Attack on the Structure: Relationships

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE 1. From a human standpoint living together seems to make sense. • Practice Period • Convenience • Scarred and Scared 2. The odds for couples that live together are not good. LIVING TOGETHER STATISTICS: • The majority of couples that live together either break up or marry within two years. • The rate of divorce in cohabitating couples is 50% higher than couples have not lived with each other before marriage. • After ten years only 15 out of a 100 couples who live together are still together. 3. Living together doesn’t work because it ignores the Biblical Love Package. Biblical Love Package: • Friendship (Spirit Love—rea) • Commitment (Heart Love—yahab) • Sex (Body Love—dod) Living together is an attempt at friendship focused on sex without commitment. 4. The Wedding Day is anticlimactic. A wedding is a public celebration of commitment. 5. We are living together. What should we do? • Own up to the truth that what you are doing is sin. • Physically separate (live apart) for at least six months. • Seek pre-marital counseling. • Plan a Wedding Celebration with family and friends as a testimony that you are going to do this God’s way.