Living Out God's Design for Marriage 

Very appreciative of Lauren's encouraging words. I have always easily submitted to my husband. I can relate a lot to that same problem of being silent mostly to avoid conflict, but I've learned to use my words lovingly as well! My husband and I are learning and are growing in our marriage a lot. I'm just glad to hear that I'm not the only one who went through that same struggle. Thanks a bunch!

Thank GOD for marriage and the conflict that allows us to grow togeother!!!!

Thankful for everything that I hear from John Piper himself. But really cool that Desiring God is branching out it's influence and content from other Christian leaders. Thank you!

A God-Centered marriage is the way.

I struggle the same with being afraid to be open with my feelings and sort of blocking them out to avoid confrontation with the mentality that it's better for the other person for me to keep quiet rather than address the issue. I'm getting better at speaking up by getting a second opinion from wise counsel on how I should handle the situation with the discernment of what God says and talking to Him about it.

that's because united, you both best show the character and mature of God. women is the gentle spirit of her husband and the husband is the protector of his spirit, which is why the Lord took women out of man and not the dust of the earth.

A three strain coord cannot be broken. When It Christ-Centered God there always in the hardtimes and goodtimes.

Im pleased god has blessed their marriage but to carry those massive (port melbourne piers) ears is surely a bigger blessing

I was in a relationship for 20 years and we had a wonderful son who is now 16,I had asked my ex to marry me a couple of times,but it wasnt to be,anyways I dont tjink at that point in my life I was marriage material,in the ens we ended going our separate ways,God being what was missing in our relationship,anyways,after 3 years of being single,I met the most wonderful woman who compliments me,and weve decided to get married,God and jesus christ are a huge part of both our lives,and although I really dont like the idea of organized religion,I need God to bless our union,which is to happen thank you my saviour!I guess I wasnt married before simply because God always had a plan for me,and being 37 now,I truly understand the importance of having God be the centre of our love and dedication to one another,all I have to really say is thank you my dear loved Jesus ,my God,for giving me exactly what I needed,because for myself as for my fiance,,marriage is once,and it is till the day I die,so thank you lord,I hope that everybody who believes in jesus christ has the same luck and blessings weve recieves,God doesnt make mistakes,and teaches us with patience and love sometimes his love can be painful,nevertheless its worth it,for he has given me my own angel,I sincerely hope that you too dear reader either have your own angel,and for those men out there wanting the same or thinking about union with your current partner,let Gods love guide you,for he does no wrong and wants his children happy and abundant,may the peace of our lord Jesus christ be upon all of you!!

just remmber that this is about a marriage. There are scriptures which are complementarian, but they apply to spouses married to each other. Where parts of the church go wrong is to misapply complementarianism to relationships between people who are not married ..... because they are not married to each other! So some people expect sisters to submit to brothers, as if they were husband and wife, but that is madness - because they are not married to each other. They expect a male neighbour to "provide leadership" to his female neighbour? That is crazy and wrong, he is not her husband. They deny the uniqueness of the marriage contract. Every relationship that is not a marriage is a "societal relationship" (one which is social, not sexual). Do not treat societal relationships "as if they are marriages" because they are not marriages. So it is perfectly Biblical for a societal relationship between a female and male person, or between male people and female people, to be one of equality - because they are not married to each other. I suspect that some people misapply the advice for a marriage to societal relationships because those who do that are serving a hidden agenda (political and/or personal pride). It's quite simple. Don't expect people who are not married to each other to behave as if they are - because they are not.

I can only dream of such a complimentary marriage with my husband. We are not even on the same planet with each other.

Beautiful. Thank you

Sometimes Marriage can be a Burden Psalm 55 :22 Says: Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail)

Thanks for sharing

That’s so helpful to me!

Amen!!!!!!

I love you, boo. I promise we will be this some day and we will reach our goals. I will always be yours, through this long summer and four years of college. Never think of losing me..I am forever staying and in your arms. Love you so incredibly much, Cole Crump! Team 2022. 😄😘❤️ -May, 22,2016-

I’ve wrestled with these verses for a few years now and struggled to understand them. These are my problems with these verses. 1)men are not God so why do women and churches expect so much from them? 2. aren’t women supposed to be Christ like and Godly 3. The ‘lay down his life’ verses to me indicate that ‘death do us part’ from the man implies that the woman doesn’t have to love him until she dies? 4. Where does the protection party come from biblically because I don’t see it in any of the scriptures? 5. How far does this go regarding making decisions? For example if the husband says “I’d like 3 children” and the woman only wants two does the couple have 3 children because it’s what the man wants? 6. Why can’t a woman look after herself and then have the help she’s giving her husband as additional help? Why do Christian women feel the need to do everything for their husband?

Encouraging!

Good video

I don't think she explained herself well there at all.....I'm very confused...

Not getting it was she quashed by insecurity in something :/ confusing

Hugh???

God's design for marriage : becoming one flesh , have children born in a two-parent structure , and avoid sexual temptations with regular sex . This is the core of marriage , although there is more to it of course.

All this stuff is legalism (and pride). "God's design for marriage" is this: "At the resurrection, we will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as the angels are." Now, let his "will be done on earth as it in heaven," where Christ and his bride the Church are "one flesh," this is the "great mystery" of Ephesians 5. Keep first things first, that is to say, a top down hierarchy, lest you become de-facto Jews and not Christians.

so cute

Everyone is different and people can complement each other in different ways. As I get older I realized how silly it is to play these complementation "roles". Just be yourself and if you're a passive woman find a decisive man, and vice versa. Men also don't need to change since God wants hearts not behaviours.

Evangelicals have a way of saying a lot of words but not saying anything really

I appreciate them talking about this, but don't understand a thing she said - not articulate at all.

I'm gay, never want children, and I'm not sure I ever want to marry (though I may spend my life with someone). Try to change my views.

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Weddings are about fullfilling womens emotional neediness. The guy is just a dumb shmuck standing there as she shows off her dress and all the bullshit that goes along with it.Then the controlling factor comes in once you seal the contract and she has the cards stacked in her favour legally and shack up. She will possess money, house arranging, in law involvements (mostly hers) and how often sex occurs. If your life choices and thoughts do not reflect her own or be supportive of her viewpoint you will pay the price of a lifetime of misery.

i is ands was your job as the wife first to avoid conflict with the husand,and now he turned you away from that submition sub·mis·sion /səbˈmiSHən/ noun 1. the action or fact of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person. so y diffiinition you have turned you way from God will and you will create now a differnt character with in your self that not pleasing to god and you both will answer for it, caus enot you call evill good and good evil