In the Beginning: trust is the beginning of relationships with God, if you are doing the pursuing you need to say good-bye
- God has given us the blueprint of what a relationship should look like by giving us Adam and Eve
- relationships succeed when an awareness to God and a connecting to God are foremost in our thinking <3
- we are created in the image of God, male and female he created us
- we have intrinsic value- we have value because God made us, our value is not our reputation, what we wear, our clothes, the people we hang out with, our body, our weight, our job, or whatever we do
- give the person you are thinking about intrinsic value- change approach, respect, honor, they way we look at someone, look at some with the highest value because God made them and they are a child of God (yes a little bit easier said then done, but how much greater would your life be if that is how you lived)
- God has a plan, God arranged our relationship so man would not be alone
- Man brings order to his life then is given a wife
- Man pursued the woman!! love this!! I want to be pursued I do not want to do the pursuing that is not how God created us to be! He created us for the guy to do the pursuing, if you are doing the pursuing it needs to end, and you need to TRUST God that he has a plan for you
- Everything was broken, but God clothed us and gave us hope he repaired and restored us
- goal: fall in love with Jesus and awaken to someone who also has fallen in love with Jesus
- God has a plan
- man leaves his father to be united as one with his bride, it is a melding of hearts, unashamed
- Man was created to lead us, not rule over us
- Jesus is in the center of God's plan for us- he is the most important person at your wedding <3
- we all have a lot of baggage
- resolution comes at the cross with Jesus, he was broken so we could be made whole, he loves us unconditionally no matter what we do there is always love
- you can't go into a relationship with out your baggage already open, if it is closed it will pop open one day and it will be a disaster
- since God forgave you, you have to forgive others with that same forgiveness
- Christ takes all our messiness in our lives and takes it to calvary. all the wrong is paid. the curse broken. the domino affect is over
- we have to wait on the Lord, we do not want to jump at the wrong time
- the cross is our anchor #Godisgood
- hope in a good and sovereign God and if waited on will give us the desires of our heart
- TRUST, DWELL- in the truth, DELIGHT, COMMIT, BE STILL, WAIT = all verbs in action
- waiting on God is an active thing, you have to work at it, it isn't a spray tan and everything is perfect, waiting means doing; what do you want to be like at the time you get married- start now
- camp out in the place of truth- I AM HIS, I AM LOVED, I AM FIRST LOVED
- as we are waiting on God, we are waiting with him
- start working who and what you want when you walk down that aisle
- God tells us what he wants through the people around us, ask is this guy right for me?
- forget about what you want and realize God is the best of the best and delight and pursue the best of the best and you will be given the desires of your heart
- private time with Jesus becomes public display to the world
- I am BLAZING for the Lord
- All you need is love
- Love her like Christ loved the church and gave himself for her- eph 5:22-32
- He will lead her like Christ leads the church, he will rule over as Christ ruled over the church
- true love is sacrificial love and it takes commitment, marriage is an example of the church!
- sacrificial journey powered by the spirit made possible through Christ all driven by the wind and grace and mercy in God
- single problems go away when I get married
- single problems magnify- there are two of you not one
- current relationships separate from marriage relationships
- your relationships affect your marriage, to find mr. right you got to get rid of mr. right now
- first you don't succeed try again
- living together helps you succeed
- most people who live together do not get married
- sex does not solidify commitment
- marriage is the end goal in life
- at the resurrection there will not be marriage matt 22:23-30
- marriage confines you
- marriage does not confine us but completes us
- God completes us
- you will be completed when you prepare your life for God to bring the perfect person into your life
- I don't think I can do this
- more gospel centered- eph 5
- you can do it with the power of Christ- col 1
As I finished this series, I had my relationship talk with the guy I was dating. He decided that he did not want to be in a relationship going into our senior year but still wanted to date and hang out. After that talk I went home and cried. That was the first someone had said no to me, and also the first time I had a relationship talk with someone in person. I never realized how bad it had hurt to be told no, God taught me that night of how I had previously treated past guys I had talked to. The next morning I talked to my mom and told her about it and she said well isn't that what you wanted. No that was not what I wanted, but that was what needed to happen. I did not need to be in a relationship with him even tho I wanted to. I talked to my neighbor about it today and we were talking about boys and she made a great comment that I now realize is how God wants our relationship to be like. God wants the man to pursue the woman! The whole time we were dating I always was the one who texted him first and made the plans and what we were doing, and God does not want it that way. He wants the guy to pursue the girl and lead her, and be the sacrificial love God promises us!
Wisdom for the week:
- God empowers me to be so filled with love that I get to dump that love out on everyone I meet
- I will value people more than they value me, what a powerful beautiful way to live- Christa Black
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