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First Baptist Church Shallowater
FOR GOD'S SAKE: Why Your Marriage Matters More Than You Think - Week 2
Everyone wants a happy marriage. God wants something even greater. Marriage was never meant to be just about romance, companionship, or raising a family. From the very beginning, God designed marriage to reveal something much bigger—His own character to the world. Join us for For God's Sake as we discover why your marriage isn't just personal...it's part of God's mission.
Locations & Times
First Baptist Church Shallowater
703 Avenue J, Shallowater, TX 79363, USA
Sunday 8:45 AM
WEEK 1
Your Marriage Is a Model
Your Marriage Is a Model
We’re going to go all the way back to the very beginning, the creation story in Genesis, so that we can get a clear view of who we are, who we are supposed to be as a married couple.
This is the world's first problem.
There is, however, a reason why the story zooms in on this moment. There are some things that we are meant to understand about God and about ourselves. Some things that we are supposed to understand about our marriages.
GOD SEES, GOD CARES, GOD ACTS
God sees when we are struggling, incomplete, not thriving.
He is working to bring about healing, restoration in your life.
WE NEED EACH OTHER
Hebrew word - (ezer) עֵזֶר translated helper.
Roughly two thirds of the times that it is used in the Old Testament, it is used to refer to God.
Roughly two thirds of the times that it is used in the Old Testament, it is used to refer to God.
The word describes someone who supplies needed strength when we lack strength, someone who is indispensable.
Hebrew word כְּנֶגְדּוֹ (kenegdo)
according to what is opposite him or corresponding to him, matching him, facing him
according to what is opposite him or corresponding to him, matching him, facing him
That is what your spouse is.
- Equal in dignity
- Not the same as you
- Not gifted in the same ways as you
- Designed to fit with you so that each of you causes the other to flourish.
- Equal in dignity
- Not the same as you
- Not gifted in the same ways as you
- Designed to fit with you so that each of you causes the other to flourish.
Your wife is the action God took in response to your need.
Your husband is the action God took in response to your need.
Your husband is the action God took in response to your need.
WE HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES
Are you allowing God to use you to produce flourishing in your spouse’s life?
Are you treasuring your spouse as God’s divine agent in your life?
Are you treasuring your spouse as God’s divine agent in your life?
WE ARE DESIGNED TO BE DEEPLY KNOWN
There is no such things as intimacy without honesty, without vulnerability.
This is important because...
YOUR MARRIAGE IS A MODEL
In our marriages we are supposed to see a glimpse of the kind of relationship we can have with God.
Instead of asking, "How can I get closer to my spouse?"
Ask, "How can I know my spouse more deeply this week?"
Ask, "How can I know my spouse more deeply this week?"
Spend thirty uninterrupted minutes together.
- No TV.
- No phones.
- No kids.
- Just questions.
- No TV.
- No phones.
- No kids.
- Just questions.
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