1 Kings 12:1-11
Solomon
- Give the people a break.
- Serve the people.
- They will serve you.
1. Don't marry who you can live with; but marry who you cannot live without.
2. No two people agree on everything unless one of them is dead.
It takes more intelligence to be one who encourages than one who criticizes.
3. A marriage, or any relationship, that allows anger to accumulate is headed for hard times.
Ephesians 4:26 (The Message) "Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry – but don't use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don't stay angry. Don't go to bed angry. Don't give the devil that kind of foothold in your life."
4. One of the real killers of marriage is that we think the other person is responsible for our happiness, or lack thereof.
5. Conflict must be creative.
It is how you handle conflict that inflicts great pain.
6. Many times, marriage is like a bird dealing with a cage.
7. Marriage takes more than 50-50.
8. To win the argument and lose a friend is stupidity.
9. For every negative comment made, you must give five positive compliments.
10. Relationships united will stand, divided, they will fall.
11. To do everything the same old way, in the same old place, at the same old time, is going to become a death trap.
12. Don’t plan your future by using your past.
13. The mouth becomes a death trap; guard your words!
14. We live in a push-shove world.
Marriage and family are a training ground for service:
- Service to God.
- Service to one another.
- Service to those you love.