Marriage - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org Helping people become Fully Alive in Christ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:33:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://liferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-cross-100x100.jpg Marriage - Liferoads Church https://liferoads.org 32 32 Sojourners & Exiles – Week 5 https://liferoads.org/sermons/sojourners-exiles-week-5/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=4809 Today Peter talks about marriage. This can be a touchy subject, but realize that God has made it a unique institution for immense growth. It is one of the few institutions that God established, and if respected, it has a very powerful spiritual effect. 1 Peter 3:1-7 has encouraging words for wives and husbands. Respect, love, and honor each other. Value each other as Christ values you! Act to each other the way Jesus has acted to you—in patience, dignity, […]

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]]> Today Peter talks about marriage. This can be a touchy subject, but realize that God has made it a unique institution for immense growth. It is one of the few institutions that God established, and if respected, it has a very powerful spiritual effect. 1 Peter 3:1-7 has encouraging words for wives and husbands. Respect, love, and honor each other. Value each other as Christ values you! Act to each other the way Jesus has acted to you—in patience, dignity, and love.

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]]> Oikos: Biblical Wisdom for Marriage & Home – Part 3 https://liferoads.org/sermons/oikos-biblical-wisdom-for-marriage-home-part-3/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:11:22 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3851 Even in the healthiest of relationships there is conflict. Paul writes a beautiful and powerful guide to the broken church of Corinth. From it we can learn the power of and importance of love. Have hope, be kind and extend grace, always fueled by our our future hope promised by our Lord.

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James 3:2
Ephesians 4:32

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]]> Oikos: Biblical Wisdom for Marriage & Home – Part 2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/oikos-biblical-wisdom-for-marriage-home-part-2/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:32:03 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3841 The culture gives us a false premise of marriage. It is a relationship for holiness and not built on the fickle foundations of emotion. The biblical premise of marriage is submission to each other through submission to Christ. It is Christ who completes us, and relationships guided by that principle build up and heal.

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Ephesians 5:15-33

Ephesians 4:1

Colossians 2:8-10

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]]> Oikos: Biblical Wisdom for Marriage & Home – Part 1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/oikos-biblical-wisdom-for-marriage-home-part-1/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 05:33:00 +0000 https://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=3838 Introduction to our new sermon series on marriage and parenting. Marriage is important, marriage is a blessing, and marriage is difficult. Marriage is a living illustration of God's relationship with his people

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Isaiah 54:5

Ephesians 5:25-33

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]]> Ephesians – Sit, Walk, Stand – Pt.10 https://liferoads.org/sermons/ephesians-sit-walk-stand-pt-10/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:46:33 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=2787 Parenting is hard. It deserves honor. But as parents we should also be careful to "raise up" our children in the "tenor" that the Lord has for them. It takes humility, patience and prayer, lots of it.

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Hebrews 12:5-15

Romans 12:18-19

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]]> Ephesians – Sit, Walk, Stand – Pt.9 https://liferoads.org/sermons/ephesians-sit-walk-stand-pt-9/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 15:32:34 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=2784 This is a marriage. Some times we need to get back to the simple basics and understand the foundation of relationships. Marriage is a covenant, not just an agreement, and in this covenant is the reflection of the relationship with God.

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Romans 12:1-2

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]]> The One I Love – Pt.3 https://liferoads.org/sermons/one-love-pt-3/ Mon, 08 May 2017 03:23:51 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=946 Sex is God's Idea. God created the world, he created us, and he created sex, but it needs to have boundaries or it can be very damaging. Sex is beautiful and can glory God in a marriage.

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]]> Sex is God’s Idea. As Christians, we believe God’s word is the true and correct way to live. Not because we are being closed minded but because we truly believe God’s way is the healthiest way mentally, physically, and spiritually. God created the world, he created us, and he created sex. There is no one else with that kind of authority to define sex and the necessary boundaries. The world tries to tell us what is true and right and good but we are very good at lying to ourselves. God is unchanging and has the authority to correct us. There is a spectrum of thought and belief ranging from “Anything goes” to “Eww”. But both extremes are not healthy spiritually. The Bible puts great importance on sex, and reserving sex for marriage. For a husband and wife to connect, and destress, and strengthen their bond, the foundation of their family unit.

1 Corinthians 6:12-7:5

Proverbs 5:18-19

Proverbs 6:27

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]]> The One I Love – Pt.2 https://liferoads.org/sermons/one-love-pt-2/ Mon, 01 May 2017 00:57:23 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=941 We have deep desires and passions and we need to look to Jesus to fulfill them. In your marriage chose ministry over manipulation. Make some practical rules about how you resolve conflict before you are in one.

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James 4:1-8 says when we quarrel, our passions are at war within us. Our need for our individual self and our need for our relationship.
This week at Liferoads, we discussed the importance of navigating conflict well and even growing from it. How when we allow God to complete us, as said in Colossians 2:9 (Amplified Bible), we are able to approach an argument without expecting, forcing or manipulating a flawed spouse to meet all our needs, but with more of a ministry mindset in which we strive to meet their needs. We offer forgiveness and grace, rooted in the security and strength Christ has given us, so we can love each other with all the best parts of ourselves.

James 4:1-8

Colossians 2:6-10

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]]> The One I Love – Pt.1 https://liferoads.org/sermons/one-love-pt-1/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:34:16 +0000 http://liferoads.org/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=938 The cultural view of marriage is a magical feeling, but we need to understand it is a covenant. A strong marriage is united with God and with effort produces fruit abundant.

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]]> For the next few weeks at Liferoads, we are encouraged to set aside our marital preconceptions, whether they’ve been influenced by society or our own past experiences, and consider what an enduring biblical covenant marriage is and what love is. From the immediate euphoria of infatuation to the enduring, we will study the daily grace of a marriage as written in Ephesians 5:21-33. Each week we’ll discuss with a new couple the practical applications for these principles in our own lives. This week we shared how important our marital covenant is to us, our spouse and God. How it can carry us through the roughest of times because as we grow closer to God, we also grow closer to the one we love.

Eph 5:21-33

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