Being married does not stop you from dating each other!
Dating your spouse will help to enrich your marriage and make it stronger.
What is marriage? The common dictionary definition….
…… is “the legally or formally recognised union of a man and a woman”, in our terms, a covenant relationship. This is being eroded in some parts of the world to include other relationships.
But where does that definition come from? Where does marriage come from?
Marriage and family are good gifts, blessings from a great God. Unfortunately, the Word of God is often neglected, even rejected, and many work to see restrictions on what Christian organisations and the Church can say or do. Regrettably, ignorance, apathy, and antagonism abound in our culture when it comes to God’s blueprint for the sacred institution of marriage and the family. Indeed our law is the same as that in many other nations where the word ‘marriage’ has been changed to include relationships other than between a man and a woman.
Scripture, the God inspired word, is fully sufficient for us in our life, marriage, ministry – but we need to read, and seek to understand it, allowing God to open up His word to us and we ourselves to test that revelation through discussion with others to
Some benefits of Marriage
- Higher rates of physically healthy citizens.
- Higher rates of emotionally healthy citizens.
- Lower domestic violence rates.
- Lower crime statistics.
- Lower teen age pregnancy rates.
- Lower rates of juvenile delinquency.
Throughout time the status of marriage has been and remains under continued pressure as are marriages themselves. This is despite the fact that throughout history to the current time many have concluded that marriage is a cornerstone of society/nations. Researchers, from differing fields of interest, still continue in this activity and show that it is so.
Having a healthy and strong marriage is not just a luxury item, it’s something we should strive for and expect. Marriage researchers have determined that having a healthy, happy, fulfilling marriage benefits all family members and society at large. Modern research simply echoes what God says in His Word.
Research shows that there are many benefits from strong, healthy marriages some of which are: For to the community
- More satisfying relationship.
- Emotionally and physically healthier.
- Wealthier.
- Less likely to be victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or other violent crimes.
As we and many have said great strains are being put on the people of the nation and indeed the world. We all from time to time, need to re-evaluate the priorities of life and the way that we do things. We as church/ministry leaders and the teams around us have been no exception to this. Along with these extra strains, we have been contending with an increased attack on the church – on us as followers of Christ, an attack that has been with us since the fall.
Today, we seem to be in a culture that is saturated with sex and self-actualization – idolatry where some, maybe many, are fearful of talking about marriage particularly in the sense of God’s design. We have a responsibility for the health, the spiritual health, of the church and this flows on to the nation. We are the game-changers working to the plan – God’s plan, we do not need more marketing plans or campaigns. We need to be more than cheerleaders, motivational speakers as we seek to stir, to shake and convict so that change for good, for righteousness takes place in lives, marriages, families.
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