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God's Design and Purpose for Marriage
Marriages are under assault. Some suffer the tragedy of affairs, abuse, and divorce. Others endure the tedium of a relationship that is an institution not a dance. Most of us who are husbands and views feel an exhaustion that comes from the frenetic pace required to honor the competing loyalties of family, work, church, community, parents, friends, neighbors, and more.But lets not me pessimistic. We have choices. We can either learn to live with what is wrong-leading to contempt, distance or naivete - or learn to fight, struggle, honestly seek, ask, and knock.
God's intention is for our spouses to be our allies - intimate friends, lovers, warriors in the spiritual war against the forces of the evil one. You see God's plan for marriage is not to make you and I happy but to make us holy. And with that, Satan will always be actively involved trying to make sure that does not happen. We are to draw strength, nourishment, and courage to fight well from that one person who most deeply supports and joins us in the war - our soul mate for life. Husband and wives are to be intimate allies in this war.
God created marriage. God designed marriage. And God has a purpose for you in marriage. But most of us, even those of us who have been married for a long time are still crawling around in the dark trying to figure this out. Let's come together and sit under God's word and let Him speak to us about His plans for your marriage.
This weeks sermon: Ray Russell
Marriage as Completion - The Husband's Role Eph. 5:23-25; Col.3:19; 1 Pet. 3:7; Luke 22:24-26
Jacob's Well
Jacob's Well (aka "The Well") is a modern worship gathering intended for students to take a break from the labors of college and find rest in worshiping and learning from Jesus Christ. This year we will be learning about Jesus from the perspective of Mark's gospel account. We will see that Jesus was a man of action and authority who had a mission to complete. That mission was to go to the cross, save the world from sin, and usher in the kingdom of God. Jacob's Well meets on Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM.