UAMEZ Sermon
How to Build a Successful Marriage
1 Corinthians 13
Uploaded to YouTube September 30, 2026
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Love gets tested on a regular Tuesday night when everybody is tired, and that is where you learn how to build a successful marriage. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 reads like a list of things to do every day, starting with patience and kindness. Drop the scorecard, honor each other in public and lean on Jesus, who has already loved you this way. In this sermon, Pastor Kaloma Smith of UAMEZ Church in Palo Alto, California preaches on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 as instructions for real life and not only for wedding days. It is week three of the Two Equals One series. Questions this sermon answers How do you build a successful marriage? Treat love as a choice you make every day, starting with patience, the soil where everything else grows. What is good marriage advice from the Bible? Be patient and kind with each other, and treat your spouse's success as your own success. How do you stop keeping score in marriage? Trade "I told you so" for "How can I help you?" and let forgiveness close the books on old wrongs. How do you fix a marriage that has gone cold? Couples who stop fighting can still drift into polite roommates, so start saying out loud why you love each other. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; Exodus 34:6 Chapters 0:00 Love on a Tuesday night 4:00 Love is patient 11:29 Love is kind 16:39 Love does not envy 20:35 Love does not keep score 23:44 Honor and no record of wrongs 34:36 The love of Jesus Join us Sundays at 10 AM PT, 3549 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306, or live at youtube.com/@uamez Plan your visit: uamez.com Instagram: instagram.com/uamezchurch Facebook: facebook.com/uamezchurch #UAMEZChurch #MarriageAdvice #1Corinthians13
Questions this sermon answers
How do you build a successful marriage?
Treat love as a choice you make every day, starting with patience, the soil where everything else grows.
What is good marriage advice from the Bible?
Be patient and kind with each other, and treat your spouse's success as your own success.
How do you stop keeping score in marriage?
Trade "I told you so" for "How can I help you?" and let forgiveness close the books on old wrongs.
How do you fix a marriage that has gone cold?
Couples who stop fighting can still drift into polite roommates, so start saying out loud why you love each other.
What are the chapters in this sermon?
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