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Learning Covenant Before Marriage – Part 2
Part 7: Building Your Marriage Under the Headship of Jesus Christ Learn why understanding God’s design for covenant is essential before making one of the most important commitments of your life. Jesus Christ Must Be Head of the Marriage When we understand the weight of covenant and what marriage will require from two imperfect people,…
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Learning Covenant Before Marriage – Part 1
Learn why understanding God’s design for covenant is essential before making one of the most important commitments of your life. Most of us don’t grow up dreaming about covenant. We dream about getting married. We think about finding someone who loves us, building a life together, having someone to come home to, and growing old…
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Learning Discernment Before Marriage
Learn why developing biblical discernment before marriage is essential for recognizing godly character, seeing clearly beyond your emotions, and making wise relationship decisions that honor God. You Need Discernment Before You Need an Answer Most of us don’t start thinking seriously about discernment until there is somebody to discern. Before that, we’re just living our…
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Are You Trusting God—or Trusting Him to Send You a Spouse?
Learn why trusting God for marriage means trusting His wisdom and His Will, even when His answer or timing may be different from what you hoped. When Your Desire for Marriage Becomes a Test of Your Trust in God There is nothing wrong with wanting to be married. If marriage is a desire of your…
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Pursuing God’s Healing Before Marriage
Learn why bringing your wounds, past hurts, and unhealthy patterns before God is an important part of preparing for a Christ-centered marriage. ________ Before You Bring Someone Into Your Life, Let God Work on Your Heart We spend a lot of time preparing for marriage by thinking about the person we want to marry, the…
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Chemistry Is Not the Same as Confirmation
Chemistry can be powerful. You meet someone, you enjoy being around them, you can talk for hours, and there is an attraction that feels natural. You may feel like you have known them forever. There is nothing wrong with having chemistry with someone, but we have to be careful about what we allow those feelings…
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Learning Self-Control Before Marriage
More Than Waiting for the Right Person When it comes to marriage, just about every woman I know wants the whole package. And by that, I mean a man that looks the part, is financially secure, responsible, intelligent, and loves the Lord. He’s kind but firm, generous but not wasteful, and loyal to the core.…
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Learning Forgiveness Before Marriage
Before You Say “I Do” Series Before God Gives You a Marriage, He Prepares You for One Before you ever say “I do” to another person, God desires your heart to remain surrendered to Him. Not because He is waiting for you to become perfect, but because He loves you enough to continue shaping you…
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Walking Together Begins with Walking with God
Sometimes we think that once we become born-again believers, life should automatically fall into place. We may believe that because we pray, seek God, and desire to honor Him, the things closest to our hearts should happen in our timing. I know many single believers have marriage at the top of their prayer list. And…
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Build Your Foundation on God
Prepare for a Lasting Marriage Before you say ‘I do,’ make sure your foundation is built on God—not feelings, timing, or circumstance. You and your special someone talking about marriage? Listen, before you start dreaming about a future together, do yourself a huge favor—get quality counseling from a wise, spirit-filled, believer who knows God’s Word.…
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Through God’s Grace
Learning to Trust God’s Timing and Preparation Jeremiah 29:11–14 (NLT) tells us, “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me…
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Light Up the New Year!
Matthew 5:14-15 (NLT) 14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.” The holiday season can bring…
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Please Lead Me to The Right Person
Luke 14:28-29 (NLT) “28 But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? 29 Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.”…
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A Peaceful Harvest
Hebrews 12:11 (NLT), tells us “No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening – it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.” There are times when we become so used to doing things on our own that we don’t think to slow…
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You Are Equipped to Handle the Pressure
I must admit that when it comes to the younger generation, I have been at times pessimistic; and I know I’m not the only one. I imagine some years ago my grandparents looked at my generation this same way. They couldn’t understand us or what made us tick. We were the ‘ME’ generation of their…
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Give God Something to Work With
The process of going from single to happily engaged, and then walking down the aisle, can provoke a series of emotional highs and lows. It will require you to acknowledge whether you’re prepared to leave the peace and tranquility of single life to the oneness and complexities that come with partnership. Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT) tells…
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Don’t Forget What You Look Like
James 1:19-24 The Message (MSG) 19-21 Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God,…
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When His Love Is No Longer There
[mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_image id=”306″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”left”] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col=”12″] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″ classes=” motopress-space”] [mp_space margin=”none,20,none,none”] [/mp_span_inner] [/mp_row_inner] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col=”12″] Breaking up with a person that you’ve loved very deeply can be a difficult thing to bear, and some people encounter serious blows to their self-esteem as…
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Getting Back to Square One
In order to attract the type of love you deserve, you first must understand and know what love is. It’s more than warm fuzzies on a cold winter’s night. It is more than someone holding you close and whispering sweet nothings in your ear. These are lovely things of course, and they help to develop…
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Some Things You’ve Gotta Keep to Yourself!
Two weeks ago I was talking to a Sister-in-Christ who was very excited because she had recently met someone. She felt this man had all the ingredients for the making of a long term relationship. They met through mutual friends, and as it turned out, both share similar interests and desires for the future; including…
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Learning to Pace Yourself
A good friend of mine met a man through another mutual friend. They engaged in a little small talk, exchanged numbers, and he said that he would call her in a couple of days when he was back in town. True to his word, he phoned. They had a few really nice conversations and planned…
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Don’t Miss God’s Best
I was in the city, walking downtown this week, and as I was crossing a very busy intersection, I crossed paths with a young woman that was totally consumed with a conversation on her cell phone. With her headphones on, she seemed to be oblivious to everything going on around her. I stared in amazement…
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Train Yourself to Think New Thoughts
Ephesians 4:21-24(NLT) Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew thoughts and attitudes. 24 Put on your new nature, created to be like…
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It’s Time for Something Wonderful!
Embarking upon the union of marriage is one of the most foundational events of a person’s life. Most of us understand this, and it is the reason why we desire to be married. There’s nothing sweeter than intertwining our hopes and dreams with the life of another, and God wants this for us. Part of…