Understanding God's design for the home is critical to a solid home foundation. Keep a scriptural view of marriage in the forefront of your mind.
Marriage/Family is:
• A declaration of ‘choosing to love.’ An imitation of God’s creation choice.
• A choice to create a new life—at the expense of self.
• A union created by God; a new life given by Him & sustained by Him
• A mission field, a university of instruction on unity; forum for learning to love unselfishly-unconditionally; forum to learn to build a relationship
• Treasure to be valued, honored and protected
• Intended to produce life—fruit of Godly children (perhaps natural, certainly spiritual children—and produce growth in partners as children of God
• Intended to produce the image of Christ’s relationship with the church; two becoming one as we are to be one with Christ as the church is to be united with Christ.
• Not intended to fulfill my personal purposes of companionship, pleasure & fulfillment—though those outcomes will result IF my focus is on God’s purposes
Prayer is a necessity:
• Seek scriptures for one another. Wrestle for each other. Colossians 4:12
• Seek to see God’s work and His glory revealed to children. Build a legacy. Psalm 90:16,17
• Triumph is in mercy. Hide in Jesus. James 2:13
• Be confident in God! Hebrews 10:35
