2. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
I. STRONG MARRIAGES ARE BUILT ON CHRIST
Unless the Lord builds a house,     the work of the builders is wasted.
Ps. 127:1

3. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Eph. 4:2

4. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
3 Make every effort
to keep yourselves united in the Spirit,
binding yourselves together with peace.
Eph. 4:3

5. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Eph. 4:31-32

7. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
II. STRONG MARRIAGES ARE BUILT ON LOVE
21 …submit to one another
out of reverence for Christ.
25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.
Eph. 5:21, 25-26

8. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 1 Cor. 13:4-5

9. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Cor. 13:6-7

10. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
Types of Love to Cultivate Into Your Marriage
Eros – Key word: Romance (Emotional intimacy)
Storge – Key word: Reliability – (Contentment)
Phileo – Key words: Sharing and Trust
Agape – Key words: Giving and knowledge

11. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
III. STRONG MARRIAGES ARE BUILT ON RESPECT
21 And further,
submit to one another
out of reverence for Christ.
22 For wives,
this means submit to your husbands
as to the Lord.

12. BUILDING STRONG MARRIAGES
So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Eph. 5:33