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    What the Bible Says about Marriage
    What the Bible Says about Marriage
    What the Bible Says about Marriage
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    What the Bible Says about Marriage

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    What does the Bible say about marriage? This brand-new book provides a concise, easy-to-read resource on the biblical teachings of marriage. Featuring 12 sections, each addressing a common question relating to the overall topic. Personal stories, categorized scriptures, and practical advice make the "What the Bible Says About..." series perfect for personal and ministry use. Other titles in the series address important contemporary topics—like money, divorce, and grieving.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarbour Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781628364361
    What the Bible Says about Marriage
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    Barbour Publishing

    Barbour Publishing is a leading Christian book publisher offering bestselling books featuring exceptional value, biblical encouragement, and the highest quality. Barbour is the home of New York Times Bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter along with well-known fiction authors Olivia Newport, Michelle Griep and many others. If your interest is Christian Living or Bible Reference, you’ll find excellent titles by bestselling authors Josh McDowell, Jonathan McKee, Debora Coty, and Stephen M. Miller’s The Complete Guide to the Bible.   Barbour also publishes the top classic devotionals God Calling by A.J. Russell, and Come Away My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts. With inspirational Christian books available in all genres--fiction for adults and children, Bible Promise books, devotionals, Bibles, Bible reference, puzzle books, and gift books there's something for everyone to enjoy.  

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      What the Bible Says about Marriage - Barbour Publishing

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      INTRODUCTION

      AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

      That romantic line concludes many make-believe stories in which a man and woman enjoy endless, warm emotions and a trouble-free life.The problem is that real-life marriages don’t unfold between the covers of a fairy-tale book. While many couples hold on to this unrealistic ideal, most marriages in the world cannot be classified as happy.

      Contrary to Hollywood’s presentations, successful marriages are maintained by choices—not by feelings.The decision to remain faithful is de-liberate.The choice to put your spouse’s interests ahead of your own is often a conscious one.

      Whether you’re a newlywed or have been married for decades, you can learn much from the Bible about marriage and successful human relationships. Read through the following collection of Bible verses and begin finding God’s wisdom for improving your marriage.

      CHAPTER 1

      DEFINING MARRIAGE

      One flesh.That phrase grabbed me during a recent wedding I attended. Imagine what it would be like to actually attain oneness with someone physically, emotionally, and spiritually. While my husband and I share some values and some general dreams, there are a number of areas where I simply live my life and he lives his. I suppose that’s natural to some extent. But that wedding has got me thinking: should our lives overlap more? Are there additional core values we should be sharing?

      ACHIEVING ONENESS

         And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become one flesh.This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all.

      EPHESIANS 5:31–32 MSG

         So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

      God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number ; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

      GENESIS 1:27–28 NIV

         Life is short, and you love your wife, so enjoy being with her.This is what you are supposed to do as you struggle through life on this earth.

      ECCLESIASTES 9:9 CEV

         I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.

      COLOSSIANS 2:2 NLT

         For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.

      MATTHEW 18:20 NRSV

         You do well when you complete the Royal Rule of the Scriptures: Love others as you love yourself.

      JAMES 2:8 MSG

         No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

      1 JOHN 4:12 NRSV

         How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

      PSALM 133:1 NLT

         You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. You have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.

      EPHESIANS 4:4–6 MSG

      SUBMITTING TO EACH OTHER

         And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her.

      EPHESIANS 5:21–25 NLT

         Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

      ROMANS 14:19 NRSV

         Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

      PHILIPPIANS 2:1–5 NLT

         In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. And we are members of his body…So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must

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