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Genesis chapter 2 verse 24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh.

It's pretty amazing that from the very beginning of the Bible and we're only two chapters into the Bible

when we see this picture of marriage

Marriage as God defines it now. I know in the culture I live in, country I live in, we have sought

to redefine marriage according to our ideas and our standards, but that's really ultimately not possible.

We cannot redefine what God has defined since the beginning of creation.

A man and a woman coming together and becoming one flesh. This is God's design

for marriage and for flourishing from marriage for a

a husband and a wife and children to flourish in the way that argues back to

Genesis chapter 1 verse 28 be fruitful and multiply and so this is where I'm compelled just

especially in my country and my culture to pray for a return to God's definition of marriage for a priority on God's definition of marriage,

for a priority on God's definition of marriage,

but not just in the laws of my country.

So yes, that, but then also in our hearts. Like I think about people who are listening right now who are married,

are we modeling marriage the way God has called us to model marriage.

When I think about singles who are listening to this.

So one, are we thriving in singleness and then two, if we think about marriage, are we

think about marriage as God has called us to think about marriage.

And we know, based on Ephesians chapter 5,

that God wasn't just creating this institution of marriage

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