- The Lord has commanded husbands and wives to be one.
Q? What does it mean for a husband and wife to be one?
Q" At the creation of man and woman, unity for them in marriage was not given as hope; it was a command! ‘Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh’ (Genesis 2:24). Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity”
- Husbands and Wives should value eachother as equal partners
Q? Why must husbands and wives value one another as equal partners to be one?
Q? What are some things husbands and wives do when they value each other as equal partners?
Q" “As a husband and worthy priesthood bearer, you will want to emulate the example of the Savior, whose priesthood you hold. You will make giving of self to wife and children a primary focus of your life." Boyd K Packer
- Husbands and Wives should allow their individual characteristics and abilities to complete one another
Read 1 Corinthians 11:11
Q" “In the Lord’s plan, it takes two—a man and a woman—to form a whole. … For the greatest happiness and productivity in life, both husband and wife are needed. Their efforts interlock and are complementary. Each has individual traits that best fit the role the Lord has defined for happiness as a man or woman. When used as the Lord intends, those capacities allow a married couple to think, act, and rejoice as one—to face challenges together and overcome them as one, to grow in love and understanding, and through temple ordinances to be bound together as one whole, eternally. That is the plan."
Q? In what ways might the results be different when couples try to “get used to each other” rather than “constantly try to change each other”?
- Husbands and Wives must be loyal to one another.
Q? What does the word loyal mean to you?
Read Doctrine and Covenants 42:22
Q? What does it mean to cleave to a husband or wife and none else?
Q" “The words none else eliminate everyone and everything. The spouse then becomes preeminent in the life of the husband or wife, and neither social life nor occupational life nor political life nor any other interest nor person nor thing shall ever take precedence over the companion spouse” (Faith Precedes the Miracle [1972])
