BE PREPARED FOR THE                                     YOU ARE LIVING IN.

• Three Harmful Pressures on Your Marriage - George Gallup

  1.                                                         lifestyles

  2. Sexual                                                   

  3.                                    

                                   

• How are we to respond a Christians?

  Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
  Romans 12:2

  "Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
  Exodus 23:2

BE PREPARED FOR THE                                YOU WILL LIVE THROUGH.

• A test of your marriage: When things happen that turn your life                                                    .

• The key:                                                   

• How to face a crisis that is out of your control:

  But now, this is what the Lord says--he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  Isaiah 43:1-2

  1.                           in God's plan

  2.                                               God's presence

  3.                      on God's protection

BE PREPARED FOR THE                                     YOU WILL LIVE WITH.

• How will you react to the changes in your marriage?

  1. You can                                it

  2. You can                                it

  3. You can                                it

  4. You can                                it

  I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
  Philipians 4:11-13

THE FOUNDATION FOR A STORM-PROOFED MARRIAGE IS                                                         

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:10-11