Hey Fam. Just something short and sweet for all you out their thinking about getting married. May I suggest to you that you are not just creating a family, you are establishing a ministry. Marriage is ministry because you will be serving one another, your kids and your community etc... Question?! Does the man or woman that you are thinking about making a lifetime commitment to have the same vision for family, ministry and community that you have? Are you called to one of the five fold ministries? Is your mate? How are you going to balance that out. Believe me you don't want to both be in ministry with your kids running around the church because ones the Youth Pastor and the other the Min. of Music..been there did that..train wreck!
As the New Year approaches think about these things. Maybe you and your Honey will be like Priscilla and Aquilla :
Acts 18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head at Cenchrea, for he had made a vow.
Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla had heard him, they took him unto them and expounded unto him the Way of God more perfectly.
Romans 16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus,
1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house
No matter what God has called you to do as a single person NOW remember that marriage is more than starting a family it's ministry, so chose someone with the same passion and vision as yours and go and turn the world upside down for Jesus...as ONE FLESH!!!
Have a great week ahead Visitors, FB & Tweet couples and make each moment you have with your spouse special! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Prayer for Everyone Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters
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What a great year this has been! I know some of us faced and conquered many challenges, learned a lot of lessons, and had a great year growing together in the LORD. Some of us celebrated anniversaries while others just jumped over the broom as recently as November. As we celebrate the birth of Christ tomorrow as couples let's also celebrate Him as the Word made flesh! I went to bed last night meditating, going over in my mind over and over again the fact that God's Word has already worked everything out in our lives and has conquered everything that we could ever face in this life! Hallelujah!! I woke up literally praising God because of what I meditated on...the power of the WORD that came down from Heaven and became flesh like us.
John 1:14
And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.
How did we as couples overcome this year? It was the Word made flesh! That's how our marriages stayed strong and thrived in 2009, that's how we overcame many temptations and obstacles this year. We can't forget the prophesied Word too, that was spoken over our lives regarding His will for our life together as couples. As 2010 approaches let this thought go deep..We are not just Marriages we are Ministries and God, our family, friends, co workers and neighbors are looking to us to reflect His glory in our unions now more than ever before.
Merry CHRISTmas Couples!!!
Have a great week ahead Visitors, FB & Tweet couples and make each moment you have with your spouse special!
Prayer for Everyone Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters
♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥ God Bless Your Marriage & Family ♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥
For...COVENANT!!!!!!!! I have been thinking a lot about the meaning of this word and I wanted to explore it- in some of it's various forms.
Covenant. 1. an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified. 2.
Bible. a. the conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture. b. the agreement between God and the ancient Israelites, in which God promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him.
I'm thankful for all the couples that have and continue to keep their vows to God and to their mates. Love is definitely a decision and NOT a feeling and many of us continue to keep covenant and I praise God for that!!! I applaud you all!!! I commend you all!!! I ask God to bless you all because there are MANY temptations in this life. Tall dark and handsome ones, beautiful ones offering you a peek on the web or maybe in your workplace. Then there are the storms that come...one right after another sometime,attacks from an invisible enemy who would love nothing more than to make us another divorce statistic and cause pain for our children that can last generations. As we celebrate God keeping His covenant to send the Messiah, Emmanuel, to the Earth to save us from our sins, I also want to take the time to celebrate all the married couples who like God continue to keep their covenants too. In a culture where anything you can pay for you can have, I just so want to encourage all the couples to keep holding it down for God and your families.
Have a great week ahead Visitors, FB & Tweet couples and make each moment you have with your spouse special!
Prayer for Everyone Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters
♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥ God Bless Your Marriage & Family ♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥
Isn't it a mystery how two people can become one flesh! I'm still amazed by that concept of God's design. Although we've been married for only 11 years this merging of the two really does happen and the more we yield to God and each other the more this Divine Design is realized in our marriages.
Today I want to talk about one aspect of the One Flesh relationship intimacy. I know in the world today a lot of women are working outside the home and when I was out there the last thing I wanted to do when I got home is enjoy this special time with my mate. I wanted to see my husband and kids, eat and go to bed without any extra activities...until the LORD convicted me of that. He started showing me and telling how important it is to have that time as a couple. In marriage lies the deepest bonding and intimacy possible in a human relationship.
We've all read this Scripture before right? "Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." 1 Corinthians 7:3-4
I know a lot of us are into so much throughout the day that when we come home we're done, but we still have to honor God's Word. One thing that will help my brothers is that you start romancing your wives as soon as you both wake up. As women we really like flowers. We just bloom when our husbands water us with kind and pleasing words of appreciation, affection and encouragement. Wives our men are blessed when we do the same and if you aren't a real good communicator just yet..men are visual, enough said. God wants us to really understand how important this area is and to yield ourselves one to another. A local Pastor had a Marriage Conference he had the 2x2x2 plan. Intimacy 2 times a week, Vacations 2x a year, and extended weekends just for the husband and wife 2x a month. I like that plan!
How can we accomplish this in a world where we are constantly being bombarded with me, myself and I? By having a sacrificial servant spirit that wants to serve the other person in every way possible instead of just wanting only to be served. One flesh..that's who we are, and that's an area that we all can serve our mates better in....
Have a great week ahead Visitors, FB & Tweet couples and make each moment you have with your spouse special!
Prayer for Everyone Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters
♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥ God Bless Your Marriage & Family ♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥
It's the weekend, so after your Sweetie gets home from a long day, after a long week why not take your spouse to the side and just look him or her in the eyes and tell them how much you love them! Then commit to getting together later on this evening to just sit, cuddle, and maybe read the Song of Solomon.
Have a great weekend and make each moment you have with your spouse special!
Prayer for Everyone Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters
♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥ God Bless Your Marriage & Family ♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥
All year long my Pastor has been teaching us the importance of having good strong foundations. I was meditating this week on things we've learned and I started thinking about the importance of a good foundation. What does a good foundation provide? A good foundation provides stability to our house. In the Bible Jesus says a wise man that obeys him is likened to a man that builds his house on a Rock. Matthew 7:24-27 24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
We know that Rock is Jesus. So as married couples Jesus of course is the best foundation to build upon, simply because He provides us with stability and security through our relationship with Him and our obedience to His Word. If we disobey him by doing our own thing, well then we chip away at the very Rock that helps keep us strong.
One area that can begin to chip away at our marriage foundation if we let them, is out of control feelings. Remember that song...Feelings oh oh oh feelings! Feelings are so wonderful! Right?! Well...they are but in marriage and even in life they can be your best friends or your worst enemies if they are not accompanied by, some gentleness and self control. Galatians 5:23 ..gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Example..it's Christmas time right? If you and your husband plan to buy gifts you both have sat down and come up with a budget right?! I mean a good budget so when January comes your lights and gas won't be cut off because you've lost your minds shopping right?! Yes a budget, so you all will still be able to eat what you want to in 2010 instead of having to eat what you have to!LOL!!! Sorry I have loved ones that are on this vicious cycle and I don't want you to get on it, and if you are on it go look yourself in the mirror and say these words to yourself, "Christmas is about Jesus, and my friends and family KNOW that I love them whether I buy them a gift or not." Ok so husband you are out shopping and man there is this bangin Dallas Cowboys golf club that you have to have that you know will bust your budget but you get it anyway because it makes you feel good just thinking about owning it! You go home and the wife starts adding up the receipts. A discussion about it starts and then for some reason before you know it, somebody has just gone from 0-10 in 5 seconds flat. Now for others that have learned to control their emotions a little better they may go from 0-3 and then eventually down to 0. I want to encourage you all through out this Christmas Season and for the coming New Year, ask God to help you communicate your feelings of disappointment, frustration, anger, etc..in a more godly way. Decide in advance how you will handle, talk, and address potentially stressful situations in your marriage. I say decide because having a made up mind is way better than just letting your feelings get out of hand and start chipping away at your foundation.
God richly bless each of your marriages and may God be glorified through our lives and homes! Love and Blessings to you all in abundance!!! (-:
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I hope that you were able to look up those definitions of both the fruit of the spirit and the works of the flesh that are found in Galatians chapter 5. I'm a living witness as many of you are too that walking in the Spirit produces life while walking in the flesh produces...
Ok, did you know that when you decided to marry your mate that each of you were marrying royalty?! YES! It is true. As Christians we are a royal priesthood and yes...a peculiar people LOL!! 1Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;I remember one day early on in our marriage when my husband told me that one day he'll have to stand before God and make an account of how he treated God's daughter. At first I was like WOW! I NEVER looked at it that way before then I understood him a little better. I wondered why he was always very careful with his words and actions towards me. That was part of his foundation for marriage and I appreciated that then as much as I appreciate that carefulness now. Of course after you marinade on that for awhile you begin to see that you too will one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ and make an account of everything that you did in your body good and bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 Ooooh God's son or God's daughter, doesn't that just make you want to have a Selah moment....
So as you go through this week remember not only who you belong to, but who your mate belongs to as well. God the Father of heaven and earth.
God richly bless each of your marriages and may God be glorified through our lives and homes! Love and Blessings to you all in abundance!!! (-:
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank You For Coming By Today and God Bless You ♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥ We Are Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters in Christ
Have you ever said that to your mate? Has your mate ever said that to you? Man, how do we get to the point of saying stuff like that to each other? For some it's a I got you now, so I'm going to be careless,maybe it's just taking that person for granted, for others it may be that you both forgot how to be friends, and seriously for some it may be out of ignorance. Do you remember how you talked to one another when you were courting? We were so mindful of the other persons feelings and we were so considerate, neither of us would dare say anything that would hurt or belittle the other right. So what happens married couples...maybe we get slack and comfortable, overly secure and careless. Some have experienced deep disappointments and have become ummm.. for lack of a better word rude and hateful. Some are just tired and have resorted to treating each other just any old kind of way. Well I came today to encourage you all to think about how you both communicated to one another when you were courting. Think about the smiles that you gave one another just because. Sometimes we have to go back to square one because we have deviated from the blue print so much. The Bible talks about the fruits of the Spirit you can recall them all right..ok me neither, so I'm going to put them up here,
Galatians 5:22,23- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Now let's look at the opposite attributes of the flesh. Remember these...no, ok here ya go.
Galatians :19-21 -Now the works of the flesh are manifest, and they are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, quarreling, rivalry, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like. About these things I tell you again, as I have also told you in times past, that those who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.
And that's where it gets not only ugly but dangerous because now we are in danger of missing Heaven. It's tight but it's right! I'm not able to go through each of the fruits right now as well as the works of the flesh and give you the Hebrew and or Greek definition but I encourage you to go through these lists and wherever the WORD hits you repent, meaning stop and turn and go in another direction. God is really concerned about marriages, all marriages and it's time to stop blaming the devil and acting like we live on Old Mcdevils Farm..here a devil , there a devil everywhere a devil, devil. Yes we have a formidable, yet defeated adversary who as long as we continue to operate in the fruit of the Spirit will stay defeated. It's when we crossover the Cross and we get into the flesh that we swing that door wide open, but we can't blame the devil for our actions no, no, we have power over our own choices especially as Christians. It's when we chose to flesh out that the devil comes and sets up strongholds in our marriages. Remember we are spirit beings having a human experience we CAN walk in the Spirit, just not on Sundays and Wednesdays but everyday. We can use our tongues to bless our mates and speak respectfully to one another and speak sweet things to each other. Please don't let the struggles or disappointments with your spouse keep you both from being awesome examples of God in your families and communities. God wants us to experience abundant life in every area and this area is a crucial one! John 10:10
Blessings of strength, joy, power, forgiveness, and perseverance on all the marriages represented in Jesus name. Your marriage WILL make it and your marriage WILL be all that God intended for it to be!!!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank You For Coming By Today and God Bless You ♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥~~~~~~~~~~~~~~♥ We Are Humbled Brothers & Passionate Sisters in Christ
Dawn shares the wonderful life of a "godly marriage". Weekly tips, prayer and updates coming soon...stay tuned!!!
Matthew 19:4-6
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female. And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Through Hard Times
Pray for the strength, courage and commitment to weather through the inevitable hard times of disappointed love.
Colossians 3:18-19
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Prayer of Salvation
God I come to You right now acknowledging that I'm a sinner. I understand that I was born into sin and that Jesus was born into the world specifically to die for my sins. I ask You God to please wash me clean from my sins right now, please forgive me. I want to know You and serve You. I ask You to come and live inside of me right now. I ask You to show me how to live for You, and reveal to me the plans that You have for my life. Thank You for loving me, forgiving me, and for making me a new creature. I trust my life to You and I know that You will guide me everyday by Your Word and Your Spirit. In Jesus name Amen.
