Working Out of a Joy-Filled Marriage

Working out of a joy-filled marriage

Intro:

The Be-Level

King Saul had it all: charisma to gather people around him, he looked like a leader, in the beginning he even had humility; he had a lot of success in the beginning; ultimately he failed

Then you have David

What made the difference? David worked out of a relationship to God

Closely related to working out of a relationship to God, is working out of a relationship to your spouse

1 Timothy 3:4–5 KJV 1900

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

1 Tim 3

The easy road: Just don’t do wrong

Ministry and Marriage:

1 Timothy 3:1–5 KJV 1900

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

What you need to do is seek the kingdom of God first and all these things will be added unto you. Build the church, and everything else will fall into place even a blessed marriage. So have a strong marriage to have a strong ministry. In other words, make sure you work hard at the ministry and as long as you don’t have an affair or are into porn, you’re ok — also not be married to someone who complains (especially publicly) or threatens to leave you.

We are called to more than just that

We must make our marriages our first ambition: it is our loudest Gospel message

The top of our to-do list, the top of our job description is spouse

We need to make choices consistently that demonstrate to your spouse that he or she is loved Church firing policy

We are more than best friends with common goals, we are more than coworkers for Christ

Our Three priorities:

Spend time alone with God

Invest in your marriage

Everything else is third: we often try to fit our spouse around our ministry, but we need to fit our ministry around our spouse