1. GENESIS

2. OUR ROMANTIC GOD

3. Genesis 2:18-24

4. Romance is one of God’s greatest created gifts to mankind.

5. I. ROMANCE IS GOD’S GIFT

6. II. INTIMACY IS GOD’S GIFT

7. III. COMPLIMENTARY RELATIONSHIP IS GOD’S GIFT

8. “She was not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” Matthew Henry

9. Martin Luther called marriage a, “school for character.”

10. “Marriage is a civil relationship regulated by law, and should be a spiritual relationship and a heart relationship governed by the Word of God and motivated by love. The man and the woman are not primarily “one spirit” or “one heart”….but “one flesh.” Warren Wiersbe

11. We must never let the devil steal the truth that our God is the author and creator of romance from us.