1 / 69

The Road to Marriage

The Road to Marriage. Gen 24: How Isaac & Rebekah hooked up: Abraham , old in age, said to his servant , “Put your hand under my thigh. 4 Go to my country and my own relatives and choose a wife for my son Isaac from there.” . Same MASTER and similar MISSION.

lalo
Download Presentation

The Road to Marriage

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Road to Marriage

  2. Gen 24: How Isaac & Rebekah hooked up: Abraham, old in age, said to his servant, “Put your hand under my thigh. 4 Go to my country and my own relatives and choose a wife for my son Isaac from there.”

  3. Same MASTER and similar MISSION

  4. 1 Cor 7:39If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. • 2 Cor 6:14Do not be yoked with an unbeliever.

  5. DWARSTREKKER

  6. Same MASTER and similar MISSION

  7. 5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?” RISK / COURAGE

  8. 5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?” RISK / COURAGE

  9. G1 Girl: Some guys openly admit that without a hint of interest from a girl they will risk an approach. Can’t you make it a church rule that guys must ask girls out?

  10. The Gospel… Fortifies against rejection Teaches guys to initiate

  11. The Gospel… Fortifies against rejection Teaches guys to initiate

  12. 10 The servant took ten camels and set out for Nahor. 11 He had the camels rest near the well outside the town where the women go out to draw water. EFFORT BUT CHILLED

  13. 10 The servant took ten camels and set out for Nahor. 11 He had the camels rest near the well outside the town where the women go out to draw water. EFFORT BUT CHILLED

  14. G1 Girl: Guys fear asking girls out on dates because they think the girl starts to envision herself walking down the aisle with him. Boys, get over yourselves.

  15. 14 Then he prayed, may it be that when I ask a girl for a drink and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for Isaac. CHARACTER

  16. 14 Then he prayed, may it be that when I ask a girl for a drink and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for Isaac. CHARACTER

  17. John Tierney: Picky Picky Picky: How could I take him seriously after seeing ‘The Road Less Travelled’ on his bookshelf…If she would just lose seven pounds…Sure he’s a partner but it’s not a big firm

  18. And he wears those short black socks…It was going great: she had a great face, smile and body, but then she turned around and…she had dirty elbows.

  19. ‘The Perfect One’ Myth: Lazy in choosing Lazy in character

  20. ‘The Perfect One’ Myth: Lazy in choosing Lazy in character

  21. 15 Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

  22. Programmes to betrayal Programmes to others Programmes for forbidden excitement of sex

  23. Programmes to betrayal Programmes to others Programmes for forbidden excitement of sex

  24. Programmes to betrayal Programmes to others Programmes for forbidden excitement of sex

  25. “We started dating before we became Christians. That meant it was weeks (or days?) before we were sleeping together

  26. Wonderfully, we then met Jesus and stopped sleeping together till we married a year later. We would give anything to have waited for marriage. It took a while to exchange the wrongness associated with premarital sex with the rightness that is sex within marriage. Wonderfully, we then met Jesus and stopped sleeping together till we married a year later. We would give anything to have waited for marriage. It took a while to exchange the wrongness associated with premarital sex with the rightness that is sex within marriage. and only months before we were living together. Wonderfully, we then met Jesus and stopped sleeping together till we married a year later. We would give anything to have waited for marriage. It

  27. Wonderfully, we then met Jesus and stopped sleeping together till we married a year later. We would give anything to have waited for marriage. It took a while to exchange the wrongness associated with premarital sex with the rightness that is sex within marriage. Wonderfully, we then met Jesus and stopped sleeping together till we married a year later. We would give anything to have waited for marriage. It took a while to exchange the wrongness associated with premarital sex with the rightness that is sex within marriage. took a while to exchange the wrongness associated with premarital sex with the rightness of sex within marriage, something we really know the smile of God on.

  28. Church Discipline 1 Cor 5, 1 Tim 5 Severe for sexual immorality To save person To protect church

  29. How far can we go? Point of frustration Future Spouse Family Member

  30. How far can we go? Point of frustration Future Spouse Family Member

  31. How far can we go? Point of frustration Future Spouse Family Member

  32. How far can we go? Point of frustration Future Spouse Family Member

  33. 1 Tim 5:1-2 Treat older women as mothers and younger women as sister, with all purity.

  34. COHABITATION

  35. The Star: Verve (25 June 2012) Does living together before marriage make you more likely to divorce? Cohabitation has become the norm in modern society. 80% of us live together before tying the knot.

  36. Sharing resources makes good sense as does testing the strength of the relationship by living together. Except, according to psychologists, it doesn’t necessarily work like that. Several studies show that

  37. cohabiting couples are more likely to split up once they have tied the knot. A study in the Journal of Family Psychology found that those who cohabit were twice as likely to get divorced.

  38. 50%-80% more likely to divorce: Universities of Chicago, Michigan, Wisconsin, Yale, Columbia, Pennsylvania State.

  39. Less respect Conflict of motives Sliding not deciding Lock in

  40. Less respect Conflict of motives Sliding not deciding Lock in

  41. Less respect Conflict of motives Sliding not deciding Lock in

  42. Less respect Conflict of motives Sliding not deciding Lock in

  43. 21 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful. Courtship

  44. 21 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful. Courtship

  45. Socialise Yummy Stakeout Closer but not cleaving Check with mates/pastors Become an item Break up or do PEC Break up, wait, or engaged.

  46. Socialise Yummy Stakeout Closer but not cleaving Check with mates/pastors Become an item Break up or do PEC Break up, wait, or engaged.

  47. Socialise Yummy Stakeout (M-M-C) Closer but not cleaving Check with mates/pastors Become an item Break up or do PEC Break up, wait, or engaged.

  48. Socialise Yummy Stakeout (M-M-C) Closer but not cleaving Check with mates/pastors Become an item Break up or do PEC Break up, wait, or engaged.

  49. Socialise Yummy Stakeout Closer but not cleaving Check with mates/pastors Become an item Break up or do PEC Break up, wait, or engaged.

More Related