Part 5: Keys to a Strong Marriage

Introduction

IntroductionA practical series about living life

with fewer regrets and more purpose.

Habakkuk 2:2“Write the vision, And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”

The series:

The series: • How to make better decisions

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage• How to build a healthy dating life / parenting life

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage• How to build a healthy dating life / parenting life • How to keep anger at bay

The series: • How to make better decisions • How to get out of debts • How to gain financial margin • How to have a strong marriage• How to build a healthy dating life / parenting life • How to keep anger at bay• How to not worry

Keys to a Strong Marriage

Cultural Storm:Marriage is under attack

Marriage today culturally:

Cultural Storm: Marriage is under attack

Marriage today culturally: •Optional

Cultural Storm: Marriage is under attack

Marriage today culturally: •Optional •Disposable

Cultural Storm: Marriage is under attack

Marriage today culturally: •Optional •Disposable •Redefinable

Cultural Storm: Marriage is under attack

With a dolphin 

With a pillow

With a dog With the Eiffel Tower

With a video game

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right2. TRANSIT right

Keys to a strong marriage:

Genesis 2:15-18The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Keys to a strong marriage:

Genesis 2:22-24Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Keys to a strong marriage:

Matthew 19:4-6“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional)

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision –Noahic Covenant – Rainbow

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision –Noahic Covenant – Rainbow–New Covenant – Holy Spirit

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is SACRED (not optional) •Marriage is covenant –Mosaic – Sabbath –Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision –Noahic Covenant – Rainbow–New Covenant – Holy Spirit –Marriage – intimacy / sex

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)• Not a contract

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)• Not a contract • A “contract” is an agreement between

two parties who mutually agree to provide each other with certain benefits as long as the other party upholds their end of the agreement.

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is COVENANTAL (not disposable)• A covenant relationship is when two

parties mutually agree to enter into a relationship and seeks out the other person’s best interest, regardless of the personal cost and/or sacrifice to self.

Keys to a strong marriage:

1. THINK right–Marriage is ORDAINED / ORIGINATED BY

God (not redefinable)

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right –Matthew 19:5-6

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Making of ME

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The ME in a Marriage

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The ME in a Marriage

Serve me, love me, bless me, care for me…etc.

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The ME in a Marriage

Serve me, love me, bless me, care for me…etc.

My way, my preference, my opinion, my desire, my wishes…etc.

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Meeting of 2 MEs

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Meeting of 2 MEs

Bigger ME wins, smaller me shrinks

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Meeting of 2 MEs

Bigger ME wins, smaller me shrinks 2 same size ME fights all the time

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The transition: FROM ME TO WE • The Meeting of 2 MEs

Bigger ME wins, smaller me shrinks 2 same size ME fights all the time The ME gets “my clans …” to get

involve, the fights grow larger …

Keys to a strong marriage:

2. Transit Right – The earlier a marriage moves from me to WE,

the stronger the marriage will be!

Keys to a strong marriage:

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Battlegrounds in Marriage

Part 5: Keys to a Strong Marriage