Yesterday's message at
First Assembly Community Ministries taught about marriage and how a man can contribute to his wife's strength in life.
You can catch the message if you start it in the video window below at about the 3:03:00 mark.
To see last week's message that introduced the series,
click here.
Immediately below here is the outline we used in the message yesterday--check it out!
STRONGER: Stronger Women
Ephesians 5:25-30
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the
church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by
the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a
radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and
blameless. 28 In this
same way, husbands ought to love their wives as
their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed
and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body.”
BIG IDEA: God designed a man to meet a woman’s significant
needs for love if he will lay his life down for her.
COMMUNICATION
Communication with nuance and feeling is the
way to connect with a woman.
LEADERSHIP
Initiating direction is something that a woman seeks.
Leadership Areas
1.
Spirituality
2.
Parenting
3.
Romance
4.
Financial decisions
SECURITY
The number one need of a woman is security.
Security Areas
1.
Financial security
2.
Emotional security
3.
Situational security
RESPONSE: What is God saying to you in this
message? How can you begin to communicate
and receive the love that someone is sending you this week?
GREAT AND TRUSTED
BOOKS ON MARRIAGE
The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller.
Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married by Gary Chapman