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Intensive Christian Marriage Retreats

Podcast 53 – Intensive Christian Marriage Retreats

Posted by Carey 
· Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 

Today’s Speaker

Carey Green

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SUMMARY OF TODAY’S PODCAST

Intensive Christian Marriage Retreats


In modern times we’ve come to think of relational struggles as areas needing the help of “professionals.” Therapists, Counselors, Analysts, Psychiatrist, etc. I’m sure there is benefit in some of those types of relationships. But what my wife and I have discovered is that mature, biblically based Christians who know how to be dependent on the Holy Spirit make some of the best counselors. The reason? Because they are depending on the TRUE Counselor – the Holy Spirit. This realization is what has prompted my wife and I to begin offering Intensive Christian Marriage Retreats where a couple in need can go one on one with us as we seek the Holy Spirit’s help together to address the issues that are disrupting their marriage and relationship.

In this episode of the podcast I’m answering the most common questions I get about the marriage retreats we do… from what it is, to how it works, to how to schedule one for yourself. If your marriage is in need of a jump-start or new breath of life, a Christian marriage retreat may be just the thing.

[pullquote]A marriage intensive is for you to take some intentional, focused time to identify and address the things that are blocking your marriage relationship, sot hat you can more forward positively with God’s help… and it’s not for the faint of heart. – Carey Green[/pullquote] Use the quote to the left to share on your Facebook and Twitter accounts. That’s one way you can help spread the word about The Christian Home and Family Podcast and help me spread the Word and ways of God to more and more families.

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The Marriage Improvement Project

The marriage first principle

Posted by Carey 
· Friday, September 7th, 2012 

The Marriage First Principle

Priorities. Every one of us has any number of greater and lesser priorities in our lives. Marriage is one of those priorities. But where does it fall on the scale of importance? Should it be toward the top, the bottom, or somewhere in the middle?

Marriage came into being as one of the first acts of God’s plan for all of history. After creating the world and the animals, God created the first man, Adam. But, Adam was alone, and God said that was not a good thing (Genesis 2:18). To solve the problem, God created the first woman, Eve, and the first marriage was the result. In establishing marriage God created the first and most intimate human relationship, one which takes highest priority among all human relationships.

That idea is what I refer to as the “Marriage First” principle.

Genesis 2:24 – Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife.

One important point regarding the Marriage First principle.

Your marriage relationship

comes before

all other earthly relationships.

Did you notice that our verse instructs a man to leave his father and mother when he gets married? Why did God command something like this?

Consider this: The relationships that a person has with their mother and father are normally the closest relationships they’ve had prior to adulthood. In teaching us that a man is to “leave” his father and mother, God is saying that once a couple becomes married, they are moving into a new and different stage in life, where the close relationships of the past (with parents) are to take a lesser place of importance in view of the new relationship that has begun (marriage).

There are many applications of this, but it is important to understand that this is the basic idea behind the Marriage First principle. Let’s flesh the idea out a bit.

You have many relationships that fill your life:

  • extended family members
  • co-workers
  • neighbors
  • friends
  • children

and every one of them is important in it’s own way, and to varying degrees.

But what the Marriage First principle teaches us is that as important as those relationships may be, none of them is to rival your relationship with your spouse. Your spouse is to come first…in your thoughts and in your consideration.

The Marriage Improvement ProjectQuestions for Reflection

  • Are you willing to take the time to learn what it will take for your marriage to be that kind of priority?
  • Make a quick list of the major relationships in your life. After you’ve compiled your list, rank them in two ways. First, rank them in order of how important they are to you currently. Then go back and rank them in order of how you think God desires them to be.
  • Where was your marriage relationship in the first ranking? Where is it in the second ranking?
This post is taken in part from my couple’s devotional book, The Marriage Improvement Project. For more information on the MIP, including a sneak peek into the first chapter and table of contents, you can go to this page. The MIP is available in softcover paperback and e-book (pdf) formats.
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