Before & After
Week One - It’s Complicated
Carl Nichols
Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world how he can please his wife and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:25-35
Priorities out of Place
God is your ONE and your spouse is your TWO
Become the person you are looking for is looking for!
I promise God will be my FIRST priority and my spouse will be my SECOND
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24
Protect the Priorities
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:25
I promise God will be my FIRST priority and my spouse will be my SECOND
Keeping Christ first together only works if we keep Him first individually