Sermon Tone Analysis

Loving people intentionally starts with loving God intentionally.

/ 30 Love the Lord your God with all your *heart* and with all your *soul* and with all your *mind* and with all your *strength*.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

There is no commandment greater than these.

—— Mk 12:30-31/

* *Heart* - Loving Him and Him alone

* *Soul* - Delighting in Him

* *Mind* - Submitting to Him, His Word, Way, Will, and Purposes

* *Strength* - Persevering and Remaining faithful to Him to the end.

If we love God, we will honour Him.

If we honour Him, we will honour others too.

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I. Honouring GOD

*Honour* = to treat with high respect, great esteem, special attention and admiration

/ Those who *honour* me I will *honour*, but those who despise me will be disdained.

—— 1 Sam 2:30b/

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Honouring PARENTS

/ Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that *you may live long* and that *it may go well with you* in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

—— Dt 5:16/

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III.

Honoring your SPOUSE

!! Sanctity of Marriage

*Sanctity*: the quality or state of being holy, sacred, or saintly; very important and valuable.

God himself *blessed* the first marriage and *established* the unity of the first man and woman – Adam and Eve.

/ For this reason, a man *shall leave* his father and his mother, and *shall be joined* to his wife; and they *shall become* one flesh.

—— Gen 2:24, AMP/

Marriage is sacred and holy and must be treated with honour and respect.

/ So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.

Therefore, what *God has joined together*, let not man separate.”

—— Mt 19:6, NKJV/

*One Golden Rule of Marriage*

/ You shall not commit adultery.

—— Exo 20:14/

!! How do you honour your spouse?

* *Heart*- by *Loving* him/her alone

* *Soul* - by *Delighting* in him/her

* *Mind* - by *Submitting* to him/her and thinking of his/her highest good instead of self

* *Strength* - by *Persevering* in all circumstances and remaining faithful to him/her to the End.

!! Scripture verses to help you love and honour your spouse and enhance your marriage:

!!! To the husbands:

/ Husbands, in the same way *be considerate* as you live with your wives, and *treat them with respect and honour* as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that *nothing will hinder* your prayers.

—— 1 Pe 3:7/

/ Husbands, *love your wives*, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

—— Eph 5:25, NIV/

/ Husbands, *love your wives* (seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love), just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.

Eph 5:25, AMP/

/ 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, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness.

And that is how husbands ought to love their wives.

They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.

—— Eph 5:25, MSG/

/ Husbands, *love your wives* and *do not be harsh* with them.

—— Col 3:19, NIV/

/ Husbands, love your wives (with an affectionate, sympathetic, selfless love that always seeks the best for them) and do not be embittered or resentful toward them (because of the responsibilities of marriage) —— Col 3:19, AMP/

/ Husbands, *love your wives* and *do not be bitter* toward them.

—— Col 3:19, NKJV/

/ Husbands, go all out in love for your wives.

Don’t take advantage of them.

—— Col 3:19, MSG/

!!! To the wives:

/ 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.

—— Eph 5:22, MSG/

/ Wives, *understand and support your husbands* by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master.

—— Col 3:18, AMP/

!!! Marriage Vows

I, __, take you, __, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward (*Heart*), for better, for worse (*Soul*), for richer, for poorer (*Mind*), in sickness and in health (*Strength*), to love and to cherish, for as long as we both shall live.

According to God’s Holy ordinance, I pledge to you my love.

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Loving God intentionally enables you to live people intentionally.

Honouring God respectfully empowers you to honour and respect your parents and your spouse.

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Challenge

1. Be alert and beware of the devil and his wicked schemes to draw you away from God and your spouse.

2. Love your spouse intentionally and unconditionally.

3. Be faithful to God and to your spouse to the end.