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Godly Marriages. The Toilet Paper Roll: Do they grow on the holders? Health Watch: Bringing Her Flowers is Not Harmful to Your Health Real Men Ask for Directions When Lost Loss of Identity: Losing the remote to your spouse How to Be the Ideal Shopping Companion - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Godly Marriages

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• The Toilet Paper Roll: Do they grow on the holders? • Health Watch: Bringing Her Flowers is Not Harmful

to Your Health • Real Men Ask for Directions When Lost• Loss of Identity: Losing the remote to your spouse• How to Be the Ideal Shopping Companion• Is It Genetically Impossible to Sit Quietly as She

Parallel Parks?

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One in Body and Spirit• Malachi 2:10-17 (p.729)

• The complaint: Where is God? (v.17)– God doesn’t love us (1:2); too hard to serve God (1:13); God’s leaders are humiliated

(2:9); God doesn’t answer our prayers (2:13); and there is no point in serving God – no justice (3:14). We have done nothing wrong (1:6), and we are faithful about giving the offerings (1:6; 2:12).

• God’s answer – YOU have twisted justice, then blamed Me– Crippled sacrifices (1:8); dishonor My Name (1:12); break promises to Me (1:14);

stopped teaching My Word of truth (2:7); disobeyed Me in marriage (2:11) and divorced the wives of your youth (2:15-16); call evil “good” then blame Me (2:17); cheat employees, foreigners, widows and orphans (3:5); and don’t give me the full tithe (3:8)

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One in Body and Spirit• I LOVE YOU (1.2)• God’s love is unconditional. • God’s blessings are conditional. • Obedience is the condition that brings God’s

blessings.• God is the cause of all blessings.

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One in Body and Spirit• Problem: marrying those who don’t love

God (v.11)

• Problem: divorce was common and cruel (v.14)

• Wisdom: Guard your heart, keep your commitment

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Guard Your Heart1. Guard your needs. (Prov 5:15)2. Guard your eyes. (Job 31:1)3. Guard your emotions. (Prov 4:23)4. Guard your finances. (Heb 13:5)5. Guard your time. (Deut 24:5)6. Guard your words. (Eph 4:29)7. Guard your faith. (Matt 10:37)

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Godly Marriages