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Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After. She was beautiful? Prov. 31: 30 He was wealthy? Prov. 17:1 It was a fairy tale? Gen. 2:18. To Live Happily Ever After: Submit To God. In developing your character In selecting your spouse In guiding your home. Developing Your Character.

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Happily Ever After

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  1. Happily Ever After • She was beautiful? Prov. 31: 30 • He was wealthy? Prov. 17:1 • It was a fairy tale? Gen. 2:18

  2. To Live Happily Ever After: Submit To God • In developing your character • In selecting your spouse • In guiding your home

  3. Developing Your Character • Waiting for Mr. Right to come along? • Work on yourself first (grow as a Christian) • Col. 3:12-19 • Unless they have submitted to the will of God in their lives first: • A wife won’t submit to her husband • A husband won’t love his wife

  4. If she’d only do what she’s told, we wouldn’t be here!”

  5. What Will You Bring To The Marriage Altar? • Rom. 12:1-2 • Promises: • Vows Ps. 15:4 • Commitment for better or worse wealth or poverty health or illness

  6. What Will You Bring To The Marriage Altar? • Rom. 12:1-2 • Promises • Preparation: • Wives: Titus 2:4-5 • Husbands: I Tim. 5:8 • Understanding Roles: Eph. 5:22-33

  7. “It’s ‘I do,’ young man... not ‘whatever.’”

  8. What Will You Bring To The Marriage Altar? • Rom. 12:1-2 • Promises • Preparation • Permission: • Scripturally Eligible • Matt. 19:9

  9. What Will You Bring To The Marriage Altar? • Rom. 12:1-2 • Promises • Preparation • Permission • Prayer: • I Pet. 3:7, 12

  10. What Will You Bring To The Marriage Altar? • Rom. 12:1-2 • Promises • Preparation • Permission • Prayer • Purity

  11. To Live Happily Ever After: Submit To God • In developing your character • In selecting your spouse • In guiding your home

  12. “I didn’t bring a mate…I figured, on a nice cruise like this, I might meet someone.”

  13. Selecting Your Mate • Samson: Judges 14:1-3 Isaac: Gen. 24 • Seek advice from mature Christians • Communicate during the courtship period • Selecting a spouse that will help you • Get to heaven (Matt. 6:33) • Overcome loneliness (Gen. 2:18) • Assist in child rearing (Eph. 6:4)

  14. To Live Happily Ever After: Submit To God • In developing your character • In selecting your spouse • In guiding your home

  15. Guiding Your Home • Gen. 2:24 leave parents, cleave to mate • In parents home we are Dependant • In leaving home we become Independent • In marriage we become Interdependent • Accept responsibility in home’s growth • “It” didn’t work out Ex. 32:24 • Psa. 127:1-2 Do it God’s way

  16. Complaints About Husbands • Insensitive to her needs Col. 3:19 • D omineering Eph. 5:25-29 • Idle in home and at work Eccl. 10:18 • O ut of touch with family Prov. 29:15 • Tight fisted with money Matt. 6:24

  17. Love Is Expressed In Giving Giving - Doing good for those who have done nothing for you • Thanksgiving - Doing good for those who have done good to you • Forgiving - Doing good for those who have done evil to you

  18. To Live Happily Ever After: Submit To God • In developing your character • In selecting your spouse • In guiding your home

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