Empowered - Ephesians 5:22-33
Pastor Daniel Prince
October 31, 2021

Ephesians 5:33 (ESV) However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

• An
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  marriage means one that is completely
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  to the
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  God ordained.

TO WIVES

Ephesians 5:24 (ESV) Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

• Submit = under +
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  ; Christ having
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TO HUSBANDS

Ephesians 5:25 (ESV) Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

• Love: GK-Agapao = meaning to

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  , cherish, favor,
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  ,
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  , accept, prize, relish &
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  .

• Husbands you

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  your wife (Genesis 2)

• Women are

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  to men – at being
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• Men are

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  to women – at being
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  by Peter Kreeft

AN EMPOWERED MARRIAGE IS GOD’s DESIGN

• God’s way is the
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  .
• God’s way allows husbands & wives to
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  in their unique
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  .
• God’s way
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  for His
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  .

Ephesians 5:32-33 (MSG) What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.

OUR RESPONSE (If Married)
• Rededication
• Reconciliation
• Restructuring
• Repentance
OUR RESPONSE (If unmarried, but seeking)
• Praying for God to teach you how to be the best spouse you can be now.
• Praying God sends you a spouse specifically designed to complement one another to fulfill His purpose.

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