Marriage and Ministry

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 :

1. 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.
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. Romans 16:3
   Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus,
   
   
4. 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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God Bless Your Marriage & Family
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Merry CHRISTmas Couples

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

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God Bless Your Marriage & Family
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Give Me a... C.!!!!!

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
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One Flesh

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

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God Bless Your Marriage & Family
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Show Your Honey Some Love

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

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God Bless Your Marriage & Family
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