Wedding (Marc and Teresa)
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Welcome family and friends. This evening we gather to join in celebrating the union of Marcus Wayne Schmidt and Maria Teresa Adams in the God given bond of marriage.
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, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 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.
This is probably the hardest verse in the Bible for women
I will submit, as long as he does everything my way!
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
This is no easier for men!
You have to be like Jesus to your wife!
Can your standard be any higher?
33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
The point: it’s not about making sure you get yours first
Marriage is about sacrifice and grace
Let me offer this to anyone who is married: A good marriage is one where the question “What can I do for you?” is asked more than “What have you done for me lately?”
MARRIAGE IS WORK, BUT IT IS ALSO THE GREATEST BLESSING
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Man is not good alone
When Tasha leaves I am screwed
21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
Eve was something given to Adam by God
23 Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
Really means “yeah baby!”
Eve was given as a gift from God
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Likewise, all marriages are a gift
VOWS
Friends, we have been invited here to share with Marcus and Teresa in a most important time in their lives. In the time they have been together, their love for and understanding of each other has grown and matured. Now they have decided to live their lives together as husband and wife.
Marc: God has ordained the man as the spiritual head, as the responsible provider, and as the initiator of love in this human relationship. By His enablement, your strength must be your wife's protection, your character her boast and pride, and you must live that she will find in you to be the haven for which the heart of a woman truly longs. Do you promise to foster these things for Teresa?
Teresa: It is God's purpose that you be a loving wife, that you respond to your husband's love with a deep sense of understanding, through a great faith in Christ who brought you two together. It is His desire that you would have an inner beauty in your soul that never fades; that you preserve the virtues that He finds. Do you promise to foster these things for Marc?
Both: Is it your purpose to establish a home that is truly Christ-centered, where the Word of God is read and obeyed; a home that is welded together by prayer, in which the Holy Spirit is your constant Guide. Will you both strive to maintain this?
JOIN HANDS
Marc: This woman whom you hold by the hand is to be your wife. She has given you one of the most sacred things under heaven: a woman's love. You may bring her great joy or cause her deep sorrow. It is not what you bring her in a material way that will make true happiness--riches without love are nothing. The gift without the giver is bare. The practice of those virtues as husband that you have shown as lover, will keep her heart won to yours. Do you vow here to Teresa, that you will be true and loyal, patient in sickness, comforting in sorrow, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her, so long as you both shall live?
Teresa: This man whom you hold by the hand is to be your husband. Upon your life, your love, and your devotion he will lean for strength and inspiration. He is going to look to you for encouragement, for cheerfulness, and for confidence. People in this world may forget him, lose confidence in him, or turn their backs upon him, but you must never do this. May your life and love be the inspiration that will constantly lead him to greater dependence upon Christ. Do you vow to Marc, that you will be loyal in adversity, ministering to him in affliction, comforting him in sorrow, and forsaking all others, keeping yourself only unto him so long as you both shall live?
RINGS
The rings that you give each other are representative of your lasting bond. They are made of the finest metals and stones to represent the purity of your love. They are also circles which have no end, serving as a reminder that your dedication, love and commitment are also never ending.
Marc: Please place the ring on Teresa’s finger. Repeat after me. I, Marc, take you, Teresa, to be my wife, before God who brought us together, to love and cherish you, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself for it, to lead you, and share all of life's experiences with you, by following God through them. That through His grace we might grow together, into the likeness of Jesus Christ.
Teresa: Please place the ring on Marc’s finger. Repeat after me. I, Teresa, take you, Marc, to be my husband, before God who brought us together, to love you and to cherish you, to submit myself to you in all things, and to follow you through all of life's experiences, as you follow God, that through His grace we might grow together, into the likeness of Jesus Christ.
Everyone: As family and friends, we are to serve Marc and Teresa to protect their vows to each other. Does everyone here promise to hold them accountable to the vows taken today, and to encourage them in their lives together as they seek Christ and the path that He has laid for them?
PROUNOUNCEMENT
In as much as you have each pledged to the other your lifelong commitment, love, and devotion, by the authority committed to me by the laws of the State of California, and more importantly by God as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I now declare you to be husband and wife, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen. You may kiss the bride.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to be the first to introduce to you, Mr. and Mrs. Marc Schmidt