Monday, April 7, 2008
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Covenant Marriage - Part 2So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Matthew 19:6
Marriage is not so much about finding the right person, as becoming the right person. If you don't keep growing together - you'll grow apart. It's inevitable. Marriage is a covenant, not a contract. There's a big difference! Contracts won't sustain the pain, the pitfalls and the pressures. They focus only on 'what I can get'. Contracts are enforced by courts, but covenants are enforced by character. One requires the giving of your name, the other the giving of your life. Look around you: all the best ideas come from the God Who said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone...' (Genesis 2:18). Then He introduced Eve. Notice, she was not made from Adam's head to top him, or his feet to be trampled on by him. But out of his side to be equal with him; from under his arm to be protected by him; and from near his heart to be loved by him. What causes love to grow cold? Chuck Swindoll writes: 'It isn't one action or one word, but a series of little unresolved spats that now make television the solution to the problems of a hard day, and silence us when we should say, 'Thank you,' or 'I'm sorry,' or 'You look really nice today.' We no longer say, 'I love you,' because those words mock the special meaning they once had. It's too painful to remember that those feelings we said we'd never lose were tear by tear left in the past.' Today do something to make your marriage stronger!
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me change to be a person who give of myself to others without thinking of “me” in what I do. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen
Heavenly Father, help me change to be a person who give of myself to others without thinking of “me” in what I do. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen


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