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Christian Vow
Renewal Ceremony
- This ceremony may seem long in written form but
it only takes about 12 minutes. Below you will find the text of the
spiritual renewal ceremony. The service is by Rev. John Souter:
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- INTRODUCTION
- STEVEN and TONYA you have arrived here on Maui in
this beautiful setting, so that you could publicly commit yourselves to
each other in marriage.
- God invented marriage. He created it because He
looked into the future and saw what your needs and your desires would be
for companionship, love and fulfillment. But God also knew that no
marriage would ever be perfect. As you enter this union, it’s important
to realistically understand that it will take a lot of love and work to
make this relationship a success.
- Many couples tend to think marriage as a 50/50
proposition. Actually, the best relationships are 90/10. If you both
will give 90%—you will have a formula likely to bring both of you
happiness for a lifetime.
THE BIBLE AND MARRIAGE
- The best manual ever written on the subject of
marriage . . . is the Bible. Here are a few of the things that God has
to say about marriage:
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- "Each man should have his own wife, and each
woman should have her own husband... A man leaves his father and mother
and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. Since they
are no longer two but one, let no one separate them, for God has joined
them together.
- “Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to
one another in marriage. Husbands ought to love their wives as they love
their own bodies... Each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and
the wife must respect her husband.” (1 Cor. 7:2; Matt. 19:5-6; Heb.
13:4; Eph. 5:28,33)
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- 1 CORINTHIANS 13
- Love is a verb. It is not just a state of being
but an ACTION verb. It is not just how you feel about each other, but
what you DO for each other that will keep your relationship growing and
alive.
- The Bible has a lot to say about love. Let me
read 1 Corinthians 13 from The Living Bible:
- “Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or
envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love
does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not
hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is
never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
- “If you love someone you will be loyal to him no
matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the
best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him.”
- STEVEN and TONYA, in the Hawaiian language there
is a term that describes how couples should treat one another:
Ho’oponopono, literally means: “to put things right . . . by family
discussion.”
- In other words, don’t let the sun set when you
find that you are angry. Talk things out. Makes things right with each
other quickly, before the sun disappears. That’s the best way to keep
small misunderstandings from growing into problems that break you down.
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- SANDBURG POEM
- While marriages are founded and built upon love,
emotions are often fickle. Carl Sandburg captured the essence of a love
which can stand the test of time when he wrote:
- “I love you. I love you for what you are, but I
love you yet more for what you are going to be. I love you not so much
for your realities as for your ideals. I pray for your desires, that
they may be great, rather than for your satisfactions, which may be so
hazardously little.
- “A satisfied flower is one whose petals are about
to fall. But the most beautiful rose is one, hardly more than a bud,
wherein the pangs and ecstasies of desire are working for larger and
finer growth. Not always shall you be what you are now. You are going
forward toward something great. I am on the way with you and . . I love
you.”
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- HIS VOWS
- STEVEN, please take the lei and place it around
TONYA ‘s neck and in the Hawaiian tradition kiss her on both cheeks. Let
these pretty & fragrant flowers that you have placed upon her remind you
of the beautiful and fragile nature of your relationship with her.
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- Do you STEVEN, take TONYA, to be your wife, to
live together according to the Word of God? Will you love and cherish
her, giving her assistance in all of life’s labors? Will you be true to
her both in sickness and health, when things are going well and when
there are problems? And will you be faithful to her as long as you both
shall live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.
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- STEVEN, cherish TONYA always treating her as your
princess.
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- HER VOWS
- TONYA, take this lei and place it over STEVEN ‘s
neck and kiss him on both cheeks. Let the beauty & fragrance of these
flowers which you are giving to STEVEN remind you always of this day
when you committed yourself to be his bride.
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- Do you, TONYA, take STEVEN, to be your husband,
to live together according to God’s Word, the Bible? Will you love him
and submit to him in the Lord, and be his helper in all that comes your
way. Will you be true to him both in sickness and health, both when
things are going well and when there are problems? And will you be
faithful to him as long as both of you shall live? If so, you may
answer, I WILL.
- TONYA, cherish STEVEN always, treating him as
your prince.
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- HER RING
- STEVEN, may I have the ring that is a lasting
symbol of your vows to TONYA?
- This gold ring has been subjected to tremendous
heat so that the waste could be removed and the metal purified into a
fit token of your commitment of love. STEVEN, let this ring symbolize
your willingness to build your character through your self-sacrificial
love for TONYA.
- Place the ring on the third finger of TONYA ’S
left hand and repeat after me as you make these vows to her:
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- “I STEVEN, from this day forward, take you TONYA,
to be my lawfully wedded wife. I will love you; I will cherish you; I
will be true to you; No matter what comes. Whether we become rich or
poor; whether there is sickness or health; as long as we both shall
live, and with this ring, as a symbol of this pledge, I now marry you.”
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- HIS RING
- TONYA, may I have the ring that is the lasting
symbol of your vows to STEVEN.
- This ring is a circle, which symbolizes
eternity—for a circle has no ending. TONYA, let this ring remind you of
the new relationship that you are entering with STEVEN which you desire
to last for a lifetime. Place the ring on the third finger of STEVEN ’s
left hand and repeat after me as you make these vows to him:
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- “I TONYA, from this day forward, take you STEVEN,
to be my lawfully wedded husband. I will love you; I will cherish you; I
will be true to you; no matter what comes. Whether we become rich or
poor. Whether there is sickness or health, as long as we both shall
live, and with this ring, as a symbol of this pledge, I now marry you.”
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- PRAYER
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- PROCLAMATION
- Now that you STEVEN and TONYA have openly
declared your wish to be united in the covenant of marriage, and as you
have made these promises to each other before God and these witnesses,
and have given each other rings to confirm your vows;
- I, John Souter, by the power & authority given to
me as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and according to the
laws of the County of Maui and the State of Hawaii, do now pronounce you
to be: Husband and wife, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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- You may kiss your bride.
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