RockPointe Church
What Your Marriage Needs to Thrive
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RockPointe Church - Central Campus
4503 Cross Timbers Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75028, USA
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https://rockpointechurch.org/sermon-library/Similarities between marriage and flowers:
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- Essential elements must be present.
- Environmental conditions must to be meet.
- Effort, energy and expense must be put in.
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- Essential elements must be present.
- Environmental conditions must to be meet.
- Effort, energy and expense must be put in.
What does your marriage need to thrive?
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1. Your marriage needs Jesus.
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1. Your marriage needs Jesus.
You marriage needs Jesus for:
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- Saving Faith
- Spirit Empowered
- Sanctified Living
- Superior Purpose
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- Saving Faith
- Spirit Empowered
- Sanctified Living
- Superior Purpose
What does your marriage need to thrive?
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2. Your marriage needs you.
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2. Your marriage needs you.
Is there a magic number?
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Couples who dedicate a minimum of 15 hours per week to undivided attention for each other maintain deeper emotional intimacy and lasting love. - Dr. Willard F. Harley
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Couples who dedicate a minimum of 15 hours per week to undivided attention for each other maintain deeper emotional intimacy and lasting love. - Dr. Willard F. Harley
What does your marriage need to thrive?
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3. Your marriage needs you to be like Jesus.
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3. Your marriage needs you to be like Jesus.
Make deposits by meeting these emotional needs:
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- Affection
- Intimate Conversation
- Recreational Companionship
- Honesty and Openness
- Physical Attractiveness
- Sexual Fulfillment
- Financial Support
- Domestic Support
- Family Commitment
- Admiration
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- Affection
- Intimate Conversation
- Recreational Companionship
- Honesty and Openness
- Physical Attractiveness
- Sexual Fulfillment
- Financial Support
- Domestic Support
- Family Commitment
- Admiration
Avoid these behavior that make relationship withdrawals:
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- Selfish Demands
- Disrespectful Judgment
- Angry Outburst
- Annoying Habits
- Independent Behaviors
- Dishonesty
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- Selfish Demands
- Disrespectful Judgment
- Angry Outburst
- Annoying Habits
- Independent Behaviors
- Dishonesty
The greatest goal of marriage is glory - theirs and yours.
Questions to ask your spouse:
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- How would you rank our marriage on a scale of 1-10 and what could I do to make it better?
- What do you think is helping our marriage to thrive and what is hindering it from thriving?
- How's my relationship with Christ? Do you think I'm more like Christ than I've ever been?
- In what area of my life do you perceive that I could I work on becoming more Christ-like?
- How many hours of undivided attention are we taking each week to meet each other's emotional needs?
- Do you feel that you are my top priority? If not, what can I do to show you that you are?
- What is your greatest emotional need and how can I be better at meeting that for you?
- What am I doing that is making emotional withdrawals in our relationship?
- How are you wanting to grow in your spiritual walk and become more like Christ?
- What could I do to partner with you in helping you achieve that growth?
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- How would you rank our marriage on a scale of 1-10 and what could I do to make it better?
- What do you think is helping our marriage to thrive and what is hindering it from thriving?
- How's my relationship with Christ? Do you think I'm more like Christ than I've ever been?
- In what area of my life do you perceive that I could I work on becoming more Christ-like?
- How many hours of undivided attention are we taking each week to meet each other's emotional needs?
- Do you feel that you are my top priority? If not, what can I do to show you that you are?
- What is your greatest emotional need and how can I be better at meeting that for you?
- What am I doing that is making emotional withdrawals in our relationship?
- How are you wanting to grow in your spiritual walk and become more like Christ?
- What could I do to partner with you in helping you achieve that growth?