There are five purposes for premarital counseling.
- First, we want to help you build a solid, biblical foundation as you start your marriage. So, we’ll spend a lot of time in Scripture and thinking through biblical ideas as they apply to marriage.
- Secondly, we want to help you begin a dialogue about your marriage. There are a host of topics (communication, finances, sex, parenting, etc.) that we think are important to consider before you get married. The good news is that the conversation we are beginning is a life-long process. We’ll solve some problems, but many others will be left for you to work though over the course of your entire marriage. We’ll start the dialogue, and leave the rest to you.
- Thirdly, we will point out areas of concern in your relationship. No relationship is perfect. Despite all of your premarital bliss, you are going to have problems, conflict, and struggles in your relationship. We want to help you address these difficulties sooner rather than later. So, the more honest you are about your struggles, the more you will facilitate the counselor’s ability to help you in preparation for marriage.
- Fourthly, we want to preserve you from temptations. Lots of Christian couples do a good job of preserving themselves from premarital sex, but once they get engaged, they let down their guard and begin falling into sexual temptation. Men and women rationalize premarital sex with thoughts like, “We’re engaged, which means we are practically married already;” or, “We’ll be married soon, so what does it matter?”. Even worse, some guys feel a sense of entitlement to the woman’s body because they are now engaged. We want to help you fight temptation so you can be READY ON YOUR wedding day!
- Fifthly, we want to prepare you for the marriage, and not just the wedding day. We often find that couples get caught up in the frantic details of preparing for the wedding day, and don’t spend much time getting ready for the marriage. Premarital counseling is meant to slow you down and help you think about the relationship. The wedding day marks the beginning of your life together, but the marriage will last for the rest of your life. So, it is good for you to take time to prepare for this life-long journey together.
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