1. Now that We are Together6
Now that We are Together

2. Review
Mature enough for commitment
Seeking a mate
Profile of ideal spouse
Marriage myths

3. A happy marriage often depends on how well we manage the changes that take place after the wedding day.

4. Metamorphosis = Transformation

5. Changes
A New Legal Status

6. A New Relationship Begins
Changes
A New Legal Status
A New Relationship Begins

7. Marriage is special because:
Exclusive
Permanent

8. A New Identity Begins Changes A New Legal Status
A New Relationship Begins
A New Identity Begins

9. A New Role Begins Changes A New Legal Status A New Relationship Begins
A New Identity Begins
A New Role Begins

10. 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord
22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
- Ephesians 5:22-24

11. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
- Ephesians 5:25-26

12. 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
- Ephesians 5:27-28

13. Men should treat their wives as Christ treats the church.
What the passage says:
Men should treat their wives as Christ treats the church.

14. Women should treat their husbands as the church responds to Christ.
What the passage says:
Women should treat their husbands as the church responds to Christ.

15. A New Family Begins Changes A New Legal Status
A New Relationship Begins
A New Identity Begins
A New Role Begins
A New Family Begins

16. Things Change: Legal Change Relationship Change Identity Change
Role Change
Family Change