By: Radisson Road Baptist Church
(via INTO THE LIGHT Journal)
Seek a Christian mate - 2 Corinthians 6:14 - Foundation of true love - love of Christ in both hearts - one in Spirit, interests, activities. Seek the Lord's leading to the RIGHT mate - Genesis 2:18, James 4:13-15.
(via INTO THE LIGHT Journal)
Seek a Christian mate - 2 Corinthians 6:14 - Foundation of true love - love of Christ in both hearts - one in Spirit, interests, activities. Seek the Lord's leading to the RIGHT mate - Genesis 2:18, James 4:13-15.
Keep yourself clean - Morally - Exodus 20:14 - 7th commandment - Do not commit adultery - James 1:27 - unspotted from the world - You want a pure mate; your mate has just as much right to expect purity. Hebrews 13:4 - marriage honorable in all. Proverbs 31:11 - (virtuous woman) - her husband doth safely trust in her.
Physically - clean dirt (from honest toil) vs the accumulated type (indicates laziness). No disgrace to get dirty, but a real disgrace is to stay dirty! B.O. body odor - Lifebuoy soap - halitosis - Listerene!
Habits - tobacco - cigarettes make death 9 times as likely from lung cancer; alcohol - beer, liquor, wine - the drunkard in the gutter would not have gotten there if he had not taken the FIRST DRINK! Reading matter and entertainment - do not poison yourself or your children with filth.
Don't be lazy - husband support family - 1 Timothy 5:8; Proverbs 6:6-11 - "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window," Do little things around the house and yard to keep the home looking respectable. Wife - be a good housekeeper - Proverbs 31. House and family cared for. Be a good manager - live within the income - let the Jones go!
Be a good mate - face problems together - learn that "what is good for both is best for each" - unity of the family unit - all for both, indivisible! - be married - one flesh - Genesis 2:24 - defraud not one another - 1 Corinthians 7:5. Keep up the courtship, marriage comes first, lasts long after the children have grown and flown - many childless marriage are happy ones. Appreciate each other - and tell your mate so - in many ways; love each other - and practice it - Proverbs 3:27. The three sweetest words in any language are "I LOVE YOU." Use this key to happiness often!
Have your own home to yourselves - Genesis 2:24 - leave your father and mother - cleave unto your wife. Not just your own house - move away if need be. Receive good advice courteously but make your own decisions in sweet counsel together.
Keep from nagging - Proverbs 27:15; 19:14 and belittling - Proverbs 14:1-3 - You are mates, not antagonists!
Keep family secrets from being peddled abroad - Gossip says: only two kinds of secrets - "those not worth keeping and those too good to keep." Titus 2:5; Proverbs 11:22.
Don't both get angry at the same time - a soft answer turneth away wrath - Proverbs 15:1. It takes two to make a fight!
Have a Christian home - 24 hours a day - children learn by example - neighbors are quick to learn of inconsistencies and hypocrisy. Family devotions. Lead your own children to Christ IN THE HOME! Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:1-14; 5:22-23
Have a spiritual church home - where the gospel is preached, lived, and taught. Hebrews 10:25' Acts 2:47; 1 Timothy 3:15 - Encourage your children to serve the LORD.
Blessed be the TIE
that BINDS our HEARTS
in Christian
LOVE!
