Recipe for Marriage
I went to a webinar this weekend that was a refressher course based on a book and teaching series my husband and I completed many years ago called "Marriage on the Rock" by Jimmie Evans. Afterwards, I realized that we have not talked about marriage..
So in celebration of Valentines day this week, I want to share with you some tips and tricks you can learn and practice (remember we talked last week about our lives being a practice field) that can help you strengthen and improve your marriage.
Let me begin by saying, emotions do not make a marriage but they can break it.
I know that sounds obvious but it is also ignored in the heat of battle. With the national divorce rate being just as high among Christians as it is among non-Christians this bears repeating.
Emotions are not strong enough to carry your marriage over a life time but they can destroy it.
There are only two things that make up the foundation of a good marriage and neither of them have anything to do with how you feel.
The number one ingredient in the foundation of a good marriage is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Do not look at your spouse and criticize their relationship (or lack there of) with Jesus. This is the one time in marriage where your eyes should be focused on you. Are you right with God? Do you read your Bible every day? Do you live daily with Jesus in the pilot seat?
In order for your marriage to succeed, you have to be rooted and grounded in Christ.
The number two ingredient of a strong healthy marriage is your commitment. You have to make the decision to love your spouse second only to Jesus no matter what. I like the way my Pastor at church puts it, "Marriage is a room with no doors."
There can be no back up plan for your marriage.
The foundation of a strong healthy marriage is found in the two commandments given to us by Jesus.
And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandement. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.
Matt. 22:37-38 Amplified
Yes, your spouse is your neighbor. You live along side each other so that technically makes you 'neighbors.'
Love God first and your spouse second.
Heidirn
To get more information about the book "Marriage on the Rock" and other resources on marriage, go to http://www.marriagetoday.com/
So in celebration of Valentines day this week, I want to share with you some tips and tricks you can learn and practice (remember we talked last week about our lives being a practice field) that can help you strengthen and improve your marriage.
Let me begin by saying, emotions do not make a marriage but they can break it.
I know that sounds obvious but it is also ignored in the heat of battle. With the national divorce rate being just as high among Christians as it is among non-Christians this bears repeating.
Emotions are not strong enough to carry your marriage over a life time but they can destroy it.
There are only two things that make up the foundation of a good marriage and neither of them have anything to do with how you feel.
The number one ingredient in the foundation of a good marriage is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Do not look at your spouse and criticize their relationship (or lack there of) with Jesus. This is the one time in marriage where your eyes should be focused on you. Are you right with God? Do you read your Bible every day? Do you live daily with Jesus in the pilot seat?
In order for your marriage to succeed, you have to be rooted and grounded in Christ.
The number two ingredient of a strong healthy marriage is your commitment. You have to make the decision to love your spouse second only to Jesus no matter what. I like the way my Pastor at church puts it, "Marriage is a room with no doors."
There can be no back up plan for your marriage.
The foundation of a strong healthy marriage is found in the two commandments given to us by Jesus.
And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandement. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself.
Matt. 22:37-38 Amplified
Yes, your spouse is your neighbor. You live along side each other so that technically makes you 'neighbors.'
Love God first and your spouse second.
Heidirn
To get more information about the book "Marriage on the Rock" and other resources on marriage, go to http://www.marriagetoday.com/
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