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This was a message delivered by preacher Wayne Miller in Lebanon MO late August as part of his daughter's wedding ceremony. There was elaborate concepts, that will be abbreviated for brevity. Full message can be heard by reaching out to the brethren. Also the emotions and the feelings expressed by a loving father can not be captured in these notes. The full PDF version is here
Salient Points
The first marriage was to the glory of Yah, the Most High God, from Genesis 2 and Adam broke into a song when he saw his bride
- ![[kjv/Genesis/Genesis.2.23]]
- ![[kjv/Genesis/Genesis.2.24]]
Make sure Yah our Creator is in the center of the marriage with the foundation being Yeshua/Jesus Christ.
Selfish man or woman is not ready for the union
Willing to die to self is the beginning of a good marriage. Take Jesus' command literally to take the cross when it comes to the next most important person in your life, your wife
Build on Yeshua/Jesus, our Rock and Refuge, to flourish in our marriage
We have to die to ourself if we need to produce fruit. From John12
- ![[kjv/John/John.12.24]]
- ![[kjv/John/John.12.25]]
We have to keep dying to ourself if we are to grow in our marriage, following God's establish order
The design for marriage is shown in 1 Corinthians 7. Know that our thought life determines our physical life.
- ![[kjv/1 Corinthians/1 Corinthians.7.1]]
- ![[kjv/1 Corinthians/1 Corinthians.7.2]]
- ![[kjv/1 Corinthians/1 Corinthians.7.3]]
Keep your eye singular on God and His commandments to be faithful to your bride. Dont look at any other woman, lest evil thoughts creep into you and you sin and defile the marriage bed
Fill her need following God's order; this means listening and doing things for her pleasure and joy. This comes from dying to self first.
Headship order is vital to a successful marriage and home. From 1 Corinthians 11.
- ![[kjv/1 Corinthians/1 Corinthians.11.3]]
Headship includes finances, spiritual guidance and physical protection. When marriage is conducted, the headship of the woman proceeds from the father to the husband.
Be in subjection to headship order, as further called out in Ephesian 5
- ![[kjv/Ephesians/Ephesians.5.22]]
- ![[kjv/Ephesians/Ephesians.5.23]]
As the head of the house, the man needs to feel the weight for decisions made or not made, the responsibilities of the family. You cant forsake that and put it on your woman. A man needs to lead out from the front and serve from under.
Focus on the job, follow Christ and lead and focus on the eternal reward
From Colosians 3
- ![[kjv/Colossians/Colossians.3.19]]
From 1 Peter 3
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.1]]
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.2]]
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.3]]
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.4]]
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.5]]
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.6]]
- ![[kjv/1 Peter/1 Peter.3.7]]
In the end know that man cant separate what God has joined, as in Mark 10
- ![[kjv/Mark/Mark.10.9]]