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Question 1
Caleb claims Catherine “doesn’t
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him”. What emotion(s) do you think he’s feeling at the time?
Question 2
Catherine has some complaints about Caleb. What are some of the things she says he doesn’t do? Why do you think those things are important to her?
Question 3
Caleb suspects his wife is meeting with her friends and “making me sound like a criminal.” How does he seem to feel about Catherine complaining to others about him?
Discussion
Read Genesis 1:27
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Read Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
Question 4
These verses indicate that God deliberately made the two sexes different. Why do you think He chose to do that?
Question 5
If you are studying Fireproof your Marriage in a small group setting, have the men in your group share one thing they particularly like about women. Have the women share one thing they like about men. If you are studying Fireproof your Marriage as a couple, share with your spouse what you like about the opposite sex.
Read Ephesians 5:21-33
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Question 6
In this passage, verse 23 gives instructions to wives, and verse 25 gives instructions to husbands. What one word characterizes how a husband should treat a wife? What one word describes how a wife should treat a husband?
Question 7
The passage affirms that God created us male and female, two different creations. As our Creator, He clearly understands how the sexes are different and what our needs are. How closely do you feel God’s commands match up with the needs of men and women? Explain your answer.
Read Psalm 139:13-16
13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Question 8
What does this passage say about God’s knowledge of us?
Read Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Read Ephesians 4:29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Question 9
What do these passages teach about the importance of communication and using our words to “build up” our spouse?
Close in prayer.
Question 1
Caleb claims Catherine “doesn’t
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him”. What emotion(s) do you think he’s feeling at the time?
Question 2
Catherine has some complaints about Caleb. What are some of the things she says he doesn’t do? Why do you think those things are important to her?
Question 3
Caleb suspects his wife is meeting with her friends and “making me sound like a criminal.” How does he seem to feel about Catherine complaining to others about him?
Discussion
Read Genesis 1:27
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Read Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created.
Question 4
These verses indicate that God deliberately made the two sexes different. Why do you think He chose to do that?
Question 5
If you are studying Fireproof your Marriage in a small group setting, have the men in your group share one thing they particularly like about women. Have the women share one thing they like about men. If you are studying Fireproof your Marriage as a couple, share with your spouse what you like about the opposite sex.
Read Ephesians 5:21-33
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Question 6
In this passage, verse 23 gives instructions to wives, and verse 25 gives instructions to husbands. What one word characterizes how a husband should treat a wife? What one word describes how a wife should treat a husband?
Question 7
The passage affirms that God created us male and female, two different creations. As our Creator, He clearly understands how the sexes are different and what our needs are. How closely do you feel God’s commands match up with the needs of men and women? Explain your answer.
Read Psalm 139:13-16
13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Question 8
What does this passage say about God’s knowledge of us?
Read Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Read Ephesians 4:29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Question 9
What do these passages teach about the importance of communication and using our words to “build up” our spouse?
Close in prayer.