The five threats to oneness:

  1. Cultural changes.

 

1950: High family value:  2010 individual is valued.

Faith was a part of culture        faith must be separated

Limited media influence           Unlimited media influence

Fathers present and active         Fathers: absent or passive

Children were viewed

As a blessing                            Children: burden

  1. Ignorance.

Unreal expectations. Ladies tend to view marriage in light of a romance novel. While men tend to view marriage sex.

  1. Selfishness:

Isa 53:6

 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

each of us has turned to his own way;

and the Lord has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

NIV

James…envy…self seeking

  1.  Failure to understand life is difficult.

1 Cor 7:28

28 But if you should marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin should marry, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

NASB

Count it all joy….

Happy Holy

  1. Extramarital affairs.

Devaluing your partner

  • Activities: materialism, Career, Family, Love affair.

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