Dead or dull marriages are reawakened.
Hurting marriages are healed.
And good marriages receive new life and vision.

In today's world, couples face many challenges in marriage. Through life-changing principles learned, couples around the world are building robust, vibrant marriages.

Married for Life is a 14-week home Bible study for married couples created by 2=1, formerly known as Marriage Ministries International. Based on God's original blueprint for marriage, Married for Life has been taught for over 20 years in more than 90 nations.

To minister life and fulfillment to marriages and to train couples to work together as a powerful team, sharing the truth of God's word with other couples.

Each week, couples learn a scriptural principle that, when applied, effects profound changes in their relationship. Weekly homework must be completed together.

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Each Married for Life group has 5 student couples, one leader couple and one leader-in-training couple. The group meets weekly at a pre-arranged time and run for 2-3 hours. Meetings include:

• Praise and worship
• Individual sharing from previous week's homework
• New lesson taught by leaders or leaders-in-training
• Teaching on finances and free-will offering

Detailed Course Contents

• COVENANT
  Is your marriage a covenant or a contract?  Do you know the difference?
  
  This lesson aims to give couples a deeper understanding of the meaning and power of covenant, the blessings contained in covenant relationship with God, and the benefits of marriage covenant available to those in Christ.

• ONE FLESH
  How do two become one?  Learn if you're helping or hindering the process.
  
  To help couples gain an understanding of what "one-flesh" was created to be, how the original plan of God was interrupted at the fall of man, and that Jesus has redeemed couples back to the original plan for marriage.

• ROLES
  What is a wife supposed to do?  How about a husband?
  
  The answers may surprise you. For each spouse to understand HIS or HER specific call of God, based on the biblical role model of Christ and His church.

• SOWING AND REAPING
  Things don't just happen by accident.  Learn the connection between today's actions and tomorrow's outcome.
  
  To help couples become aware of the constant process of sowing and reaping in our marriage. To learn how to select good seed and what to do with poor crops.

• FORGIVENESS
  Is it really possible to forgive?  Under what circumstances?  How many times?
  
  To understand the true meaning of forgiveness, recognize the absolute necessity to forgive, and to learn HOW to forgive.

• FAITH, VISION & TRUST
  Sometimes you're just looking at each other through the wrong lenses.  Learn how to improve your vision.
  
  To help couples understand what a faith vision is, and how to develop one for each other and for their one-flesh relationship.

• PRAYING TOGETHER
  Don't skip this important step on your way to the bedroom.
  
  For couples to understand why and how they should pray together, and to flow as one-flesh in the Holy Spirit.

• AGREEMENT
  Don't think you'll ever agree?  This lesson may surprise you.
  
  To help couples realize the reason we are called to agree, to learn what agreement God's way means, and to learn how to come into agreement God's way.

• FLOWING TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT
  What is the foundation upon which you build everything else in your marriage?
  
  To introduce couples to the Fruit and the Gifts of the Spirit, to challenge them to develop spiritual fruit, to acquaint them with the various gifts, and to help them develop an expectancy to flow together spiritually as husband and wife.

• INTIMACY
  Your sex life will never be the same again after this lesson.
  
  To help couples understand the importance of their physical union as man and wife, to gain insight into God's purpose for sexual intercourse, and to learn how to develop and enhance the physical realm of our relationship.

• SPIRITUAL WARFARE
  Learn to fight the right way.  Identify your enemy, choose your weapons.
  
  To teach couples to fight spiritual warfare as one-flesh. To heighten awareness of the on-going spiritual battle in which we are engaged, to familiarize couples with their weapons and their usage, and to detect enemy attack before it happens.

• LIFE PATTERNS
  Make the changes last!  Learn how to ensure that what you've started won't stop.
  
  To aid couples in co-ordinating all of the tools they have received in Married for Life module to continue growing in their marriage as God intends, to express the importance of ridding their marriage of hidden sin, and to give them a blueprint upon which they can build their powerhouse home.

• ONE-FLESH MINISTRY
  Going beyond the status quo.  You're a team now, make the most of it!
  
  To challenge couples to give out of what they have received, to present future alternatives to couples, and to provide an opportunity for final ministry to them as a group.

• DESTINY IN PROGRESS
  A wrap-up session for all to share their discovery of God's call on their lives.

• OUTREACH PARTY
  Couples invite their friends and share their testimony of relationship growth.

Frequently Asked Questions about Married for Life

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Other Ministry Available to Couples

What other ministry is available to couples through 2=1 Marriage Ministries?
2=1 Marriage Ministries conducts marriage seminars in co-operation with churches around Asia. If your pastor is interested in such a seminar, have him or her contact us today.

The 2=1 also has excellent tapes and books that will awaken a dead marriage, enliven a boring one, heal a wounded one, and strengthen a good one. In addition, 2=1 offers tapes and books from other marriage ministries as well as lovely gifts for couples. Check them out on our Resources section