“name” do you declare that, as far as you know, there is no lawful impediment against your proposed marriage to “name”. Do you accept all those present as witnesses that you are taking her as your lawfully wedded wife ? What is your answer ?
“name” do you declare that, as far as you know, there is no lawful impediment against your proposed marriage to “name”. Do you accept all those present as witnesses that you are taking him as your lawfully wedded husband ? What is your answer ?
GROOM & BRIDE: “Yes” or “I do”
GROOM
“name” will you take “name” to be your wife, to live together according to the instructions in God’s Word ? Will you promise to love her, comfort her , honor and keep her in times of health and in sickness , and forsaking all other woman, Will you promise to be totally committed to her as long as you both shall live ?
Groom answers: I will or I do
BRIDE
“name” will you take “name” to be your husband, to live together according to the instructions in God’s Word ? Will you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him in times of health and in sickness and forsaking all other men, Will you promise to be totally committed to him as long as you both shall live ?
Bride answers: I will or I do
GROOM
“name” in the presence of God and all these witnesses, will you now make your vows to “name” by saying after me: From this moment I “name” give myself to you “name ” to be your husband. I promise to love you unselfishly and to always take good care of you as God has commanded me to do. I also promise to treat you with respect as a daughter of God and to appreciate you as God’s gift to enrich my life.
BRIDE
“name” in the presence of God and all these witnesses, will you now make your vows to “name” by saying after me: From this moment I “name” give myself to you “name” to be your wife. I promise to love you unselfishly and to always remain in submission to you, as God requires me to do. I also promise to always treat you with the respect that a son of God deserves and to appreciate you as God’s gift to enrich my life.
BRIDEGROOM:
“Today I choose to unite
myself to God and to you as my wife. I
confirm that God gave you to me as my bride.
My wish is to be a good husband to you, the kind that Jesus Christ wants
me to be.
I pledge to unite myself to you as long as we live, to love you, to be your loyal friend and partner. I will be slow to see your mistakes and quick to see your good qualities. I will be your servant. I truly love you and therefore pledge myself to be yours forever. I reject the possibility of divorce as an escape when things get rough or if I’m unhappy and bind myself to you and to God through all conflict and problems knowing that God’s power will overcome and will help us to work through these times. By the grace and power of God, my daily living will confirm my covenant with you.”
BRIDE:
“Today I choose to unite myself to God and to you
as my husband. I confirm that God
gave you to me as my bridegroom. It
is my wish to be a good wife, the kind that Jesus Christ wants me to be.
I pledge to unite myself to you, to love you and to
be your uninhibited lover, to provide for your needs and to be your loyal
partner and friend. I will be
patient with your shortcomings and be quick to appreciate your successes and not
to criticize. I will support you
with my prayers and love. I will be
your servant. I truly love you and
therefore pledge myself to you forever. I
reject the possibility of divorce as an escape when things get rough or if I’m
unhappy and bind myself to you and to God through all conflict and problems
knowing that God’s power will overcome and will help us to work through these
times. By the grace and power of
God, my daily living will confirm my covenant with you”
I love you.
I pledge to grow in my Love for you.
I pledge to nurture our Love for it is
loving you that nurtures my soul.
I pledge to share our Love together as One.
I love you because you are the only one for me.
To know you is to know Love
- and through you, know True Love.
I love you because you are
the One who completes me.
I can not know union without you
- for it is by joining you that I learn
about Love's union and where it comes from.
I love you because it is my soul mission in Life to learn
our Love.
I do not so much seek to heal you,
but to embrace our Love that fills our Life as a way of healing each other.
I see your Love for me in your eyes and I see what freedom is,
what True Love is.
I promise to support your growth and share the fullness of
myself.
I promise to honor you by being open to all the expressions of your inner self.
I promise to allow our Love we share become our Prayer we live.
Above all, I promise to be true to you and true to myself
so that we may grow in our Love that joins us as one.
If the Eagle is the symbol of freedom born out of True
Love,
then I am one wing and you are equally the other.
Let us fly together in harmony and may
gentle winds carry us all the way to Heaven.
Exchange of Vows
submitted by Jeanette Bursey LeBlanc
Groom
I, [Groom's name], take you [Bride's name], to be my wife, my partner in
life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God
Bride
I, [Bride's name], take you [Groom's name], to be my husband, my partner in
life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today,
tomorrow, and forever
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God
In unison:
Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you,
For where you go I will go,
and where you stay I will stay
Your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.
And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried.
May the Lord do with me and more if anything but death parts you from me.
We will forever love one
another and to share our most intimate thoughts.
Promise to hold and cherish and value each other.
We will live each day as if our last, vowing to never go to bed angry.
If sorrow enters our life as things sometimes do ,we pledge to one another that
together we will see things through.
As we grow old and we slowly begin to change we will look into each others eyes
and know that what we have will never go.
That with each breath we take ,our love will grow .
These are the words I feel and speak from my heart.
(great guides to personalizing your own vows)
I come here today, (name), to join my life to years before this company.
In their presence I pledge to be true to you, to respect you,
and to grow with you through the years.
Time may pass, fortune may smile, trials may come;
no matter what we may encounter together,
I vow here that this love will be my only love.
I will make my home in your heart from this day forward.
Today, (name), I join my life to yours, not merely as your
(husband/wife),
but as your friend, your lover, and your confidant.
Let me be the shoulder you lean on,
the rock on which you rest,
the companion of your life.
With you I will walk my path from this day forward.
(Name), with free and unconstrained soul,
I give you all I am and all I am to become.
Take this ring, and with it my promise of faith, patience, and love,
for the rest of my life.
What have I to give you, (name)?
The promise to take you as my only love from this day forward,
to stand by your side, to listen when you speak,
to comfort you when you cry,
and to join your laughter with my own.
Take this ring, and be my (husband/wife)
As freely, (name), as God has given me life,
I join my life with yours.
Wherever you go, I will go;
whatever you face, I will face.
For good or ill, in happiness or sadness,
come riches or poverty,
I take you as my (husband/wife), and will give myself to no other
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