Husband

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Husband Wife

• Family series Part 5
• Eph 521-32 1Pet 31-4, 7

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
March 4, 2007
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Top five basic needs are

• Wifes
• 1. Affection
• 2. Communication
• 3. Openness/Honesty
• 4. Financial Support
• 5. Family Commitment

• Husbands
• 1. Sexual Fulfillment
• 2. Rec Companionship
• 3. An Attractive Wife
• 4. Domestic Support
• 5. Admiration

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1. Illustrates the Relationship between Christ
and His Church.

• Ephesians 525-29 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 his own body, but he
  feeds and cares (cherishes) it, just as Christ
  does the church

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2. Proper Authority and Responsibility must be
maintained.

• Ephesians 523 For the husband is the head of the
  wife as Christ is the head of the church, his
  body, of which he is the Savior.
• 1 Peter 37 Husbands, in the same way be
  considerate as you live with your wives, and
  treat them with respect (honor) 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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Divine Priorities

• 1. Christ
• 2. Marriage
• 3. Children
• 4. Church
• 5. Everything else
• Colossians 318-20 Wives, submit to your own
  husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands,
  love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
  20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for
  this is well pleasing to the Lord.

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3. Mutual Love Submission based on Reverence
for God.

• Ephesians 521 Submit to one another out of
  reverence for Christ.

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• Philippians 22 Then make me truly happy by
  agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving
  one another, and working together with one heart
  and purpose. NLT
• Galatians 328 There is neither Jew nor Greek,
  there is neither slave nor free, there is neither
  male nor female for you are all one in Christ
  Jesus.

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Husband Love your wife as Christ loved the Church.

• Ephesians 533 However, each one of you also must
  love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife
  must respect her husband.

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Wives Submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

• Ephesians 522 Wives, submit to your husbands as
  to the Lord.

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4. Affair Proof your Marriage with Love
Languages

• Communication - Words of Affirmation
• Commitment - Quality Time
• Submission Giving Receiving Gifts
• Partnership - Acts of Service
• Romance - Physical Touch

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In Your Marriage

• Put God at the top of your priorities!
• Connect into Church body-life!
• Start dating your wife again!
• Invest time for each other!
• Watch what God does!

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• Adapted from following resources
• The Heritage Foundation - http//www.heritage.org
• Family Life - http//www.familylife.com
• Successful Christian Parenting, John MacArthur
  Word Publishing 1998
• The Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman
  Northfield publishing 2004
• Starting Your Marriage Right, Dennis Barbara
  Rainey Nelson Books 2000
• Battle Cry for a Generation, Ron Luce Cook
  Ministries NexGen 2005
• Bringing Up Kids Without Tearing them Down, Dr
  Kevin Leman Delacorte Press 1993