Bible Verses:

 

EPHESIANS 4:2-3
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,

bearing with one another in love. Make every effort

to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of

peace.

 

1 PETER 4:7-10
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and

of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love

each other deeply, because love covers over a

multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another

without grumbling. Each of you should use

whatever gift you have received to serve others, as

faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

 

ECCLESIASTES 4:12
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

 

PROVERBS 18:20-22
From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.

 

EPHESIANS 5:21-28
Out of respect for Christ, be courteously reverent to

one another. Wives, understand and support your

husbands in ways that show your support for Christ.

The husband provides leadership to his wife the way

Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by

cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as

he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise

submit to their husbands. Husbands, go all out in

your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the

church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s

love makes the church whole. His words evoke her

beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to

bring the best out of her.

 

MATTHEW 12:25
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand."

 

MARK 12:29-31
Jesus said, “The first in importance is, ‘Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.’ And here is the second: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment that ranks with these.”

 

COLOSSIANS 3:12-17
So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way.

 

EPHESIANS 5:1-2
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

 

HEBREWS 13:4
Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.

 

PHILIPPIANS 2:1-4

If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

 

1 CORINTHIANS 7:2-5
It’s good for a man to have a wife, and for

a woman to have a husband. Sexual

drives are strong, but marriage is strong

enough to contain them and provide for

a balanced and fulfilling sexual life in a

world of sexual disorder. The marriage

bed must be a place of mutuality—the

husband seeking to satisfy his wife, the

wife seeking to satisfy her husband.

Marriage is not a place to “stand up for

your rights.” Marriage is a decision to

serve the other, whether in bed or out.

Abstaining from sex is permissible for a

period of time if you both agree to it, and if it’s for the purposes of prayer and fasting—but only for such times. Then come back together again. Satan has an ingenious way of tempting us when we least expect it.

 

JEREMIAH 17:7-8

But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, the woman who sticks with God. 

They’re like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers—Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season.