Author: Craig Mellendorf

The Passion Prescription - Part 3: Partnership
Communication—the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behavior to express or exchange information or to express thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person.
One word definition of communication:
The Partnership Prescription: Love is about sharing everything.
It is working together as a , giving mutual respect.
Marriage is not about domineering or control, no bullying or manipulation.
“That the woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” – Matthew Henry
Marriage is about the sharing
of everything in our lives with no exceptions.
1. Shared
A) One body: having no separate or independent rights, privileges, cares, concerns, etc., each being equally interested in all things that concern the marriage state. There is a unity between husband and wife
B) One flesh: oneness physically
Your bodies to each other (1 Corinthians 7:3-5).
Not a license for abuse, but a license for use.
2. Shared &
Oneness mentally – Need to agree, be one in decisions. Be partners in life.
Pray about it. If one is against it, don’t do it.
Money, family planning/parenting, career goals, work/life balance, vacation.
3. Shared
One person is not stuck doing all of the work or all of the dirty work.
4. Shared
Emotional oneness: sharing life deeply (joys, griefs, fears, hopes)
Deal with conflict respectfully: no angry, yelling, etc. (Eph. 4:26-27, 31-32)
Leadership & Equal Value
“But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ,
the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.” - 1 Corinthians 11:3
The Father and Son are one; They are equal in nature.
But a priority in leadership is seen: God the Father is Christ.
Men and women are . Women are not inferior to men.
God has given men a priority in in the home, as servant leaders modeled after Christ’s leadership who gave Himself for us.
Husbands and wives are “heirs together of the grace of life” - 1 Peter 3:7

Dave Walters