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Written by Wei-Jing Zhu
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VowsQA Page 2 of 3 Example of Q&A between minster and couple:
This worksheet prepared by the Kentucky Baptist Convention. For more helpful resources, go to: http://www.kybaptist.org.
Covenant Marriage Renewal Of Vows
These simple vows re-affirm and re-focus spouses on the importance of marriage as a covenant.
MINISTER: You will now please unite your right hands. Do you now promise to renew the vows you made when you were first united in marriage? COUPLE: We do.
MINISTER: Believing that marriage is a covenant intended by God to be a lifelong fruitful relationship between a man and a woman, do you vow to God, each other, your family and your community to continue to keep the covenant you made at your wedding? COUPLE: We do.
MINISTER: Do you promise to remain steadfast in your unconditional love for each other through discipline, understanding, trustfulness, compassion, thoughtfulness, patience, and mutual consideration? COUPLE: We do.
MINISTER: Do you promise to seek reconciliation in times of trial and tribulation in your lives together? COUPLE: We do.
MINISTER: Do you promise to remain sexually pure in mind and body as you relate to one another as partners in God's gift for sexual fulfillment as individuals? COUPLE: We do.
MINISTER: Do you promise to endeavor to continually grow in your Covenant Marriage relationship by creating a Christian environment in your home in which you can help each other live godly lives in Christian service? COUPLE: We do.
MINISTER: Because of the covenant which you have renewed with each other and with God in the presence of these witnesses, let us now join in a prayer of dedication.
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