{"id":8460,"date":"2023-05-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=8460"},"modified":"2023-05-13T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T16:49:24","slug":"relationship-goals","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/relationship-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Relationship Goals#"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Then the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God said, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.\u201d&nbsp;So the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.&nbsp;He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him. So the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God took out one of the man\u2019s ribs&nbsp;and closed up the opening.&nbsp;Then the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. \u201cAt last!\u201d the man exclaimed. \u201cThis one is bone from my bone, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and flesh from my flesh! She will be called \u2018woman,\u2019 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;because she was taken from \u2018man.\u2019\u201d This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Genesis 2:18-24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>In a Christ-centered marriage, Jesus is your number <u>one<\/u> and your spouse is your number <u>two<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cTeacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?\u201d Jesus replied, \u201c\u2018You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em>Matthew 22:36-37<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>You can\u2019t build a life of righteousness in the future based on a foundation of sin today<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Three things to start doing today with your spouse\/ or in preparation FOR your spouse if you are not married<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Pray Daily<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Study<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Serve<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There are three things that amaze me\u2014no, four things that I don\u2019t understand: 19 how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>Proverbs 30:18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the LORD<\/em>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proverbs 18:22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God said, \u201cIt is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.\u201d&nbsp;So the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.&nbsp;He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8460","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/8460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/8460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8464,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/8460\/revisions\/8464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=8460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}