Model Marriage
(c) Avoid shattering your spouse’s confidence by refraining from making derogatory
statements about the breasts, hips, size of genitals, stomach, legs, spots, and scars.^7
No. 11 Principle of Enhancing Your Beauty with Jewellery
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. We will
make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
Song of Solomon 1:10,11
(a) Jewellery makes one more beautiful. Learn to wear jewellery, even at home.
No. 12 Principle of Arousing Love
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the
field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 2:7
(a) Love can be stirred up by speaking nicely to each other, treating each other nicely
and surprising each other with nice little things.
(b) When you have something nice to say to your partner, don’t keep it, speak up.
(c) Say “sorry” and “thank you” when you have to, and say “I love you” always.
Notes
- Beverly LaHaye et al, The Joy of Marriage God’s Way(Nashville, Tennessee: Integrity
Publishers, 2003), 12 - 13. - Tommy Nelson, The Book of Romance(Nashville, Tennessee:Thomas Nelson, 1998), 2 -
- Kay Arthur, Marriage Without Regrets(Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Pub. 2000),172.
- Tommy Nelson, The Book of Romance(Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1998),
100 and Jay E. Adams, The Christian Counsellor (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan
Publishing, 1973), 392. - Ed and Gaye Wheat, Intended for Pleasure(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Fleming H. Revell,
1997), 82 - 83. - Tommy Nelson, The Book of Romance (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1998),
103 - 104.; Kay Arthur, Marriage Without Regrets(Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers,
2000), 162. - Robert Lewis and William Hendricks, Rocking the Roles(NavPress Publishing Group,
1991), 129.