Here’s a great sermon by Pastor Rich Lusk on marriage. Wonderfully foundational and well worth the time.
http://www.trinity-pres.net/audio/sermon07-07-08.mp3
After listening to the sermon, the accompanying notes are worth a perusal too.
http://www.trinity-pres.net/audio/070708sermonnotes.pdf
Much of what Rich has to say further confirms some thoughts I have had of late regarding the “liturgy of life.” In other words, there are patterns to life, habits that we pursue that affect us profoundly. Just as every worship service has liturgy, the question to be asked is whether or not it is good liturgy or bad liturgy. Analogously, what are the patterns of our lives? What are our habits? What does the liturgy of our lives reflect (how we speak, act, etc.)?