The following Scripture citations might be appropriate at specific points in your sessions. Read the passage aloud slowly. Allow a few minutes of silent reflection, and share insights with each other. Add other personal favorites as your discover them.
Lifestyle expectations: Exodus 17: 3-7
Friends & interests: Exodus 20: 8-11; Sirach 6:6, 14-17
Personality match: Romans 12: 10-12; Ephesians 4: 1-6
Personal issues: Romans 14: 19; 2 Corinthians 4: 8-10; Philemon 4: 6-7
Communications: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-8a; Colossians 3: 12-17; James 1: 19-20; James 3: 13-18
Problem Solving: Galatians 5: 22-26; Ephesians 4: 30-32
Religion, values, & marital spirituality: Matthew 11: 28-30; Matthew 18: 19-20; John 13: 34-35; 2 Corinthians 4: 6; Ephesians 4: 1-6; Ephesians 5: 19-20; 1 Timothy 4:12
Parenting Issues, family life: Luke 2: 41-50; Ephesians 3: 14-19; 1 John 4: 7-12
Extended family issues: Exodus 18: 13-24; Ruth 1: 3-18; Mark 1: 29-31; Mark 6: 1-5 Sexuality: Genesis 2: 18-24; Tobit 8: 6-7; Mark 10: 6-9; Eph 4: 1; 1 Tim 4: 12
Finances: Isaiah 55: 1-3; Matthew 6: 19-34; Matthew 22: 15-22; 1 Timothy 6: 6-10
Marital readiness: Psalm 139: 1-12; John 15: 12-13
Marriage Covenant:Deuteronomy 7: 6-9; Hosea 2: 21-22; Jeremiah 31: 31-33; Mark 10: 6-9; Hebrews 8: 6-10; 1 John 4: 7-12
(Source: Mary Ann Paulukonis, Partners in Preparation: Training Married Couples for Marriage Preparation Ministry, Liturgical Press, Chicago, 1995.)
