part of the pastor Dan Gregory's series, "Marriage, Thriving or surviving?"

1. Marriage Thriving or Surviving? Wives: Daring to Be Different!

2. God created marriage! Marriage is good! God gave marriage it’s purpose! Genesis 2:18-25

3. Marriage was designed for procreation ! Marriage was designed for cooperation ! Marriage was designed for illustration ! Purpose of marriage!

4. Ephesians 5:23 “ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which He is Savior” Husbands: Daring to Lead!

5. He must LEAD in LOVE! He must LEAD in the WORD! He must LEAD in RIGHTEOUSNESS ! He must LEAD in SELFLESSNESS! He must LEAD in INTIMACY! Husbands: Daring to Lead!

6. “ Wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” Ephesians 5:22-24 “ Wives in the same way be submissive to your husbands…” 1 Peter 3:1a Daring to be Different!

7. Submission is a part of the life of a believer…. “ Submit yourselves, then, to God. James 4:7 Biblical Submission “ In the same way…”

8. Government…submit to the officials (1 Peter 2…Romans 13) Employment …submit to your boss (1 Peter 2…Ephesians 6…Colossians 3) Home…children obey parents (Ephesians 6…Colossians 3) The church…submission to leadership (Hebrews 13) Marriage…submission to headship (Ephesians 5…Colossians 3… 1 Peter 3) Biblical Submission “ In the same way…”

9. VOLUNTARY ORDER NOT VALUE Biblical Submission “ Be submissive…”

10. EXCLUSIVE Biblical Submission “ Wives…to your husbands…”

11. Directly correlates to relationship with JESUS! Biblical Submission “ As to the Lord…”

12. Dare to BE QUIET Dare to be Different!!! “… they may be won over without words…” 3:1

13. Dare to BE PURE Dare to be Different!!! “… they see the purity and reverence of your lives” 3:2

14. Dare to BE BEAUTIFUL Dare to be Different!!! “… the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight…” 3:4

15. Dare to BE HOLY Dare to be Different!!! “ For this way holy women…” 3:5

16. Dare to HOPE IN GOD Dare to be Different!!! “ For this way holy women of the past who put their hope in God…” 3:5

17. Dare to BE OBEDIENT! Dare to be Different!!! “… if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.” 3:6

18. Dare to BE DIFFERENT! Dare to be Different!!! TITUS 2:3-5

19. Marriage Thriving or Surviving? Next Week: A DARING LOVE!