Gateway Church
When God created marriage, He created four simple yet profoundly important laws to protect this sacred relationship. In his new series, The Four Laws of Love, Pastor Jimmy Evans shares how honoring these laws sets a marriage up for success.
This weekend, Pastor Jimmy Evans shares a message titled “The Servant Rules,” where he talks about how we experience the benefits of marriage through serving one another.
Problem #1 – Selfishness
Problem #2 – Pride and Domination
Luke 22:24-27 NKJV
Problem #3 – A Worldly Concept of Success
Matthew 23:11-12 NKJV
Problem #4 – Ignorance of God’s Nature
John 21:9-13 NKJV
Luke 12:35-38 NKJV
John 5:30 NKJV
John 16:13-14 NKJV
John 5:19-20 NKJV
Genesis 1:26-28 NKJV
Ephesians 5:31-33 NKJV
The Servant Rules
Using the Acronym “S.E.R.V.E.”
1. Serve what your spouse needs in spite of what you need, want, or understand.
2. Enjoy serving your spouse, and do it with a joyful attitude.
3. Reject score keeping, and do what you do with a spirit of grace and faith.
A. Serving redeems our spouse and changes the spirit of the relationship.
I Peter 2:21 NKJV
1 Peter 3:1–4 (MSG)
The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.
1 Peter 3:7 MSG
B. Serving puts us in our most powerful position to influence each other.
John 13:2-6 NKJV
4. Vigilantly protect the priority of your marriage and the time and energy to serve your spouse.
5. Expect to be blessed, and don’t get discouraged and give up.
Matthew 23:11-12 NKJV
Luke 6:32-38 NKJV
What is the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?