The Spark

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The Spark

• Week One
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The Spark

• Week Two
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The Spark

• Week Three

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What is the Purpose of Marriage?

• Procreation
• Pleasure
• Companionship
• Happiness
• Sugar Daddy
• Mommy Dearest
• Be like Christ

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Mark 106-8
But at the beginning of creation God made them
male and female. For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh. So they are
no longer two, but one.
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Oneness A strong feeling of closeness or affinity.
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One Existing, acting, or considered as a single
unit, entity.
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The Spark

• Week Four

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Fundamental OneSocial Intimacy
Strike the Match
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The Spark

• Week Five

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Fundamental TwoMental Intimacy
The Embers Glow
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Philippians 48
Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do
best by filling your minds and meditating on
things true, noble, reputable, authentic,
compelling, gracious--the best, not the worst
the beautiful, not the ugly things to praise,
not things to curse.
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Eight Multiple Intelligences

• Linguistic Intelligence
• "word smart"
• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
• "number/reasoning smart"
• Spatial Intelligence
• "picture smart"
• Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Intelligence
• "body smart"

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Eight Multiple Intelligences

• Musical Intelligence
• "music smart"
• Interpersonal Intelligence
• "people smart"
• Intrapersonal Intelligence
• "self smart"
• Naturalist Intelligence
• "nature smart"

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The Spark

• Week Six

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Fundamental ThreeEmotional Intimacy
Fanning the Flame
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The Spark

• Week Seven

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Fundamental FourPhysical Intimacy
Hunka Hunka Burnin Love
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Provocative

• Inspiring
• Motivating
• Interesting
• Exciting
• Refreshing
• Energizing
• Rousing

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Passionate

• Adoring
• Zealous
• Enthusiastic
• Eager
• Devoted
• Dedicated
• Committed

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The Spark

• Week Eight

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Fundamental FiveSpiritual Intimacy
The Eternal Flame
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Jesus
Husband
Wife
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The Spark

• Week Nine

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Lose Yourself
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Philippians 23-8
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
conceit, but in humility consider others better
than yourselves. Each of you should look not only
to your own interests, but also to the interests
of others. Your attitude should be the same as
that of Christ Jesus
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Philippians 23-8
  Who, being in very nature God,       did not
consider equality with God something to be
grasped, but made himself nothing,       taking
the very nature of a servant,       being made
in human likeness.  And being found in
appearance as a man,       he humbled himself
      and became obedient to death
         even death on a cross!
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Husband
Marriage
Wife
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Husband
Wife
M A R R I A G E
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M A R R I A G E
Husband
Wife
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Marriage Husband Wife
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Mark 106-8
But at the beginning of creation God made them
male and female. For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh. So they are
no longer two, but one.
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The Spark

• Week Ten

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Love Your Spouse
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What do I do every day to show my mate that they
are my priority?
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The Spark

• Week Eleven

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Lift Your Marriage
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Mark 106-8
But at the beginning of creation God made them
male and female. For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother and be united to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh. So they are
no longer two, but one.
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Husband
Marriage
Wife
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Husband
Wife
M A R R I A G E
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M A R R I A G E
Husband
Wife
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Marriage Husband Wife
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The Spark

• Week Twelve

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Saying I Do to theConceptof Marriage
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1 Peter 37
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you
live with your wives, and treat them with respect
as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of
the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will
hinder your prayers.
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Saying I Do to theCircumstancesof Marriage
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Saying I Do to theCovenantof Marriage
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Covenant Marriages
Too many people today view marriage as a legal
contract. Contracts are based on rights and
responsibilities and are motivated by
self-centeredness rather that on unconditional
love. A legal contract is necessary to begin and
like wise to end a marriage. But a covenant is
more than a contract.
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Covenant Marriages
It is more than a legal document declaring a
state of interdependence. The value of a
covenant marriage relationship as opposed to a
contractual marriage agreement lies in a
persons understanding and acceptance of Gods
intent for marriage and the importance of His
presence in the marriage.
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