A Christian Wedding Sermon - Trusting the Covenant
Quick Summary
A Christian wedding sermon reflects God’s covenant love and invites the couple to begin their life together grounded in grace. This message offers a simple, pastoral sermon suitable for many settings and traditions, shaped by Scripture and the beauty of Christian marriage.
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—Pastor Jason Elder
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Introduction
A wedding gathers family and friends around two people who are ready to join their lives in a covenant rooted in God’s love. Moments like these hold both joy and reverence. They acknowledge the beauty of companionship while honoring the sacred promise being made. Christian marriage is more than an agreement. It is a steady commitment to walk together in seasons of celebration and seasons of challenge, trusting that God’s presence surrounds and strengthens what begins today. This sermon offers a clear message that can be shared in ceremonies of different sizes and styles, lifting up the hope, faith, and tenderness found in Christian marriage.
Wedding Sermon
The words from 1 Corinthians speak with lasting clarity. Paul writes, “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way” (1 Corinthians 13:4–5). These sentences appear at wedding after wedding, not because they are familiar, but because they reveal the way love becomes steady. They remind couples that love is not simply an emotion that rises and falls. It is a way of living. It is commitment.
How do we build our relationship? There are many things we can do and great advice and wisdom are found in Scripture.
Patience allows space for each person to grow. Kindness creates gentleness where sharp words could have taken root. Humility keeps scorekeeping and comparison from becoming the quiet erosion beneath a relationship. Paul’s vision of love is not grand or dramatic. It is sturdy. It grows through small decisions made every day. Decisions to listen. To forgive. To share burdens. To celebrate one another’s joys. In this way, love becomes a shelter, a shared place of belonging.
Christian marriage begins with a covenant. A covenant holds weight. It says that this relationship is not built on shifting ground, but on the promise that God will help us grow and mature. From our confidence in God’s goodness and promises to us, each person offers the same love and goodness to the other. A covenant recognizes that life contains seasons of abundance and seasons of challenge, yet through them all, there remains a commitment to walk together. When two people speak their vows, they promise not perfection, but presence. Not certainty about every future moment, but trust that whatever comes, they will face it together.
This covenant is strengthened by a grace that does not depend on achievement. Grace creates room for learning. It allows love to continue when mistakes are made or when silence settles in during difficult days. Grace restores, gathers, and reminds each person that they are held not only by one another, but by God.
There is also a beauty in the way two stories become one. Each brings a history. Each carries memories, hopes, values, and dreams. Marriage does not erase those stories. It weaves them together in a way that forms something new, something neither could have created alone. The promise of companionship means that each person will continue to grow in the presence of the other. The promise of support means that burdens once carried alone now rest on two shoulders. The promise of joy means there will be laughter that arises simply from the peace of being known.
In all of this, Christian marriage remains an act of faith. It believes that love can deepen. It believes that forgiveness can heal. It believes that hope can carry a household through seasons of change. Faith does not remove challenges. It provides courage to meet them. It steadies the couple with the assurance that God walks with them, guiding and strengthening their life together.
The words spoken today form a beginning. They open the door to a lifetime of shared days. This moment does not need to be grand to be holy. It simply needs two people who are willing to offer themselves with sincerity and tenderness, trusting that God delights in their joy and accompanies their journey.
May this marriage be marked by patience that slows anger, kindness that softens hardship, humility that removes barriers, and hope that lifts weary hearts. May the home that begins today become a place where grace is learned and lived. And may love grow quietly and steadily, becoming both a refuge and a calling, leading this couple toward the fullness of life God intends.
FAQs
What Scripture is commonly used for a wedding sermon?
1 Corinthians 13, Genesis 2:18–24, Ruth 1:16–17, John 15:9–12, and Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 are frequently chosen for Christian wedding ceremonies.
How long should a wedding sermon be?
A typical wedding sermon lasts three to six minutes. It should offer clarity, warmth, and encouragement without overshadowing the vows and blessings.
Can this sermon be adapted for different Christian traditions?
Yes. The message avoids denominational specifics and can be used in many Christian settings, including churches, chapels, outdoor ceremonies, or small gatherings.
Should a wedding sermon reference the couple by name?
Many officiants personalize the sermon with brief references to the couple’s story, though a general version like this works well for formal or traditional services.
See Also
Christian Wedding Ceremony Script
Wedding Ceremony Script for Officiants
Christian Wedding Ceremony Order and Outline
5 Opening Prayers for a Wedding Ceremony
4 Closing Prayers for a Wedding Ceremony
12 Bible Verses for a Wedding Ceremony
10 Scripture Readings for a Wedding
Wedding Vows for a Christian Ceremony
Declaration of Intent for a Christian Wedding
Wedding Sermon: Love as Christ Loved the Church
Wedding Sermon on 1 Corinthians 13
