Sermon Series: “Sacred Romance” – 2 of 8
September 14, 2008
Pastor John Fanous
1:9I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.
1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
1:11We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
Gentlemen:Â ______________ your wives, even after marriage.
1:12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
1:13My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
1:14My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
Gentlemen: When it comes to the relationship you have with the woman in your life, are you like _____________________?
1:15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.
1:16How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.
1:17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
Gentlemen: You have an obligation to participate in the ____________ of your ___________________.
2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
2:2Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.
His Bride’s Response:
2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade,
Gentlemen: Are you _______________ for the woman in your life?
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
To the couple: There is nothing __________ about a husband and wife being together.
2:4He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.
Gentlemen: Is the banner you hold in public for her one of __________?
2:5Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
Ladies: Gentlemen would love to ________________ a wife like this.
Gentlemen: Come into the bedroom with an attitude of ____________, not dominance.
2:6His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Ladies: Every husband would love to know what it is you ____________.
2:7Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
If you’re not married, it’s not the ________________ for this type of intimacy.