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8. What could I do today that will hinder my ministry in years to come?
9. What kinds of sacrifices am I willing to make in order to be involved in full time ministry?
10. What kinds of sacrifices will I not make in order to be involved in full time ministry?
11. Are you as close to God as you would want to be and what is hindering you?

Home:
1. Who is the decision maker in decorating your home?
2. What rooms should you decorate together and how would you like it done?
3. What are your talents and hobbies?
4. Will you be encouraged to continue to develop these talents in marriage?
5. What kind of recreation will you do in your family?
6. What kind of recreation will not be a part of your family?
7. What are your similar interests?
8. What if we disagree on what color to paint a wall in the house? Is it ever ok for the wife to make
certain decisions even if the husband is not thrilled by them?
9. How could a husband show too much control over his wife?
10. How could a wife nag her husband?
11. How could a wife show too much control and a domineering attitude over the husband? Talk about
how you will deal with this situation.
12. What have you seen in other marriages that causes you to gag? Talk about these situations.
13. Talk about someone’s marriage that you would want to use as a godly model.
14. Are you afraid of hard work?

Expectations:
l. Young lady, what do you expect from your husband?
2. Young man, what do you expect from your wife?
3. How will you handle each other’s contradictions?
4. Do you believe in careful and sensitive listening?
5. Do you believe in talking over matters and sharing in the decision-making for the family?
6. Do you believe in using counselors to help you solve personal problems?
7. What are your short-range goals?
8. What are your long -range goals?
9. In what kind of church would you feel comfortable raising your family?
10. How can I inspire you to improve?
11. How can I help when you become angry?
12. How can I help when you become distressed?
13. How can I help when you aren’t ready to solve the problem at hand and want to run away from it?
14. Can we agree to always resolve our anger before the sun goes down?
15. Can we agree to have a time out if the other needs time to cool down?
16. Can we agree to continue to help the other person grow more like Christ by giving constructive
criticism?
17. Am I willing to also receive constructive criticism in order to continue to grow, even though it hurts?
18. Who will be responsible to read Bible Stories to the Children? (Both or is this a time when one of us
can have some alone time?)
19. What makes you feel honored and cherished by the other person?

Wait for the specific questions on sex until a later date, closer to marriage. 

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