How to Choose the Right Mate: Seven Keys to a Lifelong Love Marriage Enrichment Series By Ryan N. Fraser.

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How to Choose the Right Mate: Seven Keys to a Lifelong Love Marriage Enrichment Series By Ryan N. Fraser

Introduction: Marriage is a wonderful blessing from God and a sacred institution (Gen. 2:18). Matthew 19:3-6 Too many marriages fail before they ever officially begin!

Seven Keys to a Lifelong Love: I.Don’t marry the person you think you can live with. Marry the one you can’t live without. – Genesis 29:16-30

II. Don’t marry someone who has characteristics that you feel are intolerable. M-A-T-E Maturity Attitudes & Attractiveness Temperament Example & Expectations – Ephesians 5:22-25

III.Don’t marry impulsively! – Ephesians 5:25-33

IV. As a Christian don’t allow yourself to become “unequally yoked” with an unbeliever. – 2 Corinthians 6:14-15

V.Don’t move in with a person before marriage. – 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

VI. Don’t get married too young.

VII. Simply put, the stability of marriage is a by-product of an iron-willed determination to make it work. – Ecclesiastes 5:4

Conclusion There are a lot of different variables to weigh out when choosing a mate. Choosing the right mate will enrich your life and be a great blessing to your children and to the church.