10. Tip 1
• * Marriage is a lifetime covenant of mutual
commitment between a man and a woman
• * Should lead to oneness on every level: spirit,
soul, and body
11. • * Marriage is an
earthly analogy of a
spiritual truth
Tip 2
12. • * Masculinity and femininity each expresses
something different about God
Tip 3
13. • * Common Problem:
Failure to leave, to
cleave, or to become
one flesh
Tip 4
14. • * Growing marriages never happen by default;
they are cultivated by years of discipline and
dependence
Tip 5
15. • * Five Love Languages:
Quality Time
Words of Affirmation
Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
Tip 6
16. • * The Greatest Enemy: A selfish attitude
concerned with the other person’s character
and one’s own needs
•* Other-centered love focuses on our
character and their needs
Tip 7
17. • * The best gift
for my
spouse is for
me to love
Jesus more
Tip 8
25. Agape
Highest of the loves
Unselfishness and giving;
sacrifice
Unconditional
A willed choice to put
another’s interest before
one’s own
Motivated by the will, not by
emotions
27. “I’m not a smart man.
But I know what love is.”
- Forrest Gump, 1994
28. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
29. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
30. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
31. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
32. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
33. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
34. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
35. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
36. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
37. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong suffered,
38. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“4
Love is patient,
love is kind
and is not jealous;
love does not brag
and is not arrogant,
5
does not act unbecomingly;
it does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
does not take into account a wrong
suffered,
39. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in
unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
40. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
41. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
42. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
43. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
44. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
6
does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
but rejoices with the truth;
7
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
8
Love never fails...”
Because God is a relational being, the two great commandments of loving him and expressing this love for him by loving others are also intensely realational
We were created for fellowship and intimacy not only with God but also with each other. The relational implications of Christian doctrine and the Trinity are profound. Since we were created in God’s image and likeness, we too are relational beings. The better we know God, the better we know ourselves.
We’re not at peace with others because we’re not at peace with ourselves because we’re not at peace with God.
