What the Bible says about Marriage

What the Bible says about Marriage

What does the Bible teach about marriage? Marriage is a permanent, committed partnership between a man and a woman.
"And that a man should leave his father and mother, and be forever united to his wife. The two shall become one—no longer two, but one! And no man may divorce what God has joined together. Matthew 19:5-6, TLB

How should husbands relate to their wives?
"And you husbands, show the same kind of love to your wives as Christ showed to the church when He died for her…That is how husbands should treat their wives, loving them as parts of themselves. For since a man and his wife are now one, a man is really doing himself a favour and loving himself when he loves his wife! Ephesians 5:25-28, TLB

Husbands should honour their wives.
"You husbands must be careful of your wives, being thoughtful of their needs and honouring them as the weaker sex. Remember that you and your wife are partners in receiving God's blessings, and if you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not get ready answers." I Peter 3:7, TLB

How should the wife relate to her husband?
"You wives must submit to your husbands' leadership in the same way you submit to the Lord. For a husband is in charge of his wife in the same way Christ is in charge of His body the church. (He gave His very life to take care of it and be its Saviour!) So you wives must willingly obey your husbands in everything, just as the church obeys Christ." Ephesians 5:22-24, TLB

Does that mean the wife must do all the "give and take"? No! Marriage requires submission by both partners.
"Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ." Ephesians 5:21, NIV

What counsel forbids physical or verbal spouse abuse?
"Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them." Colossians 3:19, NIV

For a successful marriage, determine to settle misunderstanding at once.
"If you are angry, don't sin by nursing your grudge. Don't let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it quickly." Ephesians 4:26, TLB

Keep the relationship growing in unity and understanding.
"Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love. Try always to be led along together by the Holy Spirit, and so be at peace with one another." Ephesians 4:2-3, TLB

How should society view marriage?
"Marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral." Hebrews 13:4, NIV

By what commandments has God guarded marriage? The seventh and the tenth.
"You shall not commit adultery." and "You shall not covet your neighbour's wife." Exodus 20:14,17, NIV

What is the only acceptable reason that Jesus gave for ending a marriage?
"But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery, and anyone who marries a woman so divorced commits adultery." Matthew 5:32, NIV

For how long is marriage intended to last?
"By law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage." Romans 7:2, NIV

What instruction is given about who to marry?
"Do not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?" II Corinthians 6:14, RSV


Romance and the gift of sexuality are blessed by God when exercised within the bonds of marriage.
"Let your manhood be a blessing; rejoice in the wife of your youth. Let her charms and tender embrace satisfy you. Let her love alone fill you with delight." Proverbs 5:18-19, TLB<sup>5

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questions

What is worse than finding out that the person you chose to spend your life with has a different world that you didn't know it exists?


What would you do if you found out that she/he has been cheating on you for a long time?


What would you if you found out that there's another person in his/her heart?


Would you give up something that you thought was the most wonderful thing in your life?


Would you give up someone you love?

If you were hurting already but you still love the person, what would you do?


Would you rather be with someone else if you were bored already with the one you're with?


Would you love the one you are with if you have found a new one?


How far would you go to fight for love?


Is love the only reason to stay in an unhealthy relationship?


You love the person, but he/she continues to hurt, will you continue loving him?

Would  you continue hating someone even if you missed him so much?

killing time

girl talking to a married guy making making pacute:

girl:   ay oo nga dapat sya saken magselos kasi crush ako ng asawa nya


guy:  sino may sbi? hehehe

girl:   ako, bakit magagalit ka?


seriously? so, you think you're still a teenager?

so mean

Out of boredom here at work, I decided to post this from my draft hehehe :)

Inspired by one of the blog entries I read last November from one of my favorite websites..This is going to be mean I swear... hehehehe

I guess most of us just hate some things we see or anything that exists that is not pleasant to our eyes or just the thought of it is simply irritating..

Well it's a brand new year, so I decided to make a list of the things that I wish I would not see often or perhaps just vanish hehehe

1. People pouting when being photographed then post their photos on Facebook. Can we just leave that pouting thing to real models or those gorgeous people? It's making me sick everytime I see photos of some not-so-good-looking people on Facebook with their "trying to look sexy" look. Peace :)

2. Sales Attendants who do not know their products/ Cashiers too lazy to serve their customers. Have you heard of product training/ customer service training? duh?!  Calling SM Megamall Management C'mon it won't cost you that much if you train your sales attendants first before making them work in your store.

3. EMO look. Your "all black attire with heavy eyeliner and mascara, with matching super thick gel para one sided ang hair hahahha, and sometimes with a scarf" look makes me want to give you a fan kse you're sweating all over and super greasy na. peace again :)

4. People spitting on public. super super super gross tlga.

5. Fake designer bags. Using an LV bag but you're taking the pubic transport like the jeepney? Seriously? If you cannot afford the real thing, you can just settle for locally made handbags with good quality. Why settle for a fake LV, Gucci, Hermes, Chanel, Dooney and Bourke, Longchamp, Coach, etc... made in China/ bought from Tiangge with poor quality, if you can score a good locally manufactured bag or a cheaper branded bag like Mango, Guess, Charles and Keith, CMG? Do you think other people would believe that you're using the real thing? just think :)

6. People wearing boots on a hot day. No offense. I mean sorry. Wearing boots here in Manila on a summer day? Are you serious?

7. Lastly, someone as maarte as I am hehehe joke...

The bitchiness in me is back..well not for good..blame it on PMS hehehe 


PS,

I'm so tired of reading conditional sentences with grammatical errors..FYI: you should not use "will/would" in the if-clause, only in the result clause."  (I'm not good in grammar, I just want to share this (ooppps comma splice?)

I would if I could
If I could, I would

I will if I can
If I can, I will


xoxo

Peace :)

doing somethig new

Last night while making sense out of nothing..err..I mean while contemplating, broken relationships (friendship in particular) crossed my mind. I have been very blessed, and God has been so good to me.  I realized though that the reason I cannot be happy all the time is the fact that I still have issues to solve. I can't be completely happy if I know that this broken frienship is not yet fixed.

I texted a friend. I asked her something, then she said: "Sometimes it's just a matter of guilt. Somehow you feel guilty of not being too nice kaya you can't be too happy." Makes sense huh?

As for me, it's more than guilt. I just want to make things better. It kinda surprised me that I took the courage of taking the first step. 2009 was a tough year for me. I went through a lot of things, disappointments, failures, pain (physically and emotionally), and unexpexted horrible experiences. Maybe all of those things happened to teach me lessons and to believe in myself that I am a strong person and with God nothing is impossible,

As I started my year though with positive attitude and by being thankful with all the blessings God has given to me, I realized that I cannot be truly happy if I still have broken frienship. It's high time I take the first shaky step to make things okay.

Of course there would be questions and not-so-good-opinions, but surprisingly I wouldn't care at all. I don't know. For some reason, the thing I did is something that I would not regret. I hope I'm making sense here

To my surprise, I also feel better now... :)

brain farting

Everytime I have inspirations to write, I keep telling myself just to go for it and WRITE..It doesn't matter if people criticize your writing or your values because of what you have written or what you are about to share...

Whenever I am inspired to write though, I have this "writer's block."  I know I could do better than what I have written, but I just ended up giving myself my own censorship. I'm not a writer, I just enjoy this whole blogging thing.

Sometimes I just want to have fun, then funny, but afterwards I would just become serious. Then, I will lose myself in thoughts. When my brain farts, I need this to keep me sane...

happy '10!!

We've just moved to our new home here in Cainta in March, '09, so this was my very first time to celebrate New Year here. My hubby wasn't able to come home for the holidays, so I was a little bit disappointed. Had I given birth to our first child last Dec. 22, he would have been here to celebrate Christmas and New Year with me. Anyway, my two older sisters and three pamangkins spent New Year here to keep me company.

my futile attempt to capture a wonderful fireworks display

Happy 2010! I hope this year will be a lot better. I would like to leave all the negative things happened last year and all the mistakes I committed. I don't want to have a list of my New Year's resolution because I would end up failing again. I just wish I would be a better person next year. I would like to be the person that I really am- generous, nice, thoughtful, sympathetic, loving, focused, and driven. As much as possible, I wish I could avoid being angry, because I know how horrible I am when I'm getting angry. The monster in me is uncontrollable when I get upset or angry.

Everyone always wants to be a good person of course, before saying or doing something unacceptable, it's just a matter of asking ourselves if it felt good doing things that would hurt other people....

Happy New Year everyone!