Sermon Notes October 18, 2015 “Peter’s Principles for Marriage” (1 Peter 3:1-7) I. God’s wise advice for _______________. A. A wife’s ____________ is more influential with her husband than her words. (1 Peter 3:1-2 … see Acts 16:1; 1 Corinthians 7:12-13; Proverbs 27:15) “The silent ____________ of a lovely life.” B. A wife’s ____________ beauty is more important than her external beauty. (1 Peter 3:3-4 … see Proverbs 31:25; 31:30) C. A wife’s ____________ of her husband is her most powerful contribution to his life. (1 Peter 3:5-6 … see Genesis 12:4-5) “This is the one I ____________ upon.) II. God’s wise advice for _______________. (1 Peter 3:7) A. A husband should ____________ his wife well. You have to spend time with your wife actually ____________. B. A husband should treat his wife with __________ as the weaker partner. (Ephesians 5:25-26) Men and women are not ____________. C. A husband should treat his wife with __________ as a joint heir of God’s grace. Husbands and wives stand on ____________ footing before God. Response Questions … Wives … Which tactic better describes how you try to impact your husband’s actions … your words or your actions? Are you more concerned about your internal beauty or your external beauty? Would others agree with that assessment? In what ways do you show your husband that you trust him? Husbands … How well do you think you really know your wife? Do you think she would say you spend plenty of time talking with her … or would she like more? In what ways do you take care of your wife? Are those the ways your wife wants to be cared for? In what ways do you show your wife you honor her as an equal partner before the Lord?
