1. 1 #irelateseries Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2012 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

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3. 3 Genesis 2:24-25 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.Adam and his wife were both naked,and they felt no shame. Marriage... because of who God is because of how God made us

4. 4 John 4:18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” Marriage isn’t...

5. 5 John 4:13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” JESUS is our Saviour A cure for our ills

6. 6 2 Corinthians 1:3-5Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, JESUS is our Saviour A cure for our ills

7. 7 Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Marriage is... God’s idea

8. 8 Genesis 2:18The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." God’s good idea

9. 9 Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Leaving and Cleaving

10. 10 Mark 9:33-34They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, ‘What were you arguing about on the road?’ But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Marriage is... 1. mutual serving

11. 11 Mark 9:35Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, ‘Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.’ Marriage is... 1. mutual serving

12. 12 Matthew 20:20-27 Marriage is... 1. mutual serving

13. 13 1 Corinthians 7:3-4 The husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Marriage is... 1. mutual serving

14. 14 Ephesians 5:33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Marriage is... 1. mutual serving

15. 15 Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. Marriage is... 2. inter-dependence

16. 16 Genesis 2:18The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Marriage is... 2. inter-dependence

17. 17 John 3:16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Marriage is... 3. a common mission

18. 18 Romans12:13Practice hospitality. Marriage is... 3. a common mission

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