sample wedding wows

Sample Wedding Vows. a collection from different sources

Male

I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wedded wife. With

deepest joy I receive you into my life that together we may

be one. As is Christ to His body, the church, so I will be

to you a loving and faithful husband. Always will I perform

my headship over you even as Christ does over me, knowing

that His Lordship is one of the holiest desires for my

life. I promise you my deepest love, my fullest devotion,

my tenderest care. I promise I will live first unto God

rather than others or even you. I promise that I will lead

our lives into a life of faith and hope in Christ Jesus.

Ever honoring God ' s guidance by His spirit through the

Word, And so throughout life, no matter what may lie ahead

of us, I pledge to you my life as a loving and faithful

husband.

Female

I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wedded husband. With

deepest joy I come into my new life with you. As you have

pledged to me your life and love, so I too happily give you

my life, and in confidence submit myself to your headship

as to the Lord. As is the church in her relationship to

Christ, so I will be to you. _____, I will live first unto

our God and then unto you, loving you, obeying you, caring

for you and ever seeking to please you. God has prepared me

for you and so I will ever strengthen, help, comfort, and

encourage you. Therefore, throughout life, no matter what

may be ahead of us, I pledge to you my life as an obedient

and faithful wife.

Sample Two

Male

I love you, _____, and I know that God has ordained this

love. Because of this I desire to be your husband. Together

we will be vessels for His service in accordance with His

plan, so that in all areas of our life Christ will have the

pre-eminence. Through the pressures of the present and the

uncertainties of the future, I promise to be faithful to

you. I promise to love, guide, and protect you as Christ

does His Church, and as long as we both are alive.

According to Ephesians 5 and with His enabling power, I

promise to endeavor to show to you the same kind of love as

Christ showed the Church when He died for her, and to love

you as a part of myself because in His sight we shall be

one.

Female

I love you, ____ and I know that you love me. Because of

this I desire to be your wife. For _ years I have prayed

that God would lead me to His choice and I am confident

that His will is being fulfilled tonight. Through the

pressures of the present and the uncertainties of the

future I promise to be faithful to you. I will love, serve,

and obey you as long as we both are alive. Christ told us

that the wife must submit herself unto her own husband as

unto the Lord. For as Christ is Head of His Church so is

the husband head of his wife. _____, I submit myself to

you.

Sample Three

Male

I _____, take you ______, to be my wedded wife. To have and

to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for

richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and

to cherish ' till death do us part. And hereto I pledge you

my faithfulness.

Female

I, _____, take you ______, to be my wedded husband. To have

and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love

and to cherish, ' till death do us part. And hereto I

pledge you my faithfulness.

Sample Four

Male

_____, we read in Genesis, "Therefore shall a man leave his

father and mother and cleave unto his wife," and in

Proverbs "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing." He

has ordained that the husband be the head of the wife. He

instructs me, as the one who will be your husband, to love

you as Christ loves the Church. It is my desire and delight

to follow this scriptural teaching. With all my heart, I

make this pledge to you.

Female

______, the Lord instructs me as the one who will be your

wife to submit to you as unto Him. Our Father created woman

to be man ' s helper. It is my desire and delight to follow

this scriptural teaching. With all my heart I make this

pledge to you.

Sample Five

Male

______, I love you. Today is a very special day. Long ago

you were just a dream and a prayer. This day like a dream

come true the Lord Himself has answered that prayer. For

today, ______, you as my joy become my crown. I thank Jesus

for the honor of going through time with you. Thank you for

being what you are to me. With our future as bright as the

promises of God, I will care for you, honor and protect

you. I lay down my life for you, _____, my friend and my

love. Today I give to you me.

Female

______, I love you and I know you love me. I am confident

that God has chosen you to be my husband. It is my prayer

and desire that you will find in me the helpmeet God

designed especially for you, and in confidence I will

submit myself unto your headship as unto our Lord.

Therefore, _____, I pledge to you my life as an obedient,

faithful and loving wife. Whither thou goest I will go,

whither thou lodgest I will lodge, Thy people shall be my

people, And thy God my God.

Sample Six

Male

______, I love you and I know that this love is from God.

Because of this, I want to be your husband so that we might

serve Christ together. Through all of the uncertainties and

trials of the present and future, I promise to be faithful

to you and love you. I promise to guide and protect you as

Christ does his church, as long as we both shall live. God

' s Word gives us the perfect example of this love in

Christ ' s death for the Church. I shall try always, with

God ' s help, to show you this same kind of love, for I

know that in His sight we will both be one.

Female

______, I love you. I prayed that God would lead me to his

choice. I praise Him that tonight His will is being

fulfilled. Through the pressures of the present and

uncertainties of the future I promise my faithfulness, to

follow you through all of life ' s experiences as you

follow God, that together we may grow in the likeness of

Christ and our home be a praise to Him.

Sample Seven

Male

______, as we stand before both God and man, making public

our commitment to one another, I wish to make it known that

I recognize first of all God ' s authority over my life

which is exercised from His loving heart. He has chosen me

to be one of his own, and He is now my life. I recognize

also that He has blessed me and entrusted to me your life

as a free gift that I have not earned. In recognition of

these things, ____ I purpose to love you with His love, to

provide for your needs through His enablement, and to lead

you as He leads me, as long as He give us life together,

regardless of the circumstances. As Psalm 34:3 expressed my

heart when I asked you to marry me, so it expresses my

heart now: "O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His

name together."

Female

On this special day, _____, I am reminded of the verse

James l:17 which says, "Every good thing bestowed and every

perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of

Lights with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow."

With a gift such as you, I know that many new

responsibilities face me. In I Corinthians, it explains "It

is required of a steward to be found trustworthy." I cannot

do this on my own strength, _______, but by God ' s grace

and power working within me I desire to be trustworthy as

your wife by following your leading submissively, even as

unto Christ, loving and serving you in all circumstances as

long as He give me life on this earth.

Sample Eight

Male

______, I give you this ring, wear it with love and joy. I

choose you to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day

forward for better or for worse, for richer for poorer, in

sickness and in health, to love and to cherish as long as

we both shall live.

Female

______, I give you this ring, wear it with love and joy. I

choose you to be my husband: to have and to hold, from this

day forward. For better, for worse, for richer for poorer;

in sickness and in health; to have and to cherish, as long

as we both shall live. And hereto, I pledge you my

faithfulness to show to you the same kind of love as Christ

showed the Church when He died for her, and to love you as

a part of myself because in His sight we shall be one.

Sample Nine

Male

I, ______, take you _____ to be my wife, before God who

brought us together; to love and cherish you even as Christ

loved the Church and gave Himself for it, to lead you and

share all of life ' s experiences with you by following God

through them. That through His grace, ____, we might grow

together into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and

Lord.

Female

And with this ring, I, ____, take you, _____. to be my

husband, before God who brought us together, to love you,

cherish you, to submit myself unto you in all things, and

to follow you through all of life ' s experiences as you

follow God. That through His grace we might grow together

into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Sample Ten

Male

I, ______, take you ______, to be my wedded wife, to have

and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love

and to cherish, till death do us part, or the Lord comes

for His own, and hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.

(The Minister will quietly suggest they loose hands; then

The Woman with her right hand will take the right hand of

the Man and repeat).

Female

I, _____, take you ______, to be my wedded husband, to have

and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love

land to cherish, till death do us part, or the Lord comes

for His own, and hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.

Sample Eleven

Male

I ______, in faith, honesty and love, take you, ______, to

be my wedded wife, to share with you God ' s plan for our

lives together united in Christ. And with God ' s help, to

strengthen and guide me I will be a strong spiritual leader

for us in our life, for better, for worse, in sickness and

in health, in joys and in sorrows, until death do we part.

I give you all that I have myself and my love. (All these

things I pledge to thee) In the Name of our Lord Jesus

Christ. With this ring I seal my vow of love to you,

______and pray I may fulfill God ' s place in our home, in

the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Sample Twelve

Male

I love you, ______, and I thank the Lord for the love that

has bound our hearts and lives together in spiritual

fellowship of marriage. I will love, honor and cherish you

always. As we enter upon the privileges and joys of life '

s most holy relationship, and begin together the great

adventure of building a Christian home, I will look to

Christ as Head of our home as I have looked to Him as Head

of the Church. I will love you in sickness as in health, in

poverty as in wealth, in sorrow as in joy, and will be true

to you by God ' s grace, trusting in Him, so long as we

both shall live.

Female

I love you, ______, and I thank the Lord for the love that

has bound our hearts and lives together in spiritual

fellowship of marriage. I will love, honor, cherish and

obey you always. As we enter upon the privileges and joys

of life ' s most holy relationship and begin together the

great adventure of building a Christian home, I will look

to you as head of our home as I have looked to Christ as

Head of the Church. I will love you in sickness as in

health, in poverty as in wealth, in sorrow as in joy, and

will be true to you by God ' s grace, trusting in Him, so

long as we both shall live.

Sample Thirteen

(sample of personally written vows)

Male

______, as we stand before both God and man making public

our commitment to one another, I wish to make it known that

I recognize God ' s authority over my life which is

exercised from His loving heart . He has chosen me to be

one of His own, and has since been my life. I recognize

also that He has blessed me, and entrusted to me your life

as an unearned gift. In recognition of these things, I,

_____, take you, _____, to be my wife. I purpose to love

you with His love, to provide for your needs through His

enablement, and to lead you as He leads me, as long as He

gives me life, regardless of circumstances. ______, I look

forward to establishing a home where Christ is glorified.

Toward that end I promise to allow God to use you in my

life as He sees best in building me into His person. I

thank Him for your love and friendship.

Female

I ______, take you, ______, to be my husband. With the

greatest joy I come into my new life with you. Today I am

reminded of James l:17 which says "Every good thing

bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down

from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation

or shifting shadow." Besides the gift of salvation, you are

the most precious gift God has given me. I know that along

with the new joys God has given me, I face new

responsibilities that I cannot fulfill in my own strength.

But by God ' s grace and power working within me, I desire

to be trustworthy as your wife, to serve and love you in

all circumstances, to obey you, to allow God to use you to

build His qualities in me, as long as God give us life on

this earth. I praise God continually for you, ______, and

for your love and friendship.

Parenting Toddlers

A toddler is a young child, usually defined as being between the ages of one and three ( from Wikipedia). A toddler is full of energy and it’s the time he learns about different things, grows physically and mentally, engage in lots of mischief and it’s the time parents enjoy the most. The experiences a toddler gets becomes the baseline for his personality. So parents should give much care for raising up a child through the toddler phase.

· Spend enough time with your kids. Most working parents doesn’t get enough chance to enjoy the wonderful moments with their toddler. Usually, the grand parents or the house maids steal this chance. But this should not be the case. Parents should find time to spend meaningfully with their kids.

· Talk a lot with your kids no matter whether they listen carefully or not. Talk about all the beautiful things that they can understand. They may listen very few things but still speak out.

· Play with your kids. By doing this, kids will find their first and best friend in you. And that feeling will last for the whole life.

· Teach them lots of rhymes. Sing it several times. Sometimes they may not show any interest. But when you sing it 10 times or more, kids tend to by heart it and starts singing it back. Singing rhymes improves their pronunciation.

· Enrich your kids with lots of good stories. When you tell him a story, keep looking at his face. You can see how much he is excited.

· Take photos and videos of the finest moments with your kids. Surely both you and your kids will love watching it later

· Allow your kid to help you in the activities that he likes involve in. sometimes we think these are “not for kids” activities.. like cooking, nurturing plants etc. But kids love to help you in these. Give them small activities and opportunities to help you.

· If you are staying away from your parents, then make sure you visit them often with your kids. Kids will enjoy their time with grandparents and it helps in their personal growth.

· Familiarize your kids with variety of nutritious foods. Vegetables, fruits, nuts .. etc. Let them learn to eat well. Also tell him the importance of each food , for e.g. when you give him carrots, tell him it helps to improve his eye sight.

· Have day outs with your kids. Visit Zoo, parks, beaches, gardens. Take him for a boating, train journey, or a flight. Often you can remind him of the journey you had last week and make him say what and all he saw or enjoy.

The list doesn’t ends here. As our child grows, develops, learns, and matures, so does our parenting role. Kids will grow fast. you may wonder seeing him a small crawling baby some days back and now walking, running. Remember, you won’t get this time back in your life.