Chapter Two (Working as a Team) – Questions for Husbands

 

1.  Read 1 Corinthians 13:11 and apply it to the concept of a “team” in marriage.  Can you point to any “childish things” you need to put away?

 

 

 

 

2. Read Genesis 3:1-6.  For whatever reason, Eve “did battle” with the enemy without her husband’s help.  In what ways are you available for your wife’s spiritual needs?  Are there any ways that you are not available and should be?

 

 

 

 

3.  As you look in your Bible at these verses, write down their messages about a winning combination in marriage.

            A husband is to lead in his marriage and family.

                        Genesis 3:16 –

 

 

                        Ephesians 5:22-23 –

 

 

                        Colossians 3:18 –

 

 

            A husband is to work and to provide for his wife.

                        Genesis 3:17-19 –

 

 

            A husband is to love his wife.

            Ephesians 5:25 –

 

 

                        Ephesians 5:28 –

 

           

                        Colossians 3:19 –

 

 

                        I Peter 3:7 –

 

 

4.  Read again the questions under the section “Back to the Basics.”  Which questions do you need to revisit and work on to make yours a more “perfect” marriage?

 

 

 

5.  Because working as a team really matters in your marriage, what one “little thing” can you do this week to bring you two closer together as a team?

Chapter Two (Working as a Team) – Questions for Wives

 

1.  As you look in your Bible at these verses, write down their messages about a winning combination in marriage.

            A husband is to lead in his marriage and family.

                        Genesis 3:16 –

 

                        Ephesians 5:22-23 –

 

                        Colossians 3:18 –

 

            A husband is to work and to provide for his wife.

                        Genesis 3:17-19 –

 

            A husband is to love his wife.

            Ephesians 5:25 –

 

                        Ephesians 5:28 –

 

                        Colossians 3:19 –

 

                        I Peter 3:7 –

 

            A wife is to help her husband.

                        Genesis 2:18 –

 

            A wife is to respect her husband.

                        Ephesians 5:22 –

 

                        Colossians 3:18 –

 

                        I Peter 3:1 –

 

            A wife is to respect her husband.

                        Ephesians 5:33 –

 

            A wife is to love her husband.

                        Titus 2:3-4 –

 

2.  Look at Romans 12:2.  How does knowing what God says in His Word help you to transform your thinking about your role as a wife?

 

 

 

3.  Look at Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.  In your own words, what are the truths, and blessings, about marriage revealed in these verses?