The Vow Of Pursuit
Crazy In Love?
What are some of the crazy things you have done to show that you love someone?
By Nature, We Pursue What We Don't Have!
In Marriage We Get: - Comfortable - Complacent - And we stop doing the things that brought us together
Vow #1
Next To Christ, You Are My Priority! After establishing a relationship with God, there is nothing more important than your relationship with your spouse.
Main Text
Genesis 2:24 ESV
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Hold Fast
"Hold Fast" of "united" is from the Hebrew word Dabaq (Daw-bak) meaning: cling or adhere; to catch by pursuit, be joined (together), pursue hard.
Biblical Examples:
"I will follow close behind you...." (Psalm 63:8, TLB) "...they are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted." (Job 4:17, NIV) "My bone clings to my skin and my flesh..." (Job 19:20, NAS) "They...pursue hard after them..." (Judges 20:45, KJV)
Example Bible Reference Title
Genesis 1:1 NIV
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Guys Pursue Her With....
1. Conversation. - Women love to talk. 2. Thoughtfulness. - Women love to be thought of. 3. Affection. - Women love to feel loved. 4. Protection. - Women love to feel secure.
Ladies Pursue Him With....
1. Admiration. - He wants to be your superhero. 2. Reassurance. - He wants to know that you believe in him. 3. Support. - He wants to know that you are beside him. 4. Nakedness. - Remember, this is list is not in order of importance.
Two Steps To Having The Marriage You Want!
1. To get what you have never had, you must do what you have never done. - Do Marriage God's Way. 2. To get what you once had, you must do what you once did.
Returning to the old ways!
Revelation 2:5 ESV
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
God is in pursuit.
Luke 15:4 ESV
"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?