New Hope Community Church

Marriage 911: We’d be better off single

March 02, 2014 New Hope Community Church, Robbie Lankford
New Hope Community Church
Marriage 911: We’d be better off single
Show Notes
Many of us feel like our marriages are on the brink of falling apart, but we don’t know what to do. In this message series, we’re going to talk about some of the biggest issues we face in marriage and the answers God wants to give us for those challenges.Marriage 911: “We’d be better off single”#1. Good reasons not to get marriedGenesis 2: 18I Timothy 4: 1-3 I Corinthians 7: 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.reasons to stay single...#1. serving God more (v. 25-31)#2. avoiding added troubles (v. 32-35)#3. having more freedom (Matthew 19: 10) #4. relying on God more#2. Good reasons not to stay marriedI Corinthians 7: 10-11 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.important marriage principles in I Corinthians 7...#1. married couples should stay together (v. 10-11)Matthew 19: 3-9Genesis 2: 24#2. contentment and trusting God’s plan for you (v. 17-27)#3. urgency (v. 25-31)3 reasons a marriage might end...#1. death of your spouse (I Corinthians 7: 39)#2. unfaithfulness (Matthew 19: 9)#3. desertion (I Corinthians 7: 15)#3. Getting ready if you do marryLuke 14: 28 For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate/count the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?