The Way god Designed Marriage To Be- Neal Pollard

THE WAY GOD DESIGNED MARRIAGE TO BE (Genesis 2:18-25)
Neal Pollard

Introduction
A. Men Began ___________ With Marriage From Earliest Times
Matt. 19:4-6; Gen. 4:19; 19:1-11; 19:30-38; Exod. 20:14; Lev. 20
B. We Can't Read Our Text Without Seeing God's ____________ On Marriage's ______________
C. Do You Want To Have A Happy Marriage?

I. GOD DESIGNED MARRIAGE TO PROVIDE _____________ (18,22-23)
A. How Do We Move From ______________ To ________________?
1. _____________ the damage of isolation (Acts 3:19; 2 Cor. 7:10)
2. _____________ isolators with intimacy-makers
a. _________ (Deut. 24:5)
b. ___________
c. ____________ (Prov. 5:18-20)
3. Rely on God's ________________ for a closer marriage (1 Pet. 3:7; Gen. 2:18; Heb. 13:4)

II. GOD DESIGNED MARRIAGE TO BE A _____________________ (24)
A. In Marriage, We Are To ___________________
B. In Marriage, We Are To Be _______________ (Ruth 1:14,16)
C. In Marriage, We Are To Become _______ ___________
D. Sometimes, We Make Others A Higher Priority Than Our Spouse
1. __________ and __________________
2. _______________________
3. ______________________ (1 Tim. 5:8)
4. Our ____________________
E. Good ___________ Make Good Neighbors (And Marriages)

III. GOD DESIGNED MARRIAGE TO PROVIDE ________________ (25)
Genesis 3:7-11; 22-24; 1 Pet. 3:7; Rom. 15:7; Eph. 5:25-30; 1 Cor. 13:4-8
A. There's No One We Should Feel We Can _______ On More Than Our Spouse
B. "_________ One Another, Just As Christ ___________ Us..."

Conclusion
A. Record For Longest Marriage? ____________________________
B. Make Your Marriage A ____________ Of Lasting __________!

Duration 35:41