“Consumer Marriages”. The Consumer Mentality Everything is disposable. Everything is replaceable. Everything is marketable. Everything is designed/engineered/manufactured.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

THE MEANING OF MARRIAGE Marriage is… By Gods Design For Gods Display.

Advertisements

“Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.” The Trinity.

Perfect Harmony Ephesians 5: submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23.

“The Challenge... of Marriage” (Gen. 2:21-24). The Problem of Marriage.

Sermon INTRODUCTION Home Grown Resolutions 1 Peter 3:7.

Marriage and Dating: A Biblical Perspective. What is Marriage? Marriage is a Covenant –A Covenant is a PROMISE 1 Samuel 18:3/ 2 Samuel 9 Genesis 15:9-17/Jeremiah.

Sacrament of Marriage Complete SurrenderSelf Sacrifice Signifies the Union of Christ and His Church Through this, married couple make visible the life.

GODLY HOMES In an ungodly world (8) An ongoing study of the Home as God’s Word teaches.

Matthew 20 Three points of submission 1. Marriage.

Part 2: 5) Ask the Spirit to help you stay humble before each other.

The Sanctity of Marriage

“To Love and to Cherish” May 16. Think About It … Recall some famous television couples What positive and negative aspects of marriage were portrayed.

“People who are in Smyrna” “People who are in Smyrna”

Divine Principles for a Healthy Relationship Healthy relationships are a vital component of health and wellbeing. There is compelling evidence that strong.

The Blended Family Romans 14:19. What Is a Blended Family? The blended family is a family unit in which one or both of the spouses have been previously.

LIVE WORTHY: Practical Advice from a Man in Chains Spirit-Filled Husband & Wives.

MARRIAGE 1.WHY LOOK AT MARRIAGE GODS WAY

1 Ephesians - Christ and the Church Lesson Ephesians - Christ and the Church Chapter Five... Verses The Church - God’s Submissive Servants.

(Genesis 2:18-25). The Purpose of Life I. The Purpose of Life (Why Do I exist): A. To glorify God-to demonstrate the greatness of His Character by functioning.

A Single's Guide to Marriage. “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Wholeness Prayer ( Restoration and Discipleship ) Session 4 ©2014, 2007, 2006 Freedom for the Captive Ministries.

Healthy Relationships. Characteristics of Healthy Relationships: Healthy Unhealthy.

Marriage Seminar Session three: What is husband’s responsibility?

Christian marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman...

Gospel = Good News!. The Gospel is relational Good News, not transactional in nature!

“An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.” -- Agatha Christie.

How to have success in married life. Problems Start… “They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze,

Wholeness Prayer ( Restoration and Discipleship ) Session 3 ©2014, 2007, 2006 Freedom for the Captive Ministries.

Origins of Government Target: I can explain some of the basic theories on why mankind developed government.

MARRIAGE: State of the UNION.

What’s So Scary About Submission?

Mental Health. What is Mental Health? Mental/Emotional Health: is about your feelings and thoughts. The ability to accept yourself and others, express.

The Christ- Centered Marriage Conforming to His Image Chapter 4.

Erik Erikson A neo-Freudian Worked with Anna Freud Thought our personality was influenced by our experiences with others. Stages of Psychosocial Development.

Genesis 2:  Physical oneness. Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality,

HOW TO BE HOLY IN YOUR MARRIAGE. I Peter 1:15-16 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because.

The Family In a Dysfunctional World…How to Live! The Family In a Dysfunctional World…How to Live! Colossians 3:5-24.

There is a process of marriage 1.We must leave our parents Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother 2.We must cleave to our spouse and shall.

Responsibilities In A Family Gen 2:18, Ephesians 5:21-6:4

Cultural changing we Economical pressure Political analysis symptoms existential analysis wellbeing replies New spread madhouse 1camarthen-wales renzo.

LIVING in the Light of the Gospel Big Idea  If we are going to live for Christ, the Gospel must function as the central core that informs and fuels every.

The importance of being the right person in marriage.

Discovering Our Purpose The Role of the Woman in Marriage.

Husbands and Wives 1 Peter 3:1-7. Introduction It is essential that we understand God’s pattern for marriage. We live in culture that seeks to pervert.

Responsibilities In A Family Gen 2:18, Ephesians 5:21-6:4.

Time for God a uniquely Christian approach to time management.

Review You were created to be completed not by another person but Christ. It is possible for a lonely, insecure, unhappy single person to become a lonely,

Called to Faithful Commitment Formation 2010 Faith and Light International.

LIVE WORTHY: Practical Advice from a Man in Chains Tough Love, Militant Submissiveness.

God’s Plan for Marriage Relationships Ephesians 5:15-33 Pastor Bob Baker Trinity Alliance Church.

Now That You’ve Said “I Do!” South Sound Church of Christ Marriage Workshop?

Ephesians 5:21-24 And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23.

Biblical Relationships Grace Fellowship Church May 29, 2009 Pastor Teacher, Jim Rickard

Valentine’s Day - A Celebration of Love Going North to Truest Love.

I Surrender My Marriage. We search for fulfillment in our Christian marriages and do not realize we are searching in cultural principles instead of surrendering.

The Father Heart of God. The Beatitudes – Matt 5:3-12 “ O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive.

Singleness and Marriage. What will this talk involve? Your perspectives Bible perspectives How we can change our perspectives if they’re not in line with.

The Creator’s Choice - Family Our Focus Must Be Right  I am not here to change my spouse or others. But to ask the Holy Spirit to change me.  I am not.

MARRIAGE Tonight I want us to use scriptures from the “Sermon on the Mount” and apply them to marriage. I think going through these will be a good way.

God’s Plan for the Family

Life at Home May 7.

Our Mission To be a welcoming, celebrating, growing family living out together the Way of Jesus— loving God, loving one another, and loving our neighbors.

Origins of Government.

Ephesians 5:22-25 (NKJV) 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church;

RIGHT WITH GOD. Who do you believe God To Be?.

Sermon Marriage Ephesians 5:21-33 Introduction.

Session Four: Building Personal Responsibility

God’s Wisdom for Marriages

SUBMITTING TO ONE ANOTHER IN THE FEAR OF CHRIST

Let’s Grow Together.

Presentation transcript:

“Consumer Marriages”

The Consumer Mentality Everything is disposable. Everything is replaceable. Everything is marketable. Everything is designed/engineered/manufactured for the consumer’s satisfaction.

Consumer Mindset Applied to Marriage NO spouse can meet every need of the other. Unrealistic Expectations

The consumer mentality and the pursuit of “becoming one” cannot coexist.

“Differentiation”

Two basic life forces: the drive for individuality the drive for togetherness. Individuality propels us to follow our own directives, to be on our own, to create a unique identity. Togetherness pushes us to follow the directives of others, to be part of the group. When these two life forces for individuality and togetherness are expressed in balanced, healthy ways, the result is a meaningful relationship that doesn’t break down into emotional dysfunction.

Sounds great in theory, doesn’t it? “Thought this was Adult Discipleship not Psychology 301.” “I think we tried something like this once.” “How does this actually apply?”

Discuss. First impressions of the idea of the consumerism effect on marriage Differentiation How does the Bible’s vision of marriage fit into this?

The bad news is that there is no How-To plan. The good news is that there is no How-To plan. Growing marriages have to figure out how it’s going to work for them. A healthy relationship does not demand I give up my identity, nor does it demand my partner to give themselves up to meet all of my needs.

A husband and wife are to “submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” Ephesians 5:21(NIV). This is a mutual submission that does not ask us to give up our created image in God (Gen. 1:27) in order to fulfill every need the partner may have.

Practicing mutual submission, self-sacrifice and unconditional love overcome the “consumer mentality” in marriage.

In marriage, we are not consumers, we are spouses. And our love is rooted not in the other but from our Creator. (It’s given/received to the other...)

“Being free means ‘being free for the other,’ because I am bound to the other. Only in relationship with the other am I free.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer