Song of Solomon 5:2a ESV – I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is knocking.
Song of Solomon 5:2b ESV – “Open to me, my sister, my love,
my dove, my perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my locks with the drops of the night.”
Song of Solomon 5:3 ESV – I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
Song of Solomon 5:4 ESV – My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
Song of Solomon 5:5-6 ESV – I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he spoke.
I sought him, but found him not;
I called him, but he gave no answer.
Philippians 2:1-2 ESV – So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
1) Make Christ the center of the relationship
2) You are the reason for conflict in your marriage
“Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself”- Tim Keller
“I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own nonsense”- Elizabeth Gilbert
Philippians 2:3-4 ESV – Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
3) Put your partner’s needs first.
