6 MIKE MAZZALONGO Now that We are Together

6 MIKE MAZZALONGO Now that We are Together

Review • Mature enough for commitment • Seeking a mate • Profile of ideal spouse • Marriage myths

A happy marriage often depends on how well we manage the changes that take place after the wedding day.

Metamorphosis = Transformation

Changes 1. A New Legal Status

Changes 1. A New Legal Status 2. A New Relationship Begins

Marriage is special because: • Exclusive • Permanent

Changes 1. A New Legal Status 2. A New Relationship Begins 3. A New Identity Begins

Changes 1. A New Legal Status 2. A New Relationship Begins 3. A New Identity Begins 4. A New Role Begins

Wives, be subject to your own 23 husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He 24 Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. 22 - Ephesians 5: 22 -24

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave 26 Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 25 - Ephesians 5: 25 -26

that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that 28 she would be holy and blameless. So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 27 - Ephesians 5: 27 -28

What the passage says: • Men should treat their wives as Christ treats the church.

What the passage says: • Women should treat their husbands as the church responds to Christ.

Changes 1. A New Legal Status 2. A New Relationship Begins 3. A New Identity Begins 4. A New Role Begins 5. A New Family Begins

Things Change: • Legal Change • Relationship Change • Identity Change • Role Change • Family Change