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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 thought ID: 655313

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Slide1

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!