The SparkThe Spark

Week One

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Week Two

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Week Three

What is the Purpose of What is the Purpose of Marriage?Marriage?

• Procreation

• Pleasure

• Companionship

• Happiness

• Sugar Daddy

• Mommy Dearest

• Be like Christ

Mark 10:6-8Mark 10:6-8

But at the beginning of creation God “made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one.

Oneness

A strong feeling of closeness or

affinity.

OneExisting, acting, or

considered as a single

unit, entity.

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Week Four

Strike the Match

Fundamental OneFundamental OneSocial IntimacySocial Intimacy

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Week Five

The Embers

Glow

Fundamental TwoFundamental TwoMental IntimacyMental Intimacy

“Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious--the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.”

Philippians 4:8Philippians 4:8

• Linguistic Intelligence"word smart"

• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence"number/reasoning smart"

• Spatial Intelligence"picture smart"

• Bodily-KinestheticIntelligence

"body smart"

Eight Multiple Eight Multiple IntelligencesIntelligences

• Musical Intelligence"music smart"

• Interpersonal Intelligence"people smart"

• Intrapersonal Intelligence"self smart"

• Naturalist Intelligence"nature smart"

Eight Multiple Eight Multiple IntelligencesIntelligences

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Week Six

Fanning the Flame

Fundamental ThreeFundamental ThreeEmotional IntimacyEmotional Intimacy

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Week Seven

Hunka Hunka Burnin’ Love

Fundamental FourFundamental FourPhysical IntimacyPhysical Intimacy

• Inspiring• Motivating• Interesting• Exciting• Refreshing• Energizing• Rousing

ProvocativeProvocative

• Adoring• Zealous• Enthusiastic• Eager• Devoted• Dedicated• Committed

PassionatePassionate

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Week Eight

The Eternal Flame

Fundamental FiveFundamental FiveSpiritual IntimacySpiritual Intimacy

Jesus

Husband Wife

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Week Nine

Lose YourselfLose Yourself

Philippians 2:3-8Philippians 2:3-8

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

  Who, being in very nature God,       did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing,       taking the very nature of a servant,       being made in human likeness.  And being found in appearance as a man,       he humbled himself       and became obedient to death—          even death on a cross!

Philippians 2:3-8Philippians 2:3-8

Husband Marriage Wife

Husband Wife

MARRIAGE

Husband Wife

MARRIAGE

MarriageHusband & Wife

Mark 10:6-8Mark 10:6-8

But at the beginning of creation God “made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one.

The SparkThe Spark

Week Ten

Love Your SpouseLove Your Spouse

What do I do every What do I do every day to show my mate day to show my mate

that they are my that they are my priority?priority?

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Week Eleven

Lift Your MarriageLift Your Marriage

Mark 10:6-8Mark 10:6-8

But at the beginning of creation God “made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one.

Husband Marriage Wife

Husband Wife

MARRIAGE

Husband Wife

MARRIAGE

MarriageHusband & Wife

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Week Twelve

Saying I Do to theSaying I Do to the

ConceptConceptof Marriageof Marriage

1 Peter 3:71 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Saying I Do to theSaying I Do to the

CircumstancesCircumstancesof Marriageof Marriage

Saying I Do to theSaying I Do to the

CovenantCovenantof Marriageof Marriage

Covenant MarriagesCovenant Marriages

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Too many people today view marriage as a legal contract. Contracts are based on rights and responsibilities and are motivated by self-centeredness rather that on unconditional love. A legal contract is necessary to begin and like wise to end a marriage. But a covenant is more than a contract.

Covenant MarriagesCovenant Marriages

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It is more than a legal document declaring a state of interdependence. The value of a ‘covenant marriage relationship’ as opposed to a ‘contractual marriage agreement’ lies in a person’s understanding and acceptance of God’s intent for marriage and the importance of His presence in the marriage.