Here is the RCCG house fellowship leaders manual 11 August 2024 – lesson 50. Today’s lesson topic is MARITAL BLISS AND MARITAL BLOWS.
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RCCG HOUSE FELLOWSHIP LEADERS MANUAL 11 AUGUST 2024
TOPIC: MARITAL BLISS AND MARITAL BLOWS
Opening Prayer: Father, please let there be joy and peace in our marriages in Jesus name.
Previous knowledge: Leaders should remind members that God has made believers fishers of men but there is a price to pay.
TODAY’S LESSON
Memory Verse: “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord. ” Proverbs 18:22
Bible Text: Ephesians 5:25-30
Lesson Introduction:
Marriage is a sacred institution set up by God when He created the earth and placed man on it to live and dominate it. It is an agreement (Amos 3:3) with a divine seal between a man and woman to talk together as one flesh (Gen.2:24-25) which must be nurtured continuously by both the husband and wife with love. Such love which engineers the required ingredients of submission, tolerance, forgiveness, etc. When the required ingredients are in place, there will be marital bliss.
But where these ingredients are lacking, there will be marital blows.
LEADER’S DIARY
Lesson Aim: To discuss marital bliss and marital blows.
Teaching Objectives: At the end of the lesson, members should be able to:
- know the marital bliss.
- know the marital blows.
Text Review: Ephesians 5:22-30
- Apostle Paul, under divine inspiration, admonished women and men in the Ephesian Church that submission and love are the main lubricants that fire and maintain the engine of marriage.
- Women are to submit to the authority of their own husbands.
- Husband and wife are also to submit to one another in the fear of God.
- Love is very powerful, capable of producing ingredients of submission and tolerance.
- The husband should therefore shower love on his wife in the same proportion in order to enjoy marital bliss thereby preventing marital blows.
Teaching Method: Use interactive method.
Time Management: Share the teaching time using the suggested time schedule.
Lesson Outline One: WHAT IS MARITAL BLISS?
Marital bliss simply means marital happiness, where both husband and wife are at peace and are full of joy. For there to be marital bliss, the two lubricants of submission and love must be applied daily by both. These lubricants are produced by the following ingredients:
i. Seeking God’s wisdom daily – James 1:5; I Cor. 2:14.
ii. Forgiveness – Matthew 7:12;17:34; Ephesians 4:32.
iii. Resolution of disagreements – Romans 12:17-21; John 7:24.
iv. Relationship with third parties (in laws, friends, etc.) Gen. 2:24; Mark 10:7.
v. Trust and effective communication – Prov. 31:10-11; 15:1; Col. 4:6.
vi. Honouring marital vows.
vii. Prayer and fellowship with one another – Acts 2:42; Matt. 18:19. viii. Contentment – I Timothy 6:6.
Lesson Outline Two: WHAT ARE MARITAL BLOWS?
When the ingredients that produce marital bliss lubricants (submission and love) are absent, the couple will experience marital blows which manifest in disagreements, hurts, bitterness, anger, divorce, etc. Causes of marital blows are as follows:
- Wrong foundation. Foundation of marriage is key to bliss or blow – Psa. 11:3.
- Unfaithfulness – Hebrews 13:4; Eccl. 9:9.
- Third Party involvement.
- Criticism- 1 Peter 3:7; Prov. 12:4; 31:28.
- Prayerlessness – 1 Peter 5:8; Deut. 32:20. When the couple fails to pray, the devil will throw javelins that will cause marital blows.
- Lack of contentment. When either party begins to compare their spouse with another man or woman – Prov. 5: 18; Mal. 2:14; I Tim. 6:6
Activity:
Discuss some benefits received through godly marital breakthrough
SUMMARY:
Marriage is an agreement and covenant you commit yourself to. As Christians, we know that God hates putting away.
CONCLUSION:
Marriage is to be enjoyed and not to be endured. When there is marital bliss, the couple enjoys marriage but when there are marital blows, the couple endures marriage. Before making marital vows, we need to ask the Lord and follow Him in our choice of marital partner – Matthew 7:7.
PRAYER POINTS
- Father, thank You for instituting the partnership between man and woman in Holy matrimony.
- Father, thank You for every marriage in RCCG.
- Father, please let every marriage in RCCG be blissful.
- Father, please refill every marriage in RCCG with the required lubricants of love and submission and let there be marital bliss.
- Father, please refresh every marriage experiencing marital blows with Your oil of love and let them begin to experience marital bliss.
- Father break every stronghold of the devil in our marriages in RCCG.
- Father, please let our marriages give glory to You in Jesus name.
ASSIGNMENT:
Let couples identify things that can bring more lubricants to their marriage aside submission and love.
GOLDEN DIET FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY: Fervently pray for your spouse in your closet.
TUESDAY: Fervently pray for your home.
WEDNESDAY: Ephesians 4:26-27.
THURSDAY: Proverbs 21:1 – God can change him or her.
FRIDAY: James 4:7 – Do not stop resisting the devil into your home.
SATURDAY: Nehemiah 8:10b.
SUNDAY: Proverbs 5:3-5 – Beware of the strange man/woman.
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