Wedding Charge-Nash

Intro

Honor to give the charge this morning.

I’ve heard it said that after the Holy Spirit, a good wife is the secret to a lasting and fruitful ministry.

Cory

Whether you know it or not, you are taking on a ministerial role

You are becoming the spiritual leader of a household. With that comes a series of expectations from God.

I have four for you to treasure and remember in this new role:

Lead Fearlessly

In the upcoming years, your family will be attacked relentlessly due to your Christian values. Do not be deterred.

Lead Faithfully

Use God’s Word as the guide and standard for your family.

Lead in Fidelity

Stay loyal to Kyleigh in all things

Lead through your Failure

You WILL mess up. But the way you lead in the midst of your failures will determine how you lead in the other 3 areas

Kyleigh

Your challenge is in some ways simpler, but just as important. Eve was created as a helpmate for Adam: to compliment him in every way.

You are to come alongside Cory in a manner that helps him succeed in his new, ministerial role in your household. I have three expectations for you to remember and treasure:

Give Cory Space to Lead

Allow Cory to lead the family in a godly manner. This will come with any variety of big swinging misses and unbelievable successes. But, if he isn’t given space to lead then he will never develop into the spiritual leader that he is called to be.

Encourage Cory

Encourage him to be the spiritual leader, make him get up and take you to church, and to pray as a family

Respect Cory

There will be times you disagree, and thats is okay. However, disagreement must not result in lack of loving respect.

If these three things don’t work, slap him in the back of the head and call me.

Both

All of this must be done in love. The apostle Paul says,

Ephesians 5:22–25 ESV

22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Ephesians 5:28–33 ESV

28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Cory:

Love Kyleigh as Christ loves the church.

Lead her: fearlessly, faithfully, in fidelity, and through your failures.

Kyleigh:

Love Cory with the same love.

Love that submits, encourages, and respects him.

Let’s Pray:

Father, we are blessed to be here to celebrate the union of Cory and Kyleigh. We pray that their marriage will be one of longevity, of happiness, and of fruitfulness. But, Father, we pray first and foremost that this is a marriage that reflects the love that Christ has for his church. Be with Cory and Kyleigh in this blessed union.

We pray this in Jesus’ name, Amen.