Life promises for couple.., p.11
Life Promises for Couples, page 11
1 Timothy 4:12
Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Ephesians 3:17-19
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life.
Psalm 23:6
A Legacy of Love
What kind of legacy will you leave your children? When you die, you will leave some material legacy: money, clothes, furniture, cars, and so forth. But the most powerful legacy you will leave your children is the legacy of your marriage.
John buried his seventy-eight-year-old father a year after his mother passed away. His father had lived in a nursing home for several years, and his money had run out. He had no financial legacy to leave. “Before he died,” John recalled, “he told me he wanted me to have his wedding band. After his death, when I went to the nursing home, they gave me a bag with Dad’s clothes. At the bottom was a small plastic bag containing his wedding band. Now that ring is on my dresser. I look at it every day and remind myself of Dad’s faithful marriage to Mom for over fifty years. I think about all he did for me when I was young, and I pray that I will be the kind of husband and father he was.”
John’s words speak of a legacy far more valuable than material property. The apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, encouraging him to be an example in the way he lived, believed, and loved. That’s a challenge to us as well. What will your children think someday when they look at your wedding ring?
Scripture Index
Genesis 2:24 chapter 40 chapter 56 chapter 57
Numbers 14:18 chapter 84
Deuteronomy 26:18 chapter 85
Joshua 24:15 chapter 26
2 Chronicles 7:14 chapter 6
Job 12:11 chapter 88
Psalm 1:1-3 chapter 72
Psalm 4:4 chapter 67
Psalm 17:6 chapter 14
Psalm 19:14 chapter 92
Psalm 23:6 chapter 100
Psalm 30:5 chapter 67
Psalm 32:3, 5 chapter 87
Psalm 34:12-13 chapter 83
Psalm 37:4-5 chapter 75
Psalm 37:5 chapter 41
Psalm 37:7-9 chapter 71
Psalm 37:23 chapter 3
Psalm 37:37 chapter 87 chapter 95
Psalm 42:1-2 chapter 47
Psalm 46:10 chapter 14 chapter 47
Psalm 51:4, 7 chapter 65
Psalm 55:22 chapter 41
Psalm 84:11 chapter 84
Psalm 90:12 chapter 60 chapter 60
Psalm 103:8 chapter 98
Psalm 121:5-6 chapter 48
Psalm 130:7 chapter 63
Psalm 138:6 chapter 5
Psalm 139:1-2 chapter 48
Psalm 139:23-24 chapter 31
Psalm 145:18 chapter 77
Proverbs 1:23 chapter 13 chapter 52
Proverbs 3:3 chapter 17
Proverbs 3:5 chapter 88
Proverbs 3:6 chapter 3
Proverbs 4:25-27 chapter 33
Proverbs 5:15 chapter 58
Proverbs 5:18-19 chapter 54 chapter 91
Proverbs 11:3 chapter 4
Proverbs 11:25 chapter 17 chapter 79
Proverbs 12:15 chapter 13
Proverbs 12:18 chapter 15 chapter 15
Proverbs 12:25 chapter 81
Proverbs 14:29 chapter 10
Proverbs 15:1 chapter 29 chapter 29
Proverbs 15:4 chapter 15 chapter 46
Proverbs 15:28 chapter 22 chapter 59
Proverbs 16:3 chapter 72
Proverbs 17:1 chapter 49
Proverbs 18:15 chapter 22
Proverbs 18:20-21 chapter 30 chapter 43
Proverbs 18:22 chapter 70 chapter 93
Proverbs 19:11 chapter 67
Proverbs 20:15 chapter 30
Proverbs 27:5-6 chapter 71
Proverbs 27:17 chapter 9
Proverbs 31:10-12, 26 chapter 53
Proverbs 31:11-12 chapter 51
Proverbs 31:29 chapter 57
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4, 5, 7 chapter 4
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 chapter 8 chapter 78
Ecclesiastes 4:9, 12 chapter 38
Ecclesiastes 7:9 chapter 12
Ecclesiastes 11:1 chapter 34
Song of Songs 2:14 chapter 57
Song of Songs 5:16 chapter 54
Jeremiah 17:7-8 chapter 33
Jeremiah 29:13-14 chapter 52
Lamentations 3:23 chapter 99
Ezekiel 11:19 chapter 59
Ezekiel 18:30-31 chapter 7
Ezekiel 36:26 chapter 81
Hosea 2:19-20 chapter 94
Hosea 10:12 chapter 48
Matthew 3:1-2, 8 chapter 6
Matthew 5:9 chapter 49
Matthew 5:16 chapter 55
Matthew 5:44-48 chapter 97
Matthew 6:14 chapter 66 chapter 87
Matthew 6:33 chapter 60 chapter 85
Matthew 7:1-3, 5 chapter 83
Matthew 7:3, 5 chapter 5
Matthew 7:7-8 chapter 61
Matthew 7:12 chapter 2 chapter 27
Matthew 16:24 chapter 25
Matthew 18:20 chapter 50
Matthew 25:29 chapter 79
Mark 10:44-45 chapter 16
Mark 11:24 chapter 42
Mark 11:25 chapter 65
Luke 6:35 chapter 11
Luke 6:37 chapter 65
Luke 6:38 chapter 34 chapter 39 chapter 96
Luke 6:47-48 chapter 94
John 3:16 chapter 68 chapter 86
John 8:7 chapter 53
John 8:31-32 chapter 36
John 13:5, 14-15 chapter 39
John 13:34 chapter 84
John 13:34-35 chapter 1 chapter 90
John 13:35 chapter 20
John 14:27 chapter 82
John 15:7 chapter 76
John 15:12 chapter 24 chapter 44
John 15:13 chapter 20
Acts 20:35 chapter 16 chapter 34 chapter 96 chapter 96
Romans 1:12 chapter 51
Romans 2:10 chapter 27
Romans 5:5 chapter 80
Romans 8:3 chapter 7
Romans 8:28 chapter 61 chapter 91
Romans 8:38 chapter 69
Romans 12:2 chapter 37 chapter 60 chapter 63
Romans 12:8 chapter 17
Romans 12:9-10 chapter 80
Romans 12:10 chapter 14 chapter 32 chapter 54
Romans 12:12 chapter 12 chapter 71
Romans 12:17 chapter 66
Romans 12:18 chapter 21
Romans 14:19 chapter 43
Romans 15:5 chapter 46
Romans 15:13 chapter 63 chapter 82
1 Corinthians 1:10 chapter 9
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 chapter 73 chapter 91
1 Corinthians 7:5 chapter 56 chapter 58
1 Corinthians 10:24 chapter 25
1 Corinthians 11:3 chapter 26
1 Corinthians 12:12 chapter 45
1 Corinthians 12:20-24 chapter 8
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 chapter 86
1 Corinthians 13:4-5 chapter 98
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 chapter 44
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 chapter 74
1 Corinthians 13:5 chapter 73 chapter 75
1 Corinthians 13:13 chapter 23
1 Corinthians 13:13–14:1 chapter 1
1 Corinthians 14:1 chapter 19
1 Corinthians 16:14 chapter 74 chapter 89
2 Corinthians 1:4 chapter 22
2 Corinthians 3:18 chapter 3
2 Corinthians 5:17 chapter 7 chapter 82 chapter 99
2 Corinthians 6:4 chapter 37
2 Corinthians 13:11 chapter 45
Galatians 5:13 chapter 25
Galatians 5:22-23 chapter 29 chapter 80 chapter 97
Galatians 5:24 chapter 40
Galatians 6:2 chapter 50 chapter 96
Galatians 6:5 chapter 28
Galatians 6:9 chapter 62 chapter 79
Galatians 6:10 chapter 55
Ephesians 1:5, 13 chapter 38
Ephesians 1:16-17 chapter 42
Ephesians 2:10 chapter 72
Ephesians 3:16-17 chapter 36
Ephesians 3:17-19 chapter 100
Ephesians 4:2 chapter 12 chapter 21 chapter 21
Ephesians 4:3 chapter 21
Ephesians 4:3-4 chapter 78
Ephesians 4:15 chapter 95
Ephesians 4:16 chapter 8
Ephesians 4:23-24 chapter 99
Ephesians 4:26-27 chapter 10
Ephesians 4:29 chapter 15 chapter 30 chapter 31 chapter 56
Ephesians 4:31-32 chapter 4 chapter 98
Ephesians 4:32 chapter 11 chapter 88
Ephesians 5:1-2 chapter 89
Ephesians 5:2 chapter 19
Ephesians 5:21-22, 25 chapter 26
Ephesians 5:25-29 chapter 40
Ephesians 5:28 chapter 24 chapter 90
Ephesians 5:33 chapter 59
Ephesians 6:18 chapter 77
Philippians 1:6 chapter 15
Philippians 2:3 chapter 5
Philippians 2:4 chapter 73 chapter 98
Philippians 2:5-8 chapter 35
Philippians 2:13 chapter 62
Philippians 3:8-9 chapter 70
Philippians 3:12-14 chapter 32
Philippians 4:4, 6 chapter 35
Philippians 4:6-7 chapter 76
Philippians 4:6-8 chapter 41
Philippians 4:8 chapter 95
Philippians 4:8-9 chapter 75
Philippians 4:13 chapter 36 chapter 69
Colossians 1:9 chapter 76
Colossians 2:2 chapter 46 chapter 46
Colossians 3:2 chapter 85
Colossians 3:12-13 chapter 18 chapter 97
Colossians 3:12-15 chapter 83
Colossians 3:13 chapter 45
Colossians 3:14 chapter 19
Colossians 3:19 chapter 90
Colossians 3:23-24 chapter 16
1 Thessalonians 4:9 chapter 23
1 Thessalonians 5:14 chapter 39
2 Thessalonians 3:5 chapter 62
1 Timothy 1:5 chapter 89
1 Timothy 4:12 chapter 29 chapter 37 chapter 100
2 Timothy 2:24-25 chapter 49
Titus 3:4-5 chapter 53
Hebrews 10:23 chapter 33 chapter 64
Hebrews 10:24 chapter 38 chapter 70
Hebrews 11:1 chapter 35
Hebrews 12:10 chapter 74
Hebrews 13:4 chapter 40 chapter 57 chapter 93
Hebrews 13:16 chapter 92
James 1:5 chapter 92
James 1:12 chapter 12
James 1:19 chapter 52
James 1:19-21 chapter 10
James 2:18 chapter 55
James 4:8 chapter 47
James 4:11 chapter 31
James 5:16 chapter 50 chapter 64 chapter 76
1 Peter 1:6 chapter 64
1 Peter 1:22 chapter 32
1 Peter 2:17 chapter 27 chapter 78
1 Peter 3:7 chapter 51 chapter 58 chapter 93
1 Peter 3:7-8 chapter 24
1 Peter 3:8 chapter 9 chapter 43
1 Peter 4:8 chapter 11 chapter 68 chapter 94
1 Peter 4:10 chapter 39
1 Peter 5:7 chapter 66
2 Peter 1:6 chapter 28
1 John 1:9 chapter 6 chapter 28 chapter 28
1 John 2:10 chapter 86
1 John 3:1 chapter 2
1 John 3:16 chapter 18
1 John 3:18 chapter 2 chapter 44 chapter 44 chapter 61
1 John 4:7-8 chapter 23
1 John 4:9-11 chapter 20
1 John 4:10 chapter 80
1 John 4:11-12 chapter 1
1 John 4:16 chapter 68
1 John 4:18 chapter 69
1 John 4:19 chapter 18 chapter 81
1 John 5:14-15 chapter 13 chapter 42
About the Author
Dr. Gary Chapman is the author of the perennial bestseller The Five Love Languages (more than 4 million copies sold) and numerous other marriage and family books. He also coauthored a fiction series based on The Four Seasons of Marriage with bestselling author Catherine Palmer. Dr. Chapman is the director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc.; an internationally known speaker; and the host of A Love Language Minute, a syndicated radio program heard on more than two hundred stations across North America. He and his wife, Karolyn, live in North Carolina.
Gary Chapman, Life Promises for Couples
