Marriage …
…… is for life a covenant relationship made between a man and a woman before God. Include Him, the designer of marriage, in your marriage each day by praying together and for each other. Continue to daily invest in your marriage through prayer, time together and speaking out words of life –
you will see great returns.
Increase The Investment In Your Marriage
Join the Marriage Investment Bank (MIB) today to receive:
- A monthly email which may contain
- Discussion ideas or points to start meaningful conversations with your spouse
- A suggested date night for you to plan with your spouse
- A challenge for you and your spouse
- A prayer for you both to pray over your marriage/family
- through Marriage Week the second week in September each year you will receive a daily investment letter
There are no costs involved (you will not find anywhere on our website a request for funds) – just the commitment of you and your spouse to take your marriage and family to the next level. Your privacy is not invaded; we do not share/sell any personal data, and we maintain our own mailing system and its data on our own secure, dedicated server.
MIB was founded in 2011. Since that time 100’s of couples, both in Australia and overseas, have joined as investors. They are investing in part of the critical infrastructure of their nation, their church, their community – their own marriage and family!
Join us all in celebrating the beauty of covenant marriage as designed by God.
Marriage is Important
The Importance of Marriage – primarily from the perspective of Scripture.
God’s Creation
“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27 NKJV)
Right from the start God made men and women equal, in “the image of God” but with complementary differences as men and women.
On the creation of man God placed him in the garden and gave him His vision for life in the world that He, God had created. God then saw that something was incomplete and said “Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” (Genesis 2:18 NLT). God had seen that it was not good for the first man, and for most of us, to be left by himself.
God then created/crafted woman out of the rib of that first man ( Genesis 2:21-22). Then, God presented and entrusted this remarkable gift to
This new booklet explores:
- God’s design & purpose for marriage,
- What is Marriage?
- The benefits that a Godly marriage brings
- What to seek to avoid in your marriage
- Honouring Marriage
Download the zipped file (PDF) and print the pdf’s in booklet form to give to others or send the zipped file on to them.
Prayer for marriage ~ September
The charity and not for profit sector has its own unique issues. These include raising funds, which in turn affects the ability to hire/retain/train staff and deliver services; the employment of volunteer staff and the need to employ suitably qualified staff, yet not always being in a position to offer salary packages equivalent to those on offer in the corporate field. The challenge of working with volunteers. The challenge of communicating in a foreign language, personal safety, dealing with different cultural norms and hygiene issues if working in some countries overseas. These issues and many others have the capacity to impact marriages and family. At this time there is also the very great challenges that have occurred as a result of the impact of government regulations seeking to
1) increase government control of employers’ ability to employ suitable staff &
2) restrict the truths of the Word of God.
The increased
Lust – Misdirected Desires
Lust when a misdirected desire – is being used as a weapon against the church, marriage and family
A common modern dictionary meaning of lust is:
“Lust is defined as a very strong sexual desire or an intense longing for something. It can also refer to passionate desires for various things, such as power or food.”
However in many mindsets the meaning of lust is sexual temptation
Scripture uses the word “lust” more broadly than modern dictionaries.
Scripture reveals to us the truth of the meaning of “lust”. Within the Old Testament there are two words which are translated to “lust” by some translators – the Hebrew word. תַּאֲוָה ṯa’ăwâ [Strongs h8378] is sometimes translated as “lust,” sometimes as “craving” or “desire.” It is used some 21 times within the Old Testament reflecting the breadth of human longing—from the holy yearning for the LORD’s name (Isaiah 26:8) to destructive cravings that bring judgment
