Song of Songs: Love, Sex, Dating, Marriage | Marriage (Fighting Fair)
Collective Church
English - February 26, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Education Self-Improvement sunday sermon church sermon biblical teaching sermon god jesus bible christianity discipleship Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
All couples are going to fight. Healthy couples fight for resolution. Unhealthy couples fight for victory.
Key passage for this sermon, Song of Songs 5.
Common Causes of Conflict
1. Unmet / Unreal Expectations
2. Selfishness
"My beloved thrust his hand through the latch - opening; my heart began to pound for him. I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the bolt. I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer." Song of Solomon 5:4-6 NIV
Commit To Fight For Resolution
I Will…
1. Act and Not React
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21NIV
2. Focus On The Good and Not The Bad
"...whatever is true...noble...right...pure...lovely... admirable —if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Philippians 4:8 NIV
3. Talk and Not Walk
'“In your anger do not sin” : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold." Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV
"I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom." Song of Songs 6:11 NIV