1. Life University: Marriage Edition

2. GOD

3. THE PRACTICE OF MUTUAL MINISTRY

4. THE PRACTICE OF MUTUAL MINISTRY
A. Understand and Appreciate Your Spouse’s Differences.

5. THE PRACTICE OF MUTUAL MINISTRY
A. Understand and Appreciate Your Spouse’s Differences.
B. Understand and Meet Your Spouse’s Needs.

6. 1. Acceptance
2. Affection
3. Appreciation
The Eight Most Commonly Identified Intimacy Needs
4. Approval
5. Attention
6. Encouragement
7. Respect
8. Security

7. THE PRACTICE OF MUTUAL MINISTRY
A. Understand and Appreciate Your Spouse’s Differences.
B. Understand and Meet Your Spouse’s Needs.
C. Understand and Speak Your Spouse’s Love Languages.

8. A. Encouraging Words – Building others up through verbal expressions
B. Acts of Service—Expressing love by doing things for the other
C. Gift Giving—Unexpected gifts to communicate you were thinking of the other.
D. Quality Time—Expressing love by prioritizing undistracted time to spend together.
E. Physical Touch & Closeness—Communicating love through affection and physical closeness.

10. Jeff and Dena Smith

12. SESSION THREE:
A Great Marriage Deals with Disappointment.

13. I. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY COMMUNICATING CONCERNS.

14. I. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY COMMUNICATING CONCERNS.
A. TACT

15. I. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY COMMUNICATING CONCERNS.
A. TACT
B. TIMING

16. I. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY COMMUNICATING CONCERNS.
A. TACT
B. TIMING
C. TRUTH

17. I. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY COMMUNICATING CONCERNS.
A. TACT
B. TIMING
C. TRUTH
D. TONE

18. II. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY CAPTURING THOUGHTS.

19. III. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY COPYING JESUS.

20. 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,

21. teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:12-17

22. IV. DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENT WITH CONFIDENCE IN JESUS.

24. WEEK THREE COMMITMENT:
I commit to relate to my spouse like God relates to me– with grace, truth, and forgiveness.