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Whichhandicraftdoyouthinyoucanbegoodat?Whydoyou

thinso?

Withwhatworddoyourelatethewordunion?Explainbriey.

Whatthingdoyouconsiderasdurable?Why?Giveexamples.

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prayer AsGodtogivethepeopleinyourVictorygroupabetter

understandingofHisdesignformarriage.

Praythattheyounggenerationinourchurchwillhavea

visionofamarriageunionthathonorsGod.

PraythatGodwillstrengthenthemarriagesinourchurch.

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AccordingtoGenesis2:18,whydidGodcreatethewoman?

ReadEphesians5:22-33.Howshouldahusbandtreathis

wife?WhatdidtheApostlePaulcommandthewivestodo?

WhatwascommandedinHebrews13:4?WhatisGods

responsetowardthedisobedienceofthiscommand?

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Amongyourfriendswhoaremarriedcouples,whomcanyou

invitetochurchthisweeortoaVictorygroup?

Howcanyouencourageyoursingleprofessionalfriendsto

bereadyifandwhenGodcallsthemformarriage?

Whatprinciplesfrombiblicalmarriagecanyouapply

inallyourrelationships?Howdoesyourrelationships

glorifyGod?

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6But at the beginning of creation God made them

male and female.7For this reason a man will leave

his father and mother and be united to his wife,8and the two will become one fesh. So they are no

longer two, but one. 9Therefore what God has joined

together, let man not separate.MARk10:69

God designed marriage.But at the beginning of creation God made them male and

female.MARk10:6

Awell-engineeredproductisonewithfunction,aesthetics,

purpose,andlife.TheGreatestEngineerdesignedmarriage

withthesamegoals.Anythingthatgoesoutsidethedesignis

consideredamisuse.Tobetteruseormaximizethepurpose

ofsomething,whereshouldwego?WhyisGodsopiniononmarriagetheonethattrulymatters?

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TheBiblesaysthateverygoodthingcomesfromGod(James

1:17);oneofwhichismarriage.ThisGod-initiatedunionisa

relationshipcovenantbetweenamanandawoman.Hereare

threepointstobetterunderstandwhatmarriageisandGods

purposeforit.

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Marriage is a union between a man and a woman.6But at the beginning of creation God made them male and

female.7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother

and be united to his wife, 8and the two will become one fesh.

So they are no longer two, but one.MARk10:68

Whatmaesmarriagebeautifulisthatitisaunionoftwocomplementingparties:amanandawoman.Infact,the

dierencebetweenahusbandandawifeiswhatmaes

themcomplementary.Thedierentbutcomplementingtraits

couldaddtotheunionsstrengthifunderstoodproperly.

WhatdoesEphesians5:22-33sayaboutthis?

God intended marriage to remain a union for life.

Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.MARk10:9

WhenGodstartsaunion,eachpartymustwortoeepit

together.Itisindeedacovenantnotacontract.Acontract

haslimitedlifewhileacovenantisforalifetime.Also,parties

inacontractseetheirrespectivegain.Inacovenant,each

partyshouldgiveand,ifpossible,sacricetoeepthe

relationshipalive.Whatpracticalwayscanacoupledoto

eeptheunityoftheirmarriage?