Truth to Marriage Myths

Marriage Myth: “You complete me”

1. GOD COMPLETES YOU, YOUR SPOUSE COMPLEMENTS YOU!

Now the LORD God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him.”

Genesis 2:18 AMP

❖ YOUR CATCH IS DEPENDENT UPON YOUR LURE!

“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?”

2 Corinthians 6:14 NKJV

Marriage Myth: “Marriage is 50/50”

2. MARRIAGE IS 100/100; YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN, GOD DOES WHAT YOU CAN’T!

“And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness’...”

2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV

“Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.”

Ephesians 5:22 NKJV

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,”

Ephesians 5:25 NKJV

Marriage Myth: “Happily Ever After”

3. IT’S NOT A HAPPILY EVER AFTER, IT’S A JOY THAT’S EVER PRESENT!

“‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”

Ephesians 5:31-32 NKJV

VICTORY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1) (Married) How does your spouse complement you? And how can you better complement your spouse? (Singles) How’s your lure? Are you attracting the Holy Spirit or other spirits? Share.

2) What is an area of weakness in your marriage that is made perfect through God’s grace? (ex: forgiveness, humility, controlling the tongue, etc.) Share.

3) What are some other marriage myths that you’ve heard of or found not to be true? Share.

4) What is one thing you took away from this message? Share.