Ps Dino Cicatello

Ps Dino ended our series, Real Relationships, and this week he preached on the Vow of Pursuit and Priority. Genesis 2:22-25. He said that the definition of pursuit is to go after something you don’t have.

Often in marriage, spouses become complacent as what they had worked for previously, they had now earned. However, in a healthy marriage, one should always pursue your spouse for as long as they live.

The Bible mentions being united 3 times, in Hebrew this word is Yachad, which means to cling to; be one with; pursue with affection and devotion. Psalm 63:8, Job 41:17 and Judges 20:45. Ps Dino remined us that marriage is not a finish line, instead it’s a starting line to pursue your spouse until death, as every relationship has a trajectory.

There’s 2 ways to remedy the gap of pursuit in a marriage:

1. If you think something good, say something good – Hebrews 3:13
   • Men should speak words of affection
   • Women should speak words of affirmation
2. If you think something special, do it. – James 4:17

Ps Dino said that couples should vow to pursue their spouses, affirm them, believe in them, do something kind and serve them as that’s what the Bible says Christian marriages are all about. As couples submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Couples should vow to pursue one another, and the second vow is the vow of priority. While bearing in mind that God should always be number 1 and your spouse number 2.