Linked UP Worship — February 1, 2026
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Linked UP Worship — February 1, 2026

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Title: “Part-nership” | Week One
Foundation text:
Ephesians 5:21
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21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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Ephesians 5:15-20
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15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Week 1: God’s Original Design for Marriage. Before the Roles, There was Purpose.

a. Genesis 1:26-28 NKJV

b. Genesis 2:18-25 NKJV

c. Matthew 19:4-6 NKJV
Genesis 1:26-28
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26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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Genesis 2:18-25
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18 The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
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Matthew 19:4-6
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4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ ?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
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Main takeaway:

Before God defined roles, He defined relationship. Marriage is a divine partnership designed to reflect God’s image.
Key Points:

1. Created Equal, Designed Different.

a. Both man and woman are made in the image of God (Gen. 1:27)
b. Equality in value, distinction in function.
c. “Helper” (Hebrew: ezer) is not inferior, used of God Himself.
2. Marriage Is a Covenant, Not a Contract.

a. Covenant focuses on commitment, not convenience.
b. Two become one flesh…. spiritual, emotional, and physical unity.
3. Roles Flow from Relationship.

a. Roles are not about control, but cooperation.
b. God’s design works best when both embrace His order.
Conclusion and Application:

a. Do I honor God’s design or resist it?
b. Am I building unity or insisting on independence?
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