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You Can Have A Happy Marriage

You Can Have A Happy Marriage. “Live joyfully with the wife whom you love…” Ecclesiastes 9:9. You Can Have A Happy Marriage. Learn to love (Gen. 3:16; Eph. 5:25) - There is infatuation and there is sexual desire - Then there is true, settled, sacrificial love. You Can Have A Happy Marriage.

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You Can Have A Happy Marriage

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  1. You Can Have AHappy Marriage “Live joyfully with the wife whom you love…” Ecclesiastes 9:9

  2. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Learn to love (Gen. 3:16; Eph. 5:25) - There is infatuation and there is sexual desire - Then there is true, settled, sacrificial love

  3. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Respond with respect (Prov. 19:13; Mt. 5:5,9; Rom. 14:19; Col. 3:19; Jas. 3:18) - Courtesy, kindness, and respect go along way - “Please,” “thank you,” “I’m sorry”, and “I love you” are good starters

  4. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Communicate with care (1 Peter 3:7) - Good communication is necessary - Do more than just “hear” or “listen”; empathize and seek to truly understand

  5. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Mature your marriage (S.S. 8:6-7; 1 Cor. 7:5) - All important relationships demand maturity and maturity requires patience - The “sparks fly” when you date, but then you move toward the “get real” part of marriage

  6. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Navigate your needs (1 Cor. 7:3-4, 33-34) His Needs Her Needs • Companionship • Sexual fulfillment • Attraction • Domestic help • Respect Gen. 2:18; Prov. 5:15ff; S. of S. 4:9-11; Prov. 31; Eph. 5:33 • Affection • Conversation • Honesty • Financial Support • Commitment S. of S. 2:10-12; Col. 4:6; Prov. 27:5-6; 1 Tim. 5:8; Eph. 6:4

  7. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Strive to revive (Prov. 5:15-20; S. of S. 7:10-13; Heb. 13:4) - Be careful not to let children, careers, family, friends, or “life” get in the way - Keep the world and the devil out of your marriage and out of your bed

  8. You Can Have A Happy Marriage • Journey with Jesus (Mt. 7:24-27; 1 Pet. 3:7) - Being “joint-hears of the grace of life” is the only way to go through life together - A marriage built upon the foundation of Christ will weather any storm

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