Ingredients to look for and nurture in a good marriage

Ingredients to look for and nurture in a good marriage
1) Companionship
2) Chemistry
Proverbs 5: 19 - A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
3) Commitment
Proverbs 2: 17 - who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

Marriage has a huge impact on our lives for good or ill
- Proverbs 21: 9 - He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.
- Proverbs 21: 9 - Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Proverbs 31: 10 - A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
- Proverbs 12: 4 - A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
- Proverbs 21: 9 - Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Source: Sermon by Vaughan Roberts at St Ebbe’s, 28 Feb 2010