Today, before you pray, talk about how you first met. Take time to remember what it was like and to reminisce the early days when you were getting to know each other. Ask each other how that felt and how things are different now than they were then.
When you pray, thank God that He helped you find each other. Ask Him to help you remember the feelings you had for each other in the beginning and ask Him to help restore those feelings in your marriage today. While you may be more mature now, that doesn't mean that some, many, or all of those feelings cannot return. Thank God for the maturity He has developed in each of you, and ask Him to help you use your increased wisdom and experience to renew the passion and the priority of your marriage.
If you are single:
If you are single:
As you pray today, consider this Scripture: Psalms 18:2 (MSG)
2 God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout.
Jesus was talking about this in Matthew 7. He had just said that we were to seek first the Kingdom of God and he stated that, basically, everything else should come behind that in our life's pursuits. And then he said, "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." Matthew 7:24 (NIV)
2 God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout.
Jesus was talking about this in Matthew 7. He had just said that we were to seek first the Kingdom of God and he stated that, basically, everything else should come behind that in our life's pursuits. And then he said, "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." Matthew 7:24 (NIV)
In what ways has God been the 'bedrock under your feet'? How are you building your life on the 'Rock' that are Jesus' words? How can you do this more effectively?
When you pray, ask God to show you how you can more completely build your life on Him. Tell him that He is your rock and fortress, that you trust Him with your life and your future and your relationships. Confess any time you have been in a relationship that you haven't trusted to Him and feel the complete release as God's grace and forgiveness becomes a reality in your life.
thank you for this brian.
ReplyDeleteit's crazy how us single people cab trust God undoubtedly when it comes to our salvation but struggle and tend to not when it comes to our future spouse.