Overcoming A Bad Marriage Part 2

Is your marriage struggling? In Part 2 of this series Overcoming A Bad Marriage, Dave and Bethlie share biblical steps for overcoming a bad marriage and restoring what God intended for your relationship.

1. Learn to love again
   1. Define it
      1. Love and feelings are not the same thing
      2. Love is about pleasing God
      3. Love is being willing to give another whatever it is that they need because you know it is what God commands you to do.
   2. Biblicize it
      1. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands love your wives as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her
      2. Older women teach the younger women to love their husbands
      3. Love your neighbor 
         1. Your spouse is your closest neighbor so you have to love them
      4. Matthew 5:44. Love your enemy
         1. The lowest level of love
2. Determine to please God
   1. Get very close to Him
      1. James 4:8
      2. The closer you are to God the healthier you will be
      3. The closer you are to God the stronger you will be
   2. Honor God in the decisions you make and your marriage will be amazing
3. Take steps to love
   1. Learn to give. 
      1. John 3:16
      2. Gal 2:20
      3. Proverbs 25:21
   2. Learn to forgive
      1. Forgiveness promises not to use another’s wrongdoings against them in the future
      2. Forgiveness promises not to talk to other people about another’s wrongdoings
      3. Forgiveness promises not to dwell on the other’s wrongdoings
   3. Learn to meet each other’s needs