Ecc 4:912 GNB

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Ecc 49-12 (GNB) Two are better off than one,
because together they can work more effectively.
10 If one of them falls down, the other can help
him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it's
just too bad, because there is no one to help
him.
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11 If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay
warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself? 12
Two people can resist an attack that would defeat
one person alone. A rope made of three cords is
hard to break.
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1 Cor 728 Those that get married shall have
trouble in the flesh.
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Spiritual compatibility
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2 Cor 614 (WNT) Do not come into close
association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked
with asses. For what is there in common between
righteousness and lawlessness? Or what
partnership has light with darkness?
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Spiritual compatibility
Character compatibility
Communicational compatibility
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James 41-2 (NKJV) 1 Where do wars and fights
come from among you? Do they not come from your
desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet
and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do
not have because you do not ask.
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Spiritual compatibility
Character compatibility
Communicational compatibility
Temperament and personality compatibility
Is there physical and romantic attraction?
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Two Additional Tests
Spiritual compatibility
The test of family and friends
Character compatibility
The test of Time
Communicational compatibility
Temperament and personality compatibility
Romantic and physical attraction
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Invest in your marriage
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Pro 243-5 (GNB) Homes are built on the
foundation of wisdom and understanding. 4 Where
there is knowledge, the rooms are furnished with
valuable, beautiful things. 5 Being wise is
better than being strong yes, knowledge is more
important than strength.
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Gal 67-8 (GNB) Do not deceive yourselves no
one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly
what you plant. 8 If you plant in the field of
your natural desires, from it you will gather the
harvest of death if you plant in the field of
the Spirit, from the Spirit you will gather the
harvest of eternal life.
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Invest in your marriage
When you get stuck Get help FAST!
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Pro 1513 (KJV) A merry heart maketh a cheerful
countenance but by sorrow of the heart the
spirit is broken.
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Pro 1312 (KJV) Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of
life.
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Invest heavily in the selection process
Invest in your marriage
When you get stuck Get help FAST!
Commit your life to Christ and to growing
spiritually
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Eph 314-15 (KJV) For this cause I bow my knees
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is
named,