LOYALTY IN MARRIAGE

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: LOYALTY IN MARRIAGE

Eph. 5:31 speaks of the law of “leaving and cleaving”. This was what God expected of the first married couple, Gen. 2:24, and it is what He expects of every other married couple. When a man and woman are married, there is a fundamental shift in their relationships to others.

Their relationship with the parents is altered forever. It can still be strong, but the marriage relationship must have preeminence over the parental relationship. Children need to let go and so do parents. Few things are more devastating to a marriage than a failure to “leave and cleave”.

The word “joined” means “to be glued”. It is the idea of two things being bonded together in such a way that they cannot be torn apart. It is a bond so strong and so deep that you cannot tell where one begins and the other ends.

This kind of loyalty is spelled out in 1 Cor. 13:7. Look at the characteristics of true loyalty.

Beareth all things – Loyal even when things are tough. It doesn’t walk out in the day of trouble.

Believeth all things – Loyalty believes in ones mate. It trusts them.

Hopeth all things – Loyalty never looks for the worst in them, but only believes the best.

Endureth all things – Loyalty sticks it out. Loyalty does not abandon the fort

LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST GIVE OUR UNION LOYALTY THAT WE BUILD A HAPPIER FAMILY IN JESUS NAME.

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