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I Surrender My Marriage
Malachi 2:14-16Slide2
I Surrender My Marriage
As the first Sunday of the month is here, we wish to focus on our theme for this month
“I Surrender All” is the theme for the year 2013
We have tried to look at different aspects of this thoughtSlide3
I Surrender My Marriage
Today we not only focus on our theme, but we continue our thoughts from the last two weeks
Our thoughts will center on surrendering our marriage to God
There are many who have not done this…Slide4
I Surrender My Marriage
Instead of surrendering our marriage to God, perhaps we’ve surrendered to our
own
will
Even if things are going
well
in your relationship, you may not have surrendered all to God
Let’s understand together how we do that…Slide5
God In The
Middle
One way that some do not surrender their marriages is that they do not place God in the center of the relationship
God must be the most
important
aspect of our lives
He should
reign
in our relationshipsSlide6
God In The Middle
Jesus said that to love God is the
first
and
great
commandment of all
(Matt. 22:37-38)
That means loving Him
above
our
spouse
However, loving Him means
loving
our spouse (Jn. 14:15)Slide7
God In The Middle
Remember what we are to
seek
after first in this life (Matt. 6:33)
If we
draw
near
to God in our
marriages
, He will draw near to us in the same (Js. 4:8)
Deuteronomy 6:6-9Slide8
Keep Your
Word
Jesus commanded that we be people of our word
“Let your ‘
Yes
’ be ‘
Yes
,’ and your ‘
No
,’ ‘
No
’ (Matt. 5:37)
Whatever we say, that is what we should do, even if we have to take a
loss
in doing it (Ps. 15:4)Slide9
Keep Your Word
When we became married we made a
vow
or a
commitment
God expects us to keep that commitment
Malachi 2:11-16
God was a
witness
to our vows and expects us to keep themSlide10
Keep Your Word
The vows we make are ones such as the following:
In
sickness
and in
health
(Alzheimer’s - Pat Robertson)
For
richer
or
poorer
For
better
or
worse
Until
death
do us partSlide11
Keep Your Word
Keeping our word means developing an attitude of
hatred
towards
divorce
If we take it off the table as an option, then we will be forced to work out our problems
Remember, the commitment to our spouse is a
reflection
of the commitment to our GodSlide12
Handle With
Care
Another way we surrender our marriage to God is in the way we
treat
our spouse
There are some who may stay faithful to their vows, but they are
unloving
and
mean
-spirited to their spouse
It does matter to God and our marriage!Slide13
Handle With Care
One of the easiest rules to practice is the
Golden
Rule
(Matt. 7:12)
We should treat our spouse the way we would want to be treated
We need to be
kind
and
considerate
to one another (Eph. 4:31-32)Slide14
Handle With Care
The Bible commands that we
love
one another (Matt. 22:39; Eph. 5:25; Titus 2:4)
Love is not a
choice
, it’s a
decision
we make (Matt. 5:44; Gen. 24:63-67)
Paul
describes what real love is all about (I Cor. 13:4-8)Slide15
Handle With Care
We get
out
of our marriage what we put
into
it
We need to make
daily
deposits
into our relationship
If we do that as we would do our bank account, we will watch our return grow and grow!