Happily Ever After?
Purity
September 6, 2015 • Chris Edmondson • Ephesians 5:8–14, James 5:16, Revelation 3:1–3, Genesis 2:24–25, Genesis 3:7–10
Where do mushrooms grow? On top of decay and in the darkness. Our secrets are like that. Our secrets create shame that decay our souls and grow in the darkness of secrecy. Secrets between a husband and wife build a wall of guilt and shame right down the middle of your relationship. Wherever secrets live, intimacy dies. As long as you keep the secrets in the dark, they will keep you from giving and receiving intimacy in relationships. Yet the inverse is true—wherever intimacy lives, secrets die. Today’s message is a call to wide-open communication. To love our spouse with an authentic and transparent intimacy.
Pursue
August 30, 2015 • Chris Edmondson • Psalm 63:8, Proverbs 15:23, Revelation 2:4–5, Hebrews 3:13, Genesis 29:16–30
People do some dumb things in the name of love, don’t they? Men will go chick flicks and pretend to like them. They will talk on the phone for hours and hours at a time. Women will drive 2 hours to go somewhere else to see the one that they love just to spend 15 minutes with them. Why? Because when they’re in love? They pursue one another. But once they get married, many times they stop pursuing each other. And that is when all sorts of problems start.
Priorities
August 23, 2015 • Chris Edmondson • Ephesians 5:25, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 22:37–39, Genesis 2:18–25, Colossians 1:16–18
To really be fulfilled in life? To have everything you’re supposed to have for life to work the way it is supposed to work? You have to find the one. This week we are going to examine placing God as priority. God is to be our one—our spouse is to be our two. Because to really be fulfilled in life? You have to find the one and God is the one.
Marriage Myths
August 16, 2015 • Chris Edmondson • Romans 3:23, 1 Corinthians 13:4–5, Proverbs 19:22, Romans 5:8
The idea of marriage is filled with so many myths: “True love comes naturally.” “I didn’t marry the ‘right’ person.” “If only they would recognize their need to change.” “If you loved me, you would know what I need.” “We can work this out on our own.” These myths create a mountain of expectations that will never be met and often leave husbands and wives disappointed, disillusioned and unsatisfied. In this sermon we will attempt to debunk the myths and offer a more biblical view of marriage.