"I was grateful for Jess because she sat in my spiritual guidance meeting. It helps having her perspective as a woman and a wife."
Marriage is more than partnership. It is covenant. When two people get into covenant they are no longer separate, they are one. God spoke of marriage from the beginning saying that the two shall become one flesh. When I look at my wife I see myself.
It is sad because many people do not see their spouse this way. Not just men but also women have this problem. I have spoken with couples who keep separate accounts, the woman won't take the man's name, or they are in disagreement with one another. All of that isn't sin but it makes for a terrible marriage. The more separated a marriage is the tougher it will be.
Unity is essential and the devil knows it. That is why he works so hard to break up marriage. It is a picture of Christ and the church, which he hates both, and marriage is unity. When there is unity there is blessing, exponential effectiveness and progress. There is real power in unity. A blessed marriage happens when there is agreement. Here is where agreement happens; the Word of God. If two people can agree on God's Word then they can make it in marriage and life.
That is where the oneness happens. It is where people can finish each other's sentences and look like each other as they grow old together.
How can we foster unity and oneness in marriage? What scriptures can build unity in marriage?
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