Leave and Cleave
“Found The Enemy - It’s Me!”
Ephesians 5:15-33

2014 Challenge
Let’s ask God to make our lives stronger!

Ephesians 5:15-33

The secret of marriage
Do for your spouse what Jesus did for you!

What’s the greatest problem in marriage?
	Self-centeredness

Self-centeredness
	Responds to self-centeredness with self-centeredness
	Relies only on the love we can generate
	Is compounded by wounds making us more self-centered
Can be confronted with just one person
Needs supernatural help to get rid of it

Solution to self-centeredness: Holy Spirit

“Be filled with the Spirit” means …
	Something we are responsible for
	Something we allow God to do for us
	We belong to God, so He has the right to fill us

Spirit-empowered people experience a radical change in relating to people!

“Submit (serve) to one another out of reverence for Christ.” – v. 21	

3 Spirit empowered ways to serve your spouse
Step
	Stop
	Stay