In marriage, the more you laugh the greater you love.

Be filled with the spirit!

Marriage Laughter.

In Ephesians, Paul the apostle began his teaching on marriage with these five words that can save a doomed marriage or make a good marriage wonderful.

So let me say it again.

Be filled with the spirit!

I love those words.

I have been known to repeat those words no less than five times to brides and grooms after and while I officiate their ceremony.

No matter how often I repeat those words at a ceremony it’s not enough.

It could never be enough.

That is how vital it is for your marriage to be filled with the spirit.

To be filled with love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control.

Today we are talking about joy.

Why be filled with joy.

The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength. Nehemiah 8:10

The joy of the Lord is your strength because when you trust in God…

When you put your hope in God…

He teaches you that whatever your lot, it is well in your soul.

That is joy.

That is your strength.

And with that kind of joy comes laughter, so after your wedding be filled with the sprit, and ready to laugh a lot.