SEVEN FACTS OF A SUCCESSFUL MARIAGE

1- A UNION

TWO BECOME ONETHE END OF INDIVIDUALISM

GENESIS 2:23-24The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

A UNION

TWO BECOME ONA TEAM WORK

GENESIS 2:23-24The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

2- A PLACE OF MUTUAL SUPPORT

THE UNITY IS FOR SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMPLIMENT AND PROTECTION.

A PLACE OF COACHING WITH A GREAT NEED OF WISDOM

GENESIS 2:23-24The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

2- A PLACE OF MUTUAL SUPPORT

A PLACE OF COACHING WITH A GREAT NEED OF WISDOM

GENESIS 2:23-24The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

3- A CONTEXT OF GOLDEN RULE

A STRATEGIC GAME.INVEST WHAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE

MATTHEW 7:12“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

3- A CONTEXT OF GOLDEN RULE

INVEST WHAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVEYOU MAY WANT YOUR SPOUSE TO GIVE ANY

KIND OF TREATMENT YOU DESIRE BUT THE WAY TO GET IT IS TO GIVE THAT SAME

TREATMENT YOU DESIREMATTHEW 7:12

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

4- A COMPETITION TO PLEASE

A GAME TO PLEASEGod expects a man to be concerned about pleasing his wife

God expects a woman to be concerned about pleasing her husband

I CORINTHIANS 7:33-34But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he can please his wife-- and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world--how she can please her husband

4- A COMPETITION TO PLEASE

COMMIT TO RESEARCHFIND OUT WHAT YOUR SPOUSE LIKES AND GIVE IT TO HIM/HER

OR DO IT FOR HIM/HER

I CORINTHIANS 7:33-34But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he can please his wife-- and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world--how she can please her husband

5- WOMAN WANTS LOVE GIVE LOVE AND SPEAK LOVE TO YOUR WIFE. YOUR LOVE WILL BEAUTIFY YOUR WIFE. AS YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE YOU LOVE YOURSELF DON’T HATE YOURSELF

EPHESIANS 5: 24-29Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church--

6- MAN WANTS RESPECT GIVE RESPECT AND SPEAK RESPECT TO YOUR HUSBAND. YOUR RESPECT WILL INCREASE HIS CONFIDENCE. AS YOU RESPECT YOUR HUSBAND YOU EXALT YOURSELF DON’T BELITTLE YOURSELF BY DESPISING YOUR

HUSBANDEPHESIANS 5: 24, 33

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

7- RESPECT YOUR MUTUAL FAMILIES

WISDOM OF LIFE: RESPECT!

YOUR RESPECTIVE FAMILIES