Built to Last

Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rB9DrJGVF2YPTWUQPL_GYri03ckek3wl

REAL TALK – 2

Built to Last

 

 

Genesis 2:24 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.”

 

 

FOUNDATIONS FOR BUILDING LAST MARRIAGES

 

1.  SEPARATION.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother …”

 

●      Let go of parents

●      Let go of past relationships

●      Let go of perfection

 

BIG QUESTION: What if you were married to you? (screen)

 

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.” – Benjamin Franklin (screen)

 

2.  PERMANENCE.

“… and be united to his wife …” (cleave)

 

●      Permanence through diversity.

 

(screen only)

“What makes a marriage count, is not how compatible the two of you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.” – Leo Tolstoy

 

●      Permanence through adversity.

 

(Screen only)

2 Things to Know:

God has put us together.

Our life choices will echo for generations.

(Screen only)

“By making Him our One, He makes us one.” – Craig Groeschel

 

3.  UNITY.

“… and they will become one flesh.”

 

(Screen only)

Unity:

 

Intellectual – think together

Recreational – play together

Spiritual – pray together

Physical – next point

Emotional – learn together

 

Result: 13 Bonus Words

 

4.    INTIMACY.

Genesis 2:25 “The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.”

Song of Songs 4:12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

 

(Screen only)

Why “keep it in the garden”?

1.    It pleases God.

 

2.    It protects you.

 

 

       

       

 

Landon Henry

Feb 22, 2020, 10:43 PM (8 hours ago)

 

 

to me

the hurricane pics will go in order at the very beginning of the message, just

 

the pic about the kids answers goes right after that first scripture, Genesis 2:24

 

the Tim hawkins video clips goes after the permanence in diversity point right before the Tolstoy quote

 

the It's not about the nail video clip goes right after the points about Unity (emotional - learn together)

 

the rick and kay warren pic goes at the very end of the message