Pastor Verne teaching about God’s plan for marriage. It’s vital that we follow God’s plan in building our marriage. God is the designer and architect of marriage. The starting point is above all is to know God personally and growing in our relationship with Him. Knowing God personally is the power to follow God’s design for your marriage. The foundation of God’s plan is a lifelong covenant instituted by God and sealed with a sacred promise made in His presence. The focus of a Christian marriage is clearly taught in Matthew 2:24, Matthew 19:5, and Ephesians 5:31. God’s plan includes leaving, cleaving, and becoming one flesh. Leaving means loosening the connection with your parents to start your new family. Cleaving is two separate people being fastened together as one. Marriage is a means of God meeting our need of being alone and focusing our attention on God’s character of meeting that need. Your wife/husband is God’s gift that we receive. The result of leaving and cleaving is the union of one flesh. Marriage is unity, integration, and intimacy. We’ll learn that his is God’s plan for your marriage. It’s essential that we know God’s plan and follow God’s plan. Proverbs 24:3-4 says, “Through wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established; by knowledge its rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”