This Sunday we begin, “Don’t Get Married Until…” Why?
#1 - Because married people need to go back to the basics!
Believe it or not—this ISN’T just a series for singles. God has been ROCKING my world the past month or so in my study time and challenging me to be a better husband. “Basic Training” is NEVER a bad thing for married people…sometimes we forget WHY we said “I do!”
#2 - Because being single does not equal being cursed!
Singleness is NOT a disease!!! (Yet people treat it that way, you know, when you say your not dating someone and they reply, “Oh, I’m sorry!”) AHHHH!
Singleness is NOT a setback but rather a season that should be embraced by the single person in order that they can maximize all that Jesus wants to teach them during that period of their lives!
#3 - I like making single dudes mad!
EVERY TIME I challenge single dudes who have no life and/or ambition and live in their mother’s basement and play video games…I get an angry letter/email…from a single dude who has no life and/or ambition and lives in his mothers basement and plays video games—BUT found the time to disconnect from conquering “another world” to email me…
WHICH…is why the dude is single!!!
One of the problems today in our chuches is that single dudes have a really screwed up view of manhood…so…we will be looking at that! :-)
(BTW…I have NEVER gotten an email from a single woman who was angry that I challeged a dude to stop being a wus! Godly women are attracted to MEN…not boys!)
#4 - Solid foundations for marriage NEED to be established!
With over 50% of marriages today ending in divorce…I would say we have a problem!
I’ve seen LOTS of couples get married…and I’ve never had one say to me, “Hey Pastor P…we want to start off great…but by about year three it is our hope/dream to not be able to stand each other…and we would like to suffer through that for about a year or so before we dive into an affair or either just call it quits!
And yet…it happens!
Jesus said a solid foundation in life is necessary if we want to stand during the storms (See Matthew 7:24-27)...and this series will present BIBLICAL foundations that have worked for QUITE SOME TIME!
(Btw…some married people will be challenged to restablish their foundation!)
#5 - Some people need to slow the heck down!
Thus…the name of the series, “Don’t Get Married Until…”
Because…I’ve seen so many people who are not sure…who struggle with dating someone/getting married. And so…their solution is to RUN FASTER, because RUSHING a decisoon ALWAYS makes it right!!!
I believe getting married is the second most important decision a person can make. God established it…and HE is the One who sets the standards! There is NOTHING wrong with pausing long enough to see if he/she is “Mr. or Miss. “Right,” OR…if they are just “Mr.” or “Miss” RIGHT NOW!”
I can’t wait…this is going to be a FUN series!!!!
- Week One…Don’t Get Married Until…You Hear From God
- Week Two…Don’t Get Married Until…You Are Willing To Be A Man
- Week Three…Don’t Get Married Until…You Are Willing To Be A Woman
- Week Four…Lucretia will be joining me on stage for a live Q&A…questions from every campus will be answered via text message and twitter.
- Week Five…Don’t Get Marred Until…You Deal With Your Junk