Exchanges of Vows
G-11
______, repeat after me:
I _____ take you _____ to be my wife. I promise above all else to live in truth with you and to communicate fully and fearlessly. I give you my hand and my heart as a sanctuary of warmth and peace, and pledge my love, devotion, faith and honor as I join my life to yours.
______, repeat after me:
I _____ take you _____ to be my husband. I promise above all else to live in truth with you, and to communicate fully and fearlessly. I give you my hand and my heart, as a sanctuary of warmth and peace, and pledge my love, devotion, faith and honor as I join my life to yours.
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G-12
Please repeat after me:
I, ___________, do take you, ___________, to be my lawfully wedded wife. I promise from this day forward to be your faithful husband, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, as long
as I shall live.
I, ___________, do take you, ___________, to be my lawfully wedded husband. I
promise from this day forward to be your faithful wife, for better for worse,
for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, as
long as I shall live.
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G-15
_________, please repeat after me:
I _________ take you __________ to be my wife, my friend, my love, and my
lifelong companion: to share my life with yours. To build our dreams together,
while allowing you to grow with your dreams; to support you through times of
trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness; to treat you with respect,
love, and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our life together; and
to give you all the love I can give my whole life long. This commitment is made
in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and eternally made new.
_________, please repeat after me:
I _________ take you ___________ to be my husband, my friend, my love, and my lifelong companion: to share my life with yours. To build our dreams together,
while allowing you to grow with your dreams; to support you through times of
trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness; to treat you with respect,
love, and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our life together; and
to give you all the love I can give my whole life long. This commitment is made
in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and eternally made new.
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G-17
_________, please repeat after me:
With all my heart I take you __________, to be my wife. I will love you through the good and the bad, through the joy and the sorrow. I will try to be understanding, and to trust in you completely. I will make you a part of me and in turn, become a part of you.
Together we will face all of life's experiences and share one anothers dreams and goals. We will be equal partners in an open, honest relationship throughout the years.
_________, please repeat after me:
With all my heart I take you _________, to be my husband. I will love you through the good and the bad, through the joy and the sorrow. I will try to be understanding, and to trust in you completely. I will make you a part of me and in turn, become a part of you.
Together we will face all of life's experiences and share one anothers dreams and goals. We will be equal partners in an open, honest relationship throughout the years.
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G-18
_________, please repeat after me:
__________, it is my intention to be your best friend, to respect and support you, to be patient with you, to work together with you to achieve those things that are
important to us, to accept you unconditionally, and to share life with you
throughout the years.
_________, please repeat after me:
__________, it is my intention to be your best friend, to respect and support you, to be patient with you, to work together with you to achieve those things that are
important to us, to accept you unconditionally, and to share life with you
throughout the years.
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G-4
I ________________, take thee, _____________, to be my wedded wife, and I do promise and covenant, before God and these witnesses, to be thy loving and
faithful husband, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and
in health, as long as we both shall live.
I ________________, take thee, _____________, to be my wedded husband, and I do promise and covenant, before God and these witnesses, to be thy loving and faithful wife, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.
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G-5
_____________, I promise with God's help to be your faithful husband, to love and serve you as Christ commands, as long as we both shalllive.
_____________, I promise with God's help to be your faithful wife, to love and serve you as Christ commands, as long as we both shall live.
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G-6
___________, I promise before God, our family, and friends to be your loving and faithful husband, to share my life with you, in wealth and in poverty, in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad times for as long as we both shall live.
___________, I promise before God, our family, and friends to be your loving and faithful wife, to share my life with you, in wealth and in poverty, in sickness and in
health, in good times and in bad times for as long as we both shall live.
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G-7
I, _____________, take you, ____________, to be my wife, and I promise before God and these friends that I will share my life with you in all love and honor, in all faith and tenderness, through joy and sorrow, in sickness and health, as long as we
both shall live.
I, _____________, take you, ____________, to be my husband, and I promise before God and these friends that I will share my life with you in all love and honor, in all faith and tenderness, through joy and sorrow, in sickness and health, as long as we both shall live.
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G-10
I, ____________, take thee _____________, to be my wife, and I promise before God and these friends that I will share my life with you in all love and honor, in all faith and tenderness, through joy and sorrow, in sickness and health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
I, ____________, take thee _____________, to be my husband, and I promise before God and these friends that I will share my life with you in all love and honor, in all faith and tenderness, through joy and sorrow, in sickness and health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
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G-19
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 most tender 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.
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.
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G-20
______, 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.
______, 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. Where you go I will go, where you live I
shall live, your family shall be my family, And your God my God.
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G-21
______, 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.
______, 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.
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G-22
______, 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.
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.
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G-23
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.
And 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.
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G-24
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.
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.
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G-25
______, 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.
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.
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Celtic
"You cannon possess me for I belong to myself. But while we both wish it, I give you that which is mine to give.
You can not command me, for I am a free person.
But I shall serve you in those ways you require, and the honeycomb will taste sweeter coming from my hand".
"I pledge to you that yours will be the name I cry aloud in the night and the eyes into which I smile in the morning.
I pledge to you the first bite of my meat and the first drink from my cup.
I pledge to you my living and my dying, each equally in your care.
I shall be a shield for your back and you for mine.
I shall not slander you, nor you me.
I shall honor you above all others, and when we quarrel we shall do so in private and tell no strangers our grievances".
"This is my wedding vow to you. This is the marriage of equals."
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VTC-1
As part of the family nature of God’s creation we recognize children and the significant role they play in this marriage being celebrated today.
____________, repeat after me.
Not only do I vow to be a good and faithful husband to you, _________, but I also vow to be a patient, loving father to ___________ (names of children), caring for them and providing for them as my own. I vow to be their strength and their emotional support, loving them with all my heart from this day forward.
___________, repeat after me.
Not only do I vow to be a good and faithful wife to you, ____________, but I also vow to be a patient, loving wife to ____________ (names of children), caring for them and providing for them as my own. I vow to be their strength and their emotional support, loving them with all my heart from this day forward.
Often marriage is viewed as the union of two persons. In reality, marriage is much broader. It is always a joining of families.
As part of the family nature of this marriage we recognize ______________ (childrens names) and their importance to this family.
______________ (childrens names) you will have a share in this marriage, for your lives will be touched by the promises made by your mother and father today. Your participation will be needed to develop the bonds of this new family. We now ask you to promise that you will all join together to create a family of mutual help, respect and support.
We ask that you help to create a home and a way of life in which all of you may grow into the best people you can be. In this spirit, will you pledge to continue to grow together and honor this new family for all the days that follow?
The children respond: "We will."
Brian and Carol, as you give yourselves to one another in love and loyalty, will you also promise always to keep room in your new life together for Victoria, Derek, Joann, Douglas and David? Will you commit yourselves to respect and honor them as individuals and members of this family? Will you pledge to cherish, encourage and tenderly care for them as long as they need you?
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