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17 Wedding Day Dreams We Should All Hope For

5. May we meet God together regularly in his Word.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. (Psalm 19.7–10″>Psalm 19:7–10)

6. May we make our home a safe, inviting, and life-giving place for others.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. (Romans 12.12–13″>Romans 12:12–13)

7. May we be a blessing to the families God has given to us.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” (Ephesians 6.1–3″>Ephesians 6:1–3)

8. May we find ways to learn from marriages more mature than ours and to invest in marriages younger than ours.

Be filled with the Spirit . . . submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. . . . Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Ephesians 5.18–25″>Ephesians 5:18–25)

9. May we live worthy of the gospel, cultivating shorter cycles of correction, confession, repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (Hebrews 3.12–13″>Hebrews 3:12–13)

10. May we develop, enjoy, guard, and model a healthy and pure sex life.

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2.3–5″>Philippians 2:3–5)

11. May we maintain a healthy rhythm of rest, knowing that God loves us and runs the world.

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. (Psalm 127.1–2″>Psalm 127:1–2)

12. May we always love and invest in the local church.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (Hebrews 10.24–25″>Hebrews 10:24–25)

13. May we disciple younger men and women and raise up leaders for God’s church.

You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. (2 Timothy 2.1–2″>2 Timothy 2:1–2)