Anna Grace and Jordan’s Wedding

Introduction

Matt:

“Thank you, You may be seated”

Bride, Groom, family and friends. We are gathered together today, in the presence of God, and in your company, to join together this man, and this woman, in Holy matrimony.

We all should know, and the bride and groom do know, that marriage is not to be entered into lightly or unadvisedly, but reverently.

In a Christian marriage we are to firstly commit our lives to Jesus, and in that commitment follow the scriptural model of marriage.

We must emphasize the importance of what will take place in the uniting of these two people.

Marriage is the foundation of home, life, and social order and must remain forever.

Matt To Barry

So I ask this question:

Who gives this woman to be married to this man?

Barry to Matt

Her Mother and I

Matthew 19:5 ESV

5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Transition to Facing one another Holding Hands

Biblical Precedent for Marriage

We all have a story, and when we gather for a Christian wedding ceremony, we simply acknowledge that God, those who are present, and those who have gone on before us have touched our lives and made us who we are today.

The Bible is full of reminders that God established the home, and that he gives his blessing to those people who follow the simple guidelines that he has set for us.

We leave our parents and cling to our spouse. We commit ourselves to his or her well being. We remain faithful physically, emotionally, and spiritually to the person whom we have freely chosen to marry.

This is God’s word for those who choose marriage.

Giving Away

For some of you gathered here, this ceremony will prompt a flood of personal memories, for others of you it will set in motion dreams and aspirations.

For me, I’m reminded of a little boy. A little boy who, In the fall of 2002 gained a friend that he so desperately needed. A little boy who on that day learned what it meant to love someone more than himself. A little boy who grew into this lowly preacher. And stands before you today, loving you more than I ever have, having gained another in whom I deeply love, and joyfully anticipating the life that the two of you have before you!

For all of us it will be a sharing in a most intimate and love-filled moment in the lives of these two people.

So on behalf of the family I thank you for your presence here today.

“Now let’s get to the Good part”

Matt:

Jordan do you promise to live with Anna-Grace according to God’s purposes?

Do you promise to commit yourself to meeting her needs: physically, emotionally, and spiritually?

Do you promise that, whatever the circumstances, you will love, honor, and sustain her as long as you both shall live?

Jordan:

I do

Matt:

Anna-Grace do you promise to live with Jordan according to God’s purposes?

Do you promise to commit yourself to meeting his needs: physically, emotionally, and spiritually?

Do you promise that, whatever the circumstances, you will love, honor, and sustain him as long as you both shall live?

Anna-Grace:

I do

The Rings

Me:

The ring is like a string around your finger. It reminds you of something.

It is a symbol, a sign. Every time that you see your wedding ring, you will be reminded of the commitment that you made to one another here today

Jordan: take the ring and place it on Anna-Graces left ring finger and repeat after me.

Jordan (after me): With this ring, I thee wed. I’m yours

AG: take the ring and place it on Anna-Graces left ring finger and repeat after me.

AG: (after me): With this ring, I thee wed. I’m yours

God’s design for Love

The Way of Love

1 Corinthians 13:4–7 ESV

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Prayer of marriage

Jordan and Anna-Grace, since you have committed yourselves to a lifelong love, before God and these witnesses, and since you have agreed to meet the needs of each other as long as you both live. I pronounce you husband and wife. “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Jordan you may kiss your bride.

I now introduce to you for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Brian Burgess