How can I get my spouse to do what I want?

Most of us have asked this question at some point in our marriage. Some have been successful and some have failed. The answer we usually come to goes something like this: “If I do the laundry, if I clean the dishes, if I clean the house, if I _____, then certainly I will get what I want in return.”

Most of us think of marriage as a contract. We think of it as an agreement between two people and as long as you keep up your end of the deal than I will as well.

“I will do what you have asked as long as I get what I want.  If you don’t give me what I want then I have the right to break the contract and find someone else who will fulfill it.”

The problem is marriage is not a contract, but a covenant. God designed marriage to be a commitment to someone for life, no matter what. Marriage is not something that should be tossed aside when times are tough or when you don’t get what you want.  Marriage is to be upheld, not undermined.  Marriage is meant to be unbreakable.  Marriage is meant to be “till death do us part.”

We will be looking at what God’s word says about marriage during the four week-series that begins on Sunday, “Till Death Do Us Part.”

If you are single, engaged, or married this series will help you see what God’s design is for marriage.  It will help you see that marriage is a covenant, a partnership, and a journey that is to last a lifetime.