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RELATIONSHIPS ON THE ROCK

"The Foundational Laws of Marriage: Priority & Pursuit"

Pastor Duane Cross |  04.19.09

MYTH #1    Living with your partner prior to marriage significantly decreases problems and the risk of divorce in marriage.

MYTH #2     Sex is the number 1 issue that married couples fight about.

 MYTH #3     Married couples have a less satisfying sex life, and less sex, than unmarried couples.           

 MYTH #4       Having children typically brings a married couple closer together and increases marital happiness.

 MYTH #5     Being very unhappy at certain points in marriage is a sign the marriage will eventually end in divorce.        

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

 "He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction."                                                    (Psalm107:20)  

I. LAW OF Priority

                    Leave:         "to loosen or relinquish"

 "Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."                                                                   (Exodus 34:14 NIV)

4 ways to protect the priority of your relationship.

1.       Sacrifice

2.       Time

3.       Energy

4.       Attitude

 II. LAW OF Pursuit  

                    Cleave:        "pursue with all your energy"          

"Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.                                                                                    (Revelation 2:4-5 NIV)