Category Archives: Marriage
Annual Maintenance Check: Part 2 – Grace and the Gospel in Covenant Marriage
November 10, 2019 Mike Meyers HomeFront
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What was your wedding ceremony like?
- What do you remember from your vows? Were yours traditional, or did you do something original?
- What is one take away you had from today’s talk?
- How is your “airframe”? How does considering your marriage as a covenant, “exchange of persons” change your perspective?
- Looking back at what grace does, how have you experienced grace with your spouse? Do you desire to be an agent of grace in your marriage? What keeps you from living in that?
Lessons from Marriage, Part 7: Fighting Isolation with Community
Reston Bible – HomeFront Ministry – July 21, 2019
Discussion Questions
- Are you now, or have you ever, experienced rich Christian community? Explain.
- Are you now, or have you ever been or felt, isolated as a couple? Alone in the church? Explain.
- What concrete steps can you take now to deepen your roots into your faith community?
Lessons from Marriage, Part 5: The Joy and Wisdom of Overlooking an Offense
June 23, 2019 Mike Meyers HomeFront
Lessons from Marriage, Part 4: True North – Knowing Your Values and Living Toward Them
June 16, 2019 Mike Meyers HomeFront
Discussion Questions
- Ask for God’s direction and keep it simple.
- Think about God’s purpose for your marriage.
- Brainstorm some core values you share as a couple (faith, prayer, hospitality, peace, service…), then select 3-5 that you both agree stand out and attach scripture passages to each.
- Optional: Develop a short phrase for each. For example, “Hospitality – Our home will be joyfully open to those the Lord brings our way.”
Lessons from Marriage, Part 3: Keeping Short Accounts – Confession and Forgiveness
June 2, 2019 Mike Meyers
Discussion Questions
- Where have you struggled most in your marriage; confession or forgiveness?
- Which of these principles do you find most difficult to execute on?
- Can you share a time when confession and forgiveness brought healing to your marriage? Or when it has gone wrong?
- Would you include any additional principles? If so, what would you add?
Lessons from Marriage, Part 2: Consider Your Ways: Christ-Centered Introspection in Marriage
Discussion Questions
- Are you in the habit of evaluating yourself, or do you just let the days and years roll on by without much thought? If not, why not?
- Which person do you tend towards; the wise who welcomes evaluation, or the fool who runs from it, blame shifts, or makes excuses?
- Have you asked your spouse, or a close friend, for input? How did that go?
- How might you provide feedback more effectively or gently?
Body, Soul, and Spirit: Intimacy in Marriage, Part 4 (audio)
Intimacy is far more than simply the physical or the sensual. Intimacy in marriage is a beautiful and intricate dance between body, soul, and spirit.
Discussion Questions
- Remember – What kinds of things did you “do at first” that you have let die?
- Repent – What attitudes or excuses have you let stop you from investing in your marital intimacy?
- Return/Repair – Do you have any ideas for things you can do “as you did at first”?
- Rejoice – What is/are the top 1 or 2 things about your spouse that you love and value the most? What is your favorite thing about being married to your spouse?
