07-07-2007 Unconditional LOVE for My Blessing
80 min. movie
Tag: marriage
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An Excellent Wife Who Can Find?
Proverbs 31:
10 An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.A rare jewel is a wife faithful to Christ Jesus. A reward more precious than gold is a wife faithful to her husband.
An excellent wife who can find?
The vows of commitment of our Christian marriage speak of unbreakable relationship:
- unbreakable relationship of a man to a woman (We sure need them in our lives.)
- unbreakable relationship of a woman to a man
- and life-long relationship to our God as perfect example of love to both.
“In the name of God, I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.”
The vow and the word of a Christian is witness to our trust in Christ Jesus as our Lord.
A Christian wife is trusted by her husband as he must also trust in Christ our Lord to keep His promise of eternal Life.
When we are joined as one in the name of God, we are also one with the witness of our vows: our God and Lord, Christ Jesus. A Christian wife would no more betray her husband than an Apostle would betray his Lord. She is a woman of faith and integrity in the Lord.
The Bible makes clear that Christian marriage is the best example of the intimacy of the Bride, Christ’s Church, being joined as One with the returning Bridegroom, Jesus Christ our Lord, who IS and will return for His faithful Bride.
“She does Him good and not harm all the days of her life.”
Is this not the witness every Christian (man or woman) ought to have for Christ our Lord?
The Bible offers many examples of advice for men and about the counsel and company of other godly men; but the one place in the Bible offering some of the best advice for women is Proverbs 31.
Proverbs 31 opens with a reference to King Lemuel.
I never knew anything of this wise husband. I can offer no better insight than that of John MacArthur, a faithful authority on scripture.
I would offer my sisters in the Lord one additional resource to the scripture. (Some may be familiar with their radio broadcasts, which I too find encouraging.) Proverbs 31 Ministries.
Like a faithful husband in the Lord, a good wife needs encouragement of other Christians, women to offer her encouragement in scripture and prayer.
Please pray for my wife. Pray also for me.
Beloved sister in the Lord,
Seek the Lord and you will find Him. He is faithful to His bride.
07-07-07 I love my wife, my blessing.
(“Love” includes many loves for me. {See 1 Corinthians 13 & Song of Songs})
I love Jesus Christ as my Lord. Let no one doubt this First love of mine.
I will pray also for your Christian marriage.
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Look For The Good In People! – by Darrell “Coach D” Andrews
Unlike any time in modern history, people seem to focus on and highlight—the bad in people. Politicians now run their entire campaigns not on what they can do to fix things, but the faults of their competition. Many of the reality shows are rated and considered a success, based upon the vitriol people can spew about each other. I recently watched a cooking reality show and the chefs were bashing one another! I certainly will not eat at their restaurants! Lastly, I remember being in a Church years ago where the Pastor used to make jokes about a certain denomination for their still way of worshiping God. They were not overly emotional in their workshop so he called it, “The Church of the Chosen Frozen.” Yes, this even happens in ministry.
My message to you today is not long, but please, try to look for the good in people. It is so easy to fall into the world’s system of negative thinking and fault finding, but work to do what the scripture says in Mark 12:31, “Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” Notice the scripture did not say you have an option to do this. It tells is that we “shall.”
Fault finding most happens in families. In particular marriages. Some marriages grow cold and stale because someone is holding on to something to hate the other for. Something they said or did. The spouse can be doing 99 things right, but the other looks at the one wrong—and holds the other spouse hostage in their web of discontent. This is a tragedy when God tells us the opposite in Mark 12:31. This is why so many relationships end in divorce. Some parents do this to their kids, and kids to their parents. Some family members have not spoken in years due to faults they find in one another. A lifetime of disconnect, due to something they disagree with.
Today, choose to go against the grain. Practice loving they neighbor as thy self, especially in our families. The world has given us enough hate to view on TV, lets not carry this into our personal life.
Remember, the scripture tells us “Love never fails.” Is it possible we are where we are today as a nation and world due to a lack of it?
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