Enjoy life with the woman whom you love

all the days of your fleeting life which He

has given to you under the sun; for this is your

reward in life and in your toil in which you

have labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

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Enjoy life with the woman whom you love

all the days of your fleeting life which He

has given to you under the sun; for this is your

reward in life and in your toil in which you

have labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man,

Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with

him;1 Sam. 25:25

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,

but she who shames him is like rottenness in his

bones. Prov. 12:4

Dangers facing homes

and marriages

Marital infidelity (adultery)

Materialism, money (mis)managment

Religious differences

• Do you want to go to heaven?

• Do you want to follow Christ?

• Do you believe Bible study is important?

• Do you want to live as the Bible teaches?

• Are church assemblies important to you?

• Do you love God more than anything, anyone else?

• Do you want children raised according to Bible?

Why marry someone who is at best lukewarm about these things if not outright hostile to them? 1 Kings 11:1-8

Do’s and don’ts for dealing with an unbelieving or weak spouse

But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? 1 Cor. 7:12-16

Do’s and don’ts for dealing with an unbelieving or weak spouse

In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. 1 Pet. 3:1-2

Do’s and don’ts for dealing with an unbelieving or weak spouse

Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium. Acts 16:1-2

I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. 1 Tim. 1:5

from childhood you have known the sacred writings 2 Tim. 3:15

vs

Don’t…Make it “my church vs. your church”

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you Gal. 4:19

Don’t…Nag, try to force outward obedience

if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives 1 Pet. 3:1

Don’t…Act “holier than thou”

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: Lk. 18:9

Don’t…Compromise

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. Matt. 10:37

Don’t…Give up teaching children

from childhood you have known the sacred writings 2 Tim. 3:15

Don’t…Engage in self pity

I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am Phil. 4:11

Do…Be an example

Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: "Many daughters have done nobly,But you excel them all." Prov. 31:28-29

Do…Pray

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, Phil. 3:20

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