Wedding of Amijoy Freeman and Cody Bryner

The good something visible but normal seems more normal than anything we've done for quite a while and for all of you have come from out of town were so glad to have.

Thank you for coming to meet Cody's pastor from Pennsylvania one. The Lord used to direct them to the Lord Jesus Christ pastor Fox are here today as well. What a joy with the light and were here to worship the Lord Jesus Christ to remember what he has done to praise him for his goodness.

These lives so you may be seated. Who gives this woman to be married to this man, very good.

God is the one who designed Mary truly goes clear back to the beginning of creation. He made Adam and Eve the garden of Eden and the Lord God said it is not good that man should be alone I will make a helper suitable for him. The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman and brought her unto the man and Adam said, this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

We pray for God Almighty, maker of all that is made all that exists. We bow before you today to worship and adore you to thank you for creating humankind and for bringing each of us who are here today into this world, and breathing life into us in sustaining that life over these thank you for designing marriage knowing exactly what we need and how suitable this is for the companionship which we need have been created to need. We pray, therefore, Lord, that you will be present with us as we celebrate this marriage as we honor you King of Kings and Lord of lords and Redeemer through the giving of your son, the Lord Jesus Christ, evolved by faith and trust in him. Thank you for this sweet occasion.

In Jesus name Tony and enjoy some 127 verse one says unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain unless the Lord guards the city the watch stays away two times and not one verse see the word vain communicates emptiness, futility on profitability.

It's a serious and sober warning. The one indispensable ingredient to a meaningful, fruitful and satisfying marriage is the blessing and favor with. We can have a good marriage with marriage must be lived in pursuit without conscious daily dependence on Jesus said something similar when often applied to marriage with the same idea. He said in John 15, apart from me you can do nothing you can do marriage apart from can do marriage that's honoring to him that's meaningful that satisfy there is the strong exhortation in the sermon on the Mount that applies here. Jesus said CPE the kingdom of God's righteousness. And what all these things so you want a good satisfying fruitful God honoring Mary keep the Lord the center first of your individual lives and then now there is a subtle air and danger that I will warn you about on the surface it sounds right but it can lead to an unhealthy compartmentalizing of your lives get you in trouble is if you commit to give the Lord first place in your life will then who or what. Get second place in third place place if the Lord is in first in everything we can entertain the erroneous thought that God is not interested in my work is not interested in my finances is not interested in my recreational habits. He's not interested in my leisure time, etc. remember the book that we work through tying the knot by Robert Greene.

The whole book was organized around the idea that Jesus must be at the center of everything right. Some of the chapters in that book problem-solving with Jesus at the center, roles and expectations with Jesus at the center. Communication with Jesus at the center finances with Jesus at the center community that is church life with Jesus at the center physical intimacy and marriage with Jesus at the center so as the first night unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain. Secondly, this morning, let me remind you, the two extremes that Robert Greene made us aware of in the book stream number one that marriage is very difficult and that there will be an inevitable, sometimes unbearable transition. That's an extreme extreme number two. That marriage will be wonderful and easy with little or no difficulty and a minimal amount of work.

That's an extreme. Where's the balance well it's in recognizing that marriage is intended by God to be wonderful and immensely satisfying, but not without a good bit of Holy Spirit enable effort and work now it's not very romantic to say that marriage is hard work but the truth of the matter is that it is it is. It's hard work. God intends that in the effort struggles that you will encounter his intention will be to show you where you need to grow and where Jesus intends to further sanctify you and make you the marriage partner that he wants you to be in the partner you want to be for the good of each other.

Marriage takes a commitment takes a commitment to sacrifice for the benefit of someone else for the glory of God. It means living all of the 10,000 little moments of your life as if the glory of God and the preeminence of Jesus where estate Paul says something similar. Whether you eat or drink, or what weather's whatsoever you do, do what all to the glory that's keeping Jesus at the center. So let me summarize this charge to you both. I'm challenging you both as professing believers to the maintenance of relationship first in your relationship with the Lord again. Remember, unless the Lord builds the house, labor in vain unless the Lord guards the city will stay awake and so cultivate your relationship with the Lord work at that.

Be diligent in your pursuit of Christ. Keep Christ at the center of everything you are, so how do we do that maintain the Christian disciplines your Bible out there. You ask people to write and to encourage you in. Don't let the Bible be a museum piece in your home but be something you continually go to study together, read together because in that develop your relationship and secondly work at your marriage, don't take it.

Practice the daily maintenance of your marriage with honest loving communication with times you have to forgive and be times you don't have to say I'm sorry to be times you have to humble yourself this wonderful to people that know the Lord coming together, desiring to honor the Lord you are embarking on a wonderful adventure. No two people join their lives here and become automatically one God declares it to be but that something you will work at rest, but as God gives us time gives grace you obey him, follow him.

You will know something wonderful, something you can experience in any other way to remember whatever God asks you to do and expects you to do and give you desire to do.

He will give you the greatest police face each other and join hands Cody Briner, will you take this woman to be your wedded wife, will you love her, honor and keep her in sickness as in health and poverty, as in well and forsaking all others keep the only under her as long as you both shall live. Amy Joy Freeman, will you have this man to be your wedded husband, will you love him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health and poverty, as in well and forsaking all others keep the only onto him as long as you both shall Cody repeat after me I Cody Briner I take you, Amy Joy Freeman Amy Joy Freeman to be my wedded wife my way. I promise to love you promise to love you keeping Christ. Christ and his love for the church life of the church as my example and guide my example in God.

I promise to provide promise to provide the necessary leadership necessary leadership to establish our home establish our own under the Lordship of Jesus Christ under the Lordship of Jesus Christ as we serve them together serve him together, to the glory of God the glory of God. Amy Joy, repeat after me I Amy Joy Freeman, take you Cody Briner to be my wedded husband promise to submit to you and respect you, even as the church does to Christ. I promise to work with you to establish our home under the Lordship of Jesus Christ as we serve him together, to the glory of God the rings. Every covenant has a sign or symbol to remind each party of the responsibilities. Each has to the covenant relationship as you wear these rings. You're telling the world of your single hearted devotion to one another. Cody, take this ring and place it upon Amy Joy's finger and as you do repeat these words. This ring ring is a token of my love for you my love with this ring, I pledge my life and all I have the you in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit places ring on Cody's finger and as you do repeat these this ring is a token of my love for you with this ring, I pledge my life and all I have the you in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit. We join me as we pray our father, we have sought to honor you today and give you thanks, praise and worship for what you have done in the lives of Cody and Amy Joy you have saved them by your grace you've given them a love for you and for each other in our prayer today is that that love may deepen and grow and become more vibrant and rich as the years go by, bless them, our God, and grant them your special grace as they seek to establish a Christ centered home bless them, for the purpose of making them a blessing to others. And as they enter into covenant relationship. We are reminded of your covenant faithfulness to your own is you've promise to never stop doing them good and will do so with all your heart and soul, old Lord, would you bless Cody and Amy Joy and keep them would you make your face to shine upon them.

Would you be gracious to them and would you lift up your countenance upon them and cause them to know your piece. We pray in Jesus name, amen to say is all in and in all will will will offer yourselves each to the other and believing this union to be the will of God as a minister of the gospel as an officer of the laws of airline in the presence of your family. These witnesses your friends and most importantly the triune God take honor to announce you. It is my honor to introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Cody Reiner instructions will stay in your seat until the ushers come and dismiss you by Rose Cody and Amy have a journaling Bible out there. Some of you have already assigned that special verse and some words for them. They would ask you do avail yourself of that opportunity. There are tents outside refreshments and water. You can linger here in the auditorium. You can stay here in the welcome center mingle around were trying to honor the covert restrictions. If you need a master some out here Brian maintain social distancing and you will be seated in the Fellowship Hall for the reception around the back of the Fellowship Hall at 1245 so we have an hour or so before that time to mingle, get to know one another, water, and so on snacks under the 10 thinkers 5/10 out here three outback so there's plenty of room for everyone and not supposed to say looking at my notes. Oh yes, family family, do not leave they need you back in here as soon as things clear out for picture