Table of contents for Marriage Series
SERMON NOTES - THE POWER OF PURSUIT
By nature, we pursue what we don’t have.
God’s Foundational truths in regard to marriage—
#1: NEXT TO CHRIST, MY SPOUSE IS MY PRIORITY.
#2: I WILL PURSUE MY SPOUSE ALWAYS
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
“united” - Hebrew—dabaq (daw-bak’); cling or adhere; to catch by pursuit, be joined (together), pursue hard and relentlessly.
Other Scriptural ways the word “dabaq” is translated—
I follow close behind you… Psalm 63:8 TLB
…They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. Job 41:17 NIV
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh… Job 19:20 NKJV
They…pursued them relentlessly … Judges 20:45 NKJV
Jacob lay with Rachel…and he loved Rachel…And he worked for Laban another seven years. Genesis 29:30 NIV
A man should fulfil his duty as a husband, and a woman should fulfil her duty as a wife, and each should satisfy the other’s needs. 1 Cor.7:3 GNB
MEN—PURSUE HER WITH YOUR:
1) CONVERSATION
2) THOUGHTFULNESS
3) AFFECTION
4) PROTECTION
[Eccles.9:9; Eph.5:26, 28-29, 33; Col.3:19; Phil.2:2; 1 Cor.7:3]
WOMEN—PURSUE HIM WITH YOUR:
1) ADMIRATION
2) REASSURANCE
3) SUPPORT
4) NAKEDNESS
[ 1 Cor.7:4-5; Col.3:18;Eph.5:33; Prov.31:10-31; Titus 2:4-5]
TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER HAD, YOU MUST DO—WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER DONE.
TO GET WHAT YOU ONCE HAD, YOU MUST DO WHAT YOU ONCE DID.
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. Revelation 2:5 NIV
CHRIST IS PURSUING YOU
Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? Luke 15:4 NIV
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Isa.55:6 TNIV
