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Current Series
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The Making of a Marriage
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(January 22 - February 12, 2012)
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The Power of Promising
Binding promises are crucial for creating trust and security that leads to lasting love. In many ways you could say that the promises we make shape who we become. We see God model this concept by being a promise-making and promise-keeping God. He makes promises to us and to His people first, before knowing our response. This week we will speak of the importance of promises, trace the history of God’s covenants, and then look at the covenant of marriage.
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The Essential Ingredient
Love is the essential ingredient for lasting marriage, but it’s not the sentimental, feelings-driven kind of love the world shows us. It’s a sacrificial love; it’s a forgiving love; it’s a committed love; it’s a God-like love. And this kind of love can only be expressed by those who have received it from the Lord and now live under the power of the Holy Spirit. This message will focus on the Biblical concept of love and will also highlight the importance of having a spiritual match in marriage.
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The Mission of Marriage
In marriage we not only find love, but we discover the depth of our own inner ugliness. Until we really live with another and have to serve another, we don’t see how truly selfish we really are. Marriage is designed to be an environment that exposes the depth of our sinfulness and meets it with the embrace of true acceptance. And it is in this environment that real change can happen, and we begin to see that marriage is a key tool in God’s arsenal to shape us and transform us, leading to His glory and our joy.
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This service will take place at Antioch Upper Grade School at 800 Highview Drive in Antioch.
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Battling Marriage Enemies
It’s no secret that trying to build a fulfilling and lasting marriage is incredibly difficult. To commit to building this kind of relationship – the kind that fulfills each partner, honors the Lord, and is a witness to the world – will meet resistance and a host of enemies. In this message, we want to acknowledge the reality of spiritual warfare against healthy marriage. And we want to names some of the schemes of the evil one that war against healthy marriage: Bitterness, fatigue, lust, materialsm,.. |
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