Sunday, November 13th
Whether single, married, divorced or somewhere in between, we likely all have strong feelings about the idea of marriage. What is God’s perspective? How do we find hope a midst our relational challenges and failures?
Work through the following Scriptures and questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family to talk through what you’re learning!
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What’s your perspective on marriage right now? Something you long for? Something that’s difficult? Something not worth the possible pain or disappointed? Something else?
- What would you say is the ultimate purpose of marriage?
- Look at the story of Hosea (particularly chapters 1-3) and Ephesians 5:31-32. What do you see as God’s perspective on marriage? How do you think He relates to your relational challenges and failures?
- In Hosea 2:13-16, God promises to speak tenderly to His “bride” and win back her love. What can you learn from His example about how to respond when the ones you love disappoint or even betray you?
- How can you recognize and change your attitude when you fall into the kind of thinking that says, “everything will be better if the other person in the relationship changes”?
- How does honoring your spouse, or any important relationship, help us grow our relationship with God?
- How can you hold onto hope in God whether your longing to be married, struggling in your marriage or disillusioned by marriage in your present circumstances?
DIGGING DEEPER – Upcoming Classes
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 5 PM
— AT GATEWAY SOUTH
Come discover how to stay connected or reconnect as a couple! Designed for couples who are seriously dating, engaged, newlywed or married for many years. Register at GatewayChurch.com/MaximizeMarriage.
TUESDAYS AT 7 PM STARTING NOV 29TH
for 4 WEEKS — AT GATEWAY NORTH
Are you the person who you are looking for is looking for? Explore the challenges, assumptions and land mines associated with dating!
Register at GatewayChurch.com/Singles.
The following classes won’t happen until 2017, but you can let us know if you’re interested, and we’ll contact you as soon as registration is available in the new year.
COMING IN FEBRUARY 2017 FOR 8 WEEKS — AT GATEWAY NORTH
Designed for engaged or seriously dating couples seeking to build the foundations for a healthy relationship or marriage.
Express Interest at GatewayChurch.com/Classes.
COMING IN FEBRUARY 2017 FOR 9 WEEKS — AT GATEWAY NORTH
Whether your marriage is healthy, harder than you expected or struggling, you’ll learn how to transform your relationship to be a marriage built to last!
Express Interest at GatewayChurch.com/Classes.
COMING IN FEBRUARY 2017 FOR 13 WEEKS— AT GATEWAY NORTH
Find a plan to heal from the pain of affairs and betrayal. Helps couples survive an affair and rebuild their marriage. Designed for both the hurt and unfaithful spouse.
Express Interest at GatewayChurch.com/Classes.
COMING IN FEBRUARY 2017 FOR 13 WEEKS — AT GATEWAY NORTH
Designed for anyone who has or is going through the process of a divorce. Find the support to help deal with the pain and to look forward to rebuilding a new life.
Express Interest at GatewayChurch.com/Classes
DIGGING DEEPER – Resources
- How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by Leslie Vernick.
- Not sure of your next step? Talk with someone on our 1-to-1 Team.
- Counseling
- AffairRecovery.com – online resources and groups for both the hurt and unfaithful spouse.
SPIRITUAL OUTCOMES — Faithfulness
When a relationship is new and exciting, you want to spend every minute you can with that person, but over time, relationships change as people do. Relationships can settle into routines that leave one or both people wondering what happened and whether or not the early magic can be recaptured. Marriages, like all meaningful relationships, are worth fighting for! How can you equip yourself to stay faithful for the long haul? Learn about some important Scriptural foundations by working through the FAITHFULNESS outcome.