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There is much to guide the people of the church to lead a Godly life with the inspired, written word within Hebrews 13. Focussing on the word “honour” in the opening of verse 13:4, “Let Marriage Be Held in Honour among all,” “honour” being translated from the Greek word “τίμιος.” We see that from Strong’s Number: g5093. “τίμιος timios; including the comparative τιμιώτερος timiōteros; and the superlative τιμιώτατος timiōtatos; from 5092; valuable, i.e. (objectively) costly, or (subjectively) honored, esteemed,

The ABS issued the 2025 statistics on the 28th July. One unspoken headline is that 40,748 children under the age of 16 were affected by these divorces making a total of 214,637 between 2021 and 2025. These children will potentially grow up with a fractured view of what marriage is! Marriages The total number of registered marriages for the year was 118,804 the number according to God’s design was 114,168. This is a drop of 2040 compared to 2024,

The theme of Marriage Week this year is “Honouring Marriage”. When we hear “honour marriage” or “honouring marriage”, most will relate firstly to Hebrews 13:4, where it is written “Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.” [NLT] Chronological LASB NLT Study Notes for this verse are: “Giving honor to marriage will require the utmost in Christian conviction and sensitivity. Modern social

Much is written these days about sustainability, usually in terms of the environment. For us, this should be a natural part of good stewardship and the dominion which we were given (Gen. 1:26-28), which, although lost through Adam's sin, was restored to us through Christ. Marriage between a man and a woman, as designed by God, should be the image of sustainability. Marriage is a covenant relationship for life, no matter what lies before us - God is always

Hidden amongst the “bad news” in the last few weeks was a short mention of increased domestic violence in our nation, and it was quickly pushed aside by the other acts of violence occurring around the world. The news publishers’ interest in family and domestic violence being sparked by a media release from the ABS on the 18 March. The media release stated: “There were 97,800 offenders proceeded against by police for at least one family and domestic violence (FDV)

Easter And Marriage A marriage where the husband and wife are totally devoted to each other, communicate well with each other, and have good conflict resolution skills is likely to survive. However, to move to a growing, healthy, and flourishing marriage, the husband and wife need the message of Easter. All around us we see examples of good and bad in communication, conflict resolution, and how to accept the differences