Being Married: the “One Thing”… One of the questions, I was asked yesterday was “what is that One Thing that you’ll recommend for a great marriage?” – in the context of our conversation, I replied “concentrate on Vertical intimacy/relationship and every Horizontal relationships would fall in line”. Love is an essential ingredient for any relationship, […]
Being Married You will NOT get too far, If you chose to see your wife or husband for who they are – sinful natured human with faults (even with good intentions). You will however, get very far – when or If you chose to see that spouse and his/her faults through (written Word and leading […]
Being Married: When Love is truly Blind? 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV) – “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins”. 1 Corinth. 13: 5 (NIV) – “love…does not keep a record of wrongs”. The old victorian adage says “love is blind”, that adage is not talking about the physical […]
Being Married: Can we Marry the Wrong Person? Too frequently for my liken, I hear “Christians” say they Married the wrong person, typically as an excuse to get out of a marriage. The only wrong person we can marry an unbeliever (when we are unequally yoked). When we are equally yoked (or when we marry […]
Being Married: Why is it difficult for you to say Sorry and to Forgive your spouse? A: Pride based on….culture, wrong teaching, wrong homies, emotion etc. B: don’t want to be Vulnerable C: it’s 80% his/her fault, so he/she should Go First D: all of the above Now think: WDJD – What did Jesus do? […]
Being Married: Since your spouse is a human being with a sinful nature (inherited), living in a fallen sinful world and influenced (nature and nurture) by both, he/she will have habits and/or attitudes that drives you “really” nuts. So, the issue is not whether married couples would get on each other’s nerves (see 1 Corinth. […]
