Free to Love

When two people are free to disagree, they are free to love. When they are not free, they live in fear, and love dies.

Marriage is first and foremost about love. It's bound together by the care, need, companionship, and values of two people, which can overcome hurt, immaturity, and selfishness to form something better than what each person alone can produce. Love is at the heart of marriage as it is the very nature of God Himself. I John 4:16

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No Deposit No Return

There was a young woman who wanted to start a business. With the help of some consultants she carefully gets her business plan together and meets with investors and banks to raise the capital required for this new venture. She finally gets all that is needed and finds a facility, begins to hire people, market her product, and put in long, long, hours. Eventually her hard work begins to pay off as her business begins to flourish. Now that she is increasing she feels it's ok to ease up a bit and relax a little, but now is not the time. To hold her place in the market she needs to come up with more ideas, improve efficiency, strengthen customer ties etc..

Just like this young woman was devoted in the beginning, marriage also requires a lot of devotion if it is to succeed and thrive. As mates we must be willing to give our all. As spouses we must pour our hearts and souls into this covenant, making whatever sacrifes necessary for the marriage to continue to grow. To some that may sound like hard work in this microwave society where everything is but a click or touch away and guess what it is! Yet the rewards are so rich that it's truly worth all the hard work put into it.
Remember 2 Corinthians 9:6 - Whosoever sows generously will also reap generously.

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It's Better to Do Right Than To Be Right

I read a sign this week that said,"You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to." I thought wow that is good and it is so true, but then today I can add that it's also" better to do right than to be right." If you were raised as a performance driven person you will really understand this. Those of us who were raised like this always had to be on top of our game, always had to be the best, shine the brightest, and on and on because that's when we received love and approval from those who mattered most to us. To me that was one of the hardest lessons to learn after I accepted Christ, the fact that I didn't have to DO something to earn His love. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, loved me way before I ever loved them and whatever I did for God --He had already predestined for me to do those works in the first place! Works stem from Salvation, works don't produce Salvation! Hallelujah!!!

Ever felt like you have to have the final word or you have to win that argument? You can raise your hand in the privacy of your own home it's ok. (-: Well that is a pretty good indicator of a prideful nature. In contrast, a willingness to admit error points to a humble spirit. It is better to admit that we don't have all the answers and/or confess our error than to just argue the fact until we end up winning a spot on the devils debate team! Check this Scripture out-
Proverbs 13:10 (The Message)

Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord,
but wise men and women listen to each other's counsel

Pride is a slippery stick, a nasty stick, that we lean on to prop ourselves up; that's why it goes before a fall.

In any situation or relationship always seek to do right instead of seeking to be right. God knows and He cares and He will always bring the truth to light if we ask Him to. We have to love our mates and others enough to admit when we are wrong or just don't have the answers right then instead of yielding ourselves to pride and giving the enemy an open door into our relationships. Humility always promotes a peaceful resolution and wants to do right, pride on the other hand has to be right at any costs and isn't concerned about doing right. Which one of these do you think Heaven will back? God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6

As couples...as Christians... when we do what's right, God can then in turn make it right (-:

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Godliness and Contentment IS Great Gain

I remember as a teenager and even as a grown woman my father's wealth. He always looked good, drove the latest and longest Lincoln Continental, and literally lives in the "big house on the hill." As I grew up I wanted what my dad had to some degree. When I married I mistakenly put that pressure on my husband to attain the kind of wealth that my father had. I was coveting and didn't even know it! The LORD revealed to me, that each person has a specific path in life and that my father had worked very hard in the military and in his new found job to be able to live that kind of lifestyle. My husband and I were just starting out. My husband who possesses a serious love and skill set for computers could not get a break in the industry. He ended up with God's help teaching himself the entire C+ course and got his certification. At that time that course was 5,000 and my man taught himself with God's help. I thought here we go only to come crashing down back into reality. He applied for so many places that I thought we'd run out of printer paper with all the resumes he sent out. Once he was called for an interview but when they saw my husband's ethnicity they politely apologized to him and told him that they were looking to interview another man with my husbands same exact name.....REALLY-WOW?! I was mad!!!!!! He kept going though and kept knocking on doors and teaching himself. After 12 years of marriage it's nice where we are..I'm content and God has blessed my husband to become an Network Engineer. We have not attained the wealth of my parents by any means but it's ok..we have a wealth that lies deep within contentment. I'm no longer concerned about trying to match my father or anyone else because I know and have experienced God's goodness over the course of time and it's nice to be able to NOT have to grind to keep up with the Jones's. What joy there is in just walking the path God has laid out before us and accomplishing what He wants for us...
Wives...don't put unecessary pressure on your honey whether you are starting out or have been married for awhile. Learn if you need to like I did, to be content. Sometimes we get weird and think God is a slot machine and He is not. He is a God who is sovereign, a God with a plan. God will bless when He is ready to bless and although it was pretty hard sometimes as I look back I can rejoice in how God moved for us. Remember these words.. But godliness with contentment is great gain. I Timothy 6:6

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Let Wisdom Build Your Future House-Engaged Couples

Courtship is a time of discovery, a time for gaining insight into another person's character, for evaluating their potential as a marriage partner. The understanding gained from this time of acquaintance helps a couple determine whether they have the "right stuff" for building a life long relationship.

The book of Ruth in the Bible describes the courtship of Boaz, a wealthy landowner, and Ruth, a poor widow whom he discovers in his field gathering leftover grain.Before they married, they learned of each other's reputation,experienced one another's kindness, and received advice from other people.

Take the time and make the effort to truly get to know one another before marriage.
The character of each spouse frames the home which, when built upon the foundation of God's love makes it stable.

Proverbs 24:3-4
A house built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables.

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Dancing the Dance of Love

Dance lessons ought to be a requirement for premarital counseling. Any couple who can survive the lessons is ready for marriage!

In ballroom dancing, the man is the designated leader. It is his job to guide his partner around the floor; indicating which way she is to go and when she is to turn. The woman's assignment is to follow her partners lead, complementing his moves, her weight counterbalancing his as they glide through a series of twirls. Without this clear delineation of roles, without leadership and submission, cooperation and communication, the couple would not float "effortlessly" about; they would trip over each other and fall on the dance floor.

A good leader does not bully his partner, pushing and pulling her across the floor. He guides her gently and considerately, watching over her shoulder to protect her. His strength supports her beauty and grace; she trusts him and willingly follows his lead because she can depend on his love. Make your marriage the dance of love.


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God's Purposes for our Marriage

There are many reasons people get married but let's just look at this list and see what God's original intent for marriage was/is.
　
To provide companionship ( Genesis 2:18)
To reproduce (Genesis 1:28)
To promote sexual purity (Proverbs 5:15)
To provide romance (Genesis 5:16-19)
To demonstrate and pattern Christ’s love for the Church (Ephesians 5:22-27)
To demonstrate God’s favor on the earth (Proverbs 18:22)
To provide help when fulfilling God's plan in your life ( Genesis 2:18)

Marriage is the most glorious of covenants under our covenant with God through Jesus Christ, this week think about the list above and ask God what you can do to further fulfill and promote God's original intent for marriage in your life. Maybe you need to spend more time alone with your spouse--companionship and romance. How about sexual purity. I heard a preacher say once if you have a lust problem--tell your spouse. For others some wives and husbands just need to realize the importance of intimacy inside of marriage. Sex is IMPORTANT in a marriage just like WORSHIP is important to God.It's not the most important thing but being intimate more frequently helps to keep the atmosphere in our homes and our attitudes moving and flowing towards love and respect.
How about reaching out to others or mentoring other couples in their marriages. How about adopting a single parent family and begin to invest in them spiritually, financially, mentally, etc...

Remember this important fact Marriage IS Ministry and it's one that God wants to use to reach out to help others...

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Precious Moments..

Hey couples! Have you ever thought about starting a special "end of the day" tradition with your spouse. I know most of us read and pray at the end of the day, but how about after you do that maybe you can find a romantic song to dance to with your spouse before retiring, or get some candles and just unwind together as you discuss how your day went. Just a thought.

I'm always asking God for romantic creativity and He always gives it! I can personally testify that the dancing one is a really good one! (-:

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Building Strong Marriages

Do you remember being a kid and trying to build a tower only to have it fall down because there wasn't enough support on the bottom? People get married nowadays for ALL sorts of reasons. Financial stability, wanting kids, companionship,sex, etc..now those things are not bad in and of themselves, but if that's the foundational blocks that are being depended on to hold and carry a marriage onward and upward... then there are going to be some seriously disillusioned and disappointed people.

If we however go into and continue on with the foundational blocks listed below our marriages can't help but bloom and blossom into all that God has designed it to be.

Love- kind, humble, unfailing,selfless

Forgiveness- longsuffering, merciful

Trust- confidence, expectation, dependence

Committment- the conviction and drive to keep your wedding vows at all costs

Patience- the state of enduring under difficult circumstances

Faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus as couples gives us the power needed to keep our marriage structure strong and tall.

We all want great marriages for ourselves and for the world to see God's glory and image imprinted on it. No one gets married to fail, so let's do all we can do to make it strong and keep it strong and glorious!

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Committment is Better than Quitting

Often grown up children of divorced parents approach marriage with a deep appreciation for the value of entering a lifelong covenant. They've endured the earthquakes and after shocks of being children of divorce and they do not want to go through that again!

To those of you considering marriage please, please, make a deep committment to God, your future spouse, and yourself, and really forge a conviction that for better or for worse you are going to stick it out!

We live in a society that like the Pharisees of old would leave their wives at the drop of a dime. Marriage is sacred to God and it's a well spring of life, love and happiness that needs to be tended to, guarded, and refreshed. Keep your vows and maybe even renew them! My husband and I are talking about that now and we get excited every time we add another detail to it. Have we had moments, or seasons of challenge yes but God always helped us through. He loves us, and our kids and our communities. Marriage has far reaching effects just like divorce so let's keep our vows and be a blessing.




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