce
When you read devotionals pertaining to marriage, some of you may feel like I am rubbing salt in your wounds. That’s certainly not my intent, and for those who have been divorced, I know the pain is deep. And I know many of you tried so hard to keep your marriage together. You can’t undo the past. You desire to make your life count for God. Thank God he offers forgiveness and restoration to us all.
Family Strong: Violent Clothes
Do you like stylish clothes? I do too. However, I don’t often think about clothes as being violent, even the styles I don’t like! However, there is something that covers our clothes with violence. Let’s consider these verses from the last book in the Old Testament.
Family Strong: To Have and to Hold
You have heard the vows before. Maybe you used these or similar vows on your wedding day. To have and to hold from this day forward. For better or for worse. For richer or for poorer. In sickness and in health. As long as we both shall live. These vows, or ones like them, are spoken at virtually every one of the 5,918 weddings that take place each day in the United States. Unfortunately, too many of those who say, “I do,” end up saying, “I don’t.”
Family Strong: Catching Foxes
Have you ever caught a fox? Neither have I. But I am assuming that chasing and catching a fox would be quite a feat. Solomon uses this picture of catching foxes to remind us of little things that can do considerable damage.
Family Strong: Marriages Never Explode
Marriages don’t explode. There is seldom one event that causes a husband and wife to call it quits. Rather the demise of a marriage is more like a slow leak. If the leak is not tended to, over time, the air escapes, and the relationship goes flat.
Family Strong: A Marriage Made in Heaven
Do you believe that every marriage is made in heaven? I do! God brings a man and woman together so they can do things they could never do alone. And it all started with Adam and Eve.
Family Strong: Going Big
In today’s passage, God goes big to explain the vision of marriage. The full vision has too often been shrunk to focus on the happiness and satisfaction of a husband and wife. Certainly, happiness and satisfaction are desired outcomes, but marriage is bigger than you and your happiness. Marriage is about God.
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Teaching sexuality is, first and foremost, a family’s responsibility. Yesterday we considered how a family protects and honors their children who remain pure. But what does the family do when a child gives in to temptation?
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Teaching sexuality is, first and foremost, a family’s responsibility. It cannot be delegated or abdicated. It is the responsibility of the two people who brought the child into the world by the act of sex to teach about sex through appropriate words, faithfulness, and commitment to marriage.
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Sex is God’s idea. It was created and ordained by him. So, it’s not culture but God’s Word that gives us the guidelines for marital sex. Here are some important instructions for husbands and wives from the Proverbs.
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Sex is both mutually satisfying and mutually submissive. The husband and wife are to “yield” to each other. There is nothing more frustrating to a man than to save himself for his wife only to be rejected. And there is nothing more frustrating to a wife than to be committed to her husband only to feel used.
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In the movie Vanilla Sky, a couple has been sleeping together, and now the guy wants out of the relationship. He’s ready to move on to a new partner. The woman is hurt and angry. In her response, she makes a great theological statement.
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We are spending time this week considering God’s Word on sexuality. This is an area we need to address boldly from Scripture and live out biblically in our lives.
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There are three major areas that can blow up a marriage: Issues with communication, sex, and money. Let’s spend time this week focusing on what God says about sex.
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There are three major areas that can blow up a marriage: Issues with communication, sex, and money. Let’s spend time this week focusing on what God says about sex.