OUR DAILY BREAD : MARRIAGE GOD'S WAY

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March 20
Saturday


MARRIAGE
GOD'S WAY

READ:
Genesis 2:18-25
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A man shall leave his
father and mother and
be joined to his wife,
and they shall become
one flesh.
__Genesis
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The movie The Princess Bride has a wedding scene in which the marrying minister says, "Marriage.. is what brings us together today."

While his delivery of that line was meant to be humorous, he spoke a great truth. Marriage is indeed a great unifier. It is a solemn, respectable institution created by God Himself, and it joins together a man and a woman in amazing oneness.

Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves of the grand plan for marriage spelled out in Scripture.

Marriage creates one new family out of two: Adam said, " 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh....' Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife" (Gen. 2:23-24).

It provides a pure outlet for a divinely designed desire: "Because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband" (1 Cor. 7:2).

It forms a mutually helpful team: "The heart of her husband safely trusts her....She does him good and not evil all the days of her life" (Prov. 31:11-12).

Marriage God's way brings a man and woman together to honor Him and help society. Celebrate marriage for the ways it brings us together in God's name. __Dave Branon
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``````````````````If men and women yield to God`````````````````
``````````````````````And of His love partake,```````````````````
``````````````The marriage bond that joins two hearts``````````````
````````````No power on earth can break. __D. De Haan````````````
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God created husband and wife
to complement each other.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Genesis 2:18-25***********

18 And the LORD God said,
"It is not good that man
should be alone; I will
make him a helper
comparable to him."

19 Out of the ground the
LORD God formed every
beast of the field and every
bird of the air, and brought
them to Adam to see what
he would call them. And
whatever Adam called each
living creature, that was its
name. 20 So Adam gave
names to all cattle, to the
birds of the air, and to every
beast of the field. But for
Adam there was not found
a helper comparable to him.

21 And the LORD God
caused a deep sleep to fall
on Adam, and he slept; and
He took one of his ribs, and
closed up the flesh in its
place. 22 Then the rib which
the LORD God had taken
from man He made into a
woman, and He brought her
to the man.

23 And Adam said: "This is
now bone of my bones and
flesh of my flesh; she shall
be called Woman, because
she was taken out of Man."

24 Therefore a man shall
leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and they shall become one
flesh.

25 And they were both
naked, the man and his
wife, and were not
ashamed.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Adam was given personal capacities: an appreciation of
beauty (Gen. 2:8-9), joy in meaningful work (v.15), and ethical
responsibility (vv.16-17). Yet Adam realized something was lacking,
and so God made Eve and called her a "suitable helper" (v.20 NIV).
God's method, taking a rib from Adam, speaks of man and woman
having a common identity: They are equals, sharing in God's image
and likeness (v.21-25). DENNIS FISHER