What does the bible say about married people and who they can or should receive advice from?
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What does the bible say about married people and who they can or should receive advice from?
It's not specifically spelled out. But I'd say a Marriage Counselor with good recommendations would be a good start. Also I'd look to couples in church who've been married for many years and have a successful marriage. Nothing beats experience.
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I would prefer a Christian counselor. Beware of modern pop-psychology.Originally Posted by GabrielP
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Bingo! If it reenforces your pride and self esteem - danger Will Robinson. If it teaches humility and servanthood - it might be godly.
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My wife and I have been married over 20 years: when there is an issue (very seldom, Praise God) we usually seek out a married Christian couple that have been together at least 10 years longer. Then we seek the advice of the wise.
Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.C.S. Lewis
You're gonna make a difference when you lay down your life, and in complete submission to God, choose to die with Him in service to other people.
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GabrielP, I started not to reply but I had to come back to this. You see, I'm having to learn how to be a widow as of the end of May, and I've never been a widow before. Its very difficult. I'm having to feel my way along, alone, without my husband of 55 years. But Gabriel, we learned a long time ago to talk to each other. To talk things over. I didn't have the advantage of a mom nearby when things went wrong. And for a few years, things did go wrong. But (and I'm being honest here) our 'problems' were when he wanted to go one way and I wanted to go another way. He wanted to do this or that, and I didn't. In other words, we each wanted our way or no way. But I loved my husband and he loved me. Eventually, our children came along increasing our family.
But still, we talked things over and we started having a Bible study each night before bedtime. Nothing long, just a few verses that we'd talk about or comment on or decide, "That's what I'm gonna do!" This continued even after we had children. Our children grew up with nightly Bible Study around the coffee table in the living room. Let me tell you, you won't need to talk to someone else about your 'problems' if you can learn to talk to each other and get into Bible study and a good Bible teaching church together!
Are you two doing that, Gabriel?
You asked for scripture. I'd like to offer Titus 2:1-7 for starters.
1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Listen, you may not realize it, but people are watching you. There are unmarried people looking to you, to see if your marriage is going to work. Or survive. Through it all. They are watching. Other married couples are watching you for the same reason. I'm betting you both know plenty of divorced couples. Others are watching to see if your marriage will become one of the 'statistics' that don't make it.
You loved each other at one time or you would not have gotten married. What's happened since then? Talk it over, Gabriel. In Titus 2, we find how a MAN should behave, how a woman should behave, and even what you need to be the pattern for to all those who are watching you and your marriage.
I'll leave you with this verse. I love it. And oh my...it is really the truth! Its the first part of Psalm 127:1
Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it....."
I really, really miss my husband..... The Lord built our house, Gabriel.
My favorite scripture: Malachi 3:16
"Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name!" (Every time we speak of the Lord, or even THINK of him--its written down in a book of remembrance!)
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