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Marriage Maintenance
United States
Приєднався 28 лют 2016
OUR MISSION: Purposefully giving "Marriage Matters" Priority because MARRIAGE MATTERS
We are Pastors Bill and Jennifer Craft, affiliate staff with Family Life. Early on in our marriage we learned the importance of purposefully investing in our marriage so that it continued to thrive and grow. We liken the analogy of car maintenance to marriage maintenance. If we don’t get tune ups on our car, rotate the tires, change the oil and fill it up with gas, our car will eventually quit working. Marriage Maintenance is the same way. God gives us the blueprint for marriage in His Word and provides us with all the necessary tools to not just maintain a healthy marriage but to have marriages that are Heaven on Earth...reflecting the God kind of love. We share the God-given tools that we have sought after, use and continue to grow in, with seriously dating, engaged & married couples. We purposefully give “Marriage Matters” Priority because our marriage matters: YOUR MARRIAGE MATTERS.
We are Pastors Bill and Jennifer Craft, affiliate staff with Family Life. Early on in our marriage we learned the importance of purposefully investing in our marriage so that it continued to thrive and grow. We liken the analogy of car maintenance to marriage maintenance. If we don’t get tune ups on our car, rotate the tires, change the oil and fill it up with gas, our car will eventually quit working. Marriage Maintenance is the same way. God gives us the blueprint for marriage in His Word and provides us with all the necessary tools to not just maintain a healthy marriage but to have marriages that are Heaven on Earth...reflecting the God kind of love. We share the God-given tools that we have sought after, use and continue to grow in, with seriously dating, engaged & married couples. We purposefully give “Marriage Matters” Priority because our marriage matters: YOUR MARRIAGE MATTERS.
Building Blocks of Faith part 7 Conclusion
Building Blocks of Faith PART 7….CONCLUSION
Galatians 5:6 Faith works by love
Love has to be the motivating force behind our faith.
It’s love based on the God kind of love called agape love which is a decision or a choice that we make.
It’s a choice that we are enabled to make when we are in relationship with Jesus. His love in us, equips us to choose and act on agape love.
Faith cannot work in an unforgiving heart.
Forgive quickly and your can faith grow.
It starts with having the God kind of faith,
and boldly saying
-what He says about who I am,
-what i have in Christ and
-what i can do with what i have in Christ
FAITH CONFESSION
-I believe what God says
-I will receive what God says
-I take what God says
-I have what God says
-I thank God for what His Word says
-and finally I FORGIVE.
Galatians 5:6 Faith works by love
Love has to be the motivating force behind our faith.
It’s love based on the God kind of love called agape love which is a decision or a choice that we make.
It’s a choice that we are enabled to make when we are in relationship with Jesus. His love in us, equips us to choose and act on agape love.
Faith cannot work in an unforgiving heart.
Forgive quickly and your can faith grow.
It starts with having the God kind of faith,
and boldly saying
-what He says about who I am,
-what i have in Christ and
-what i can do with what i have in Christ
FAITH CONFESSION
-I believe what God says
-I will receive what God says
-I take what God says
-I have what God says
-I thank God for what His Word says
-and finally I FORGIVE.
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LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE The expectation list starts with you. LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE. The well being of a relationship is directly impacted by the well being of the two people in the relationship. RELATIONSHIP GOALS: Finding the “RIGHT” One means Becoming the “RIGHT” One. ➡️Get rid of your expectations “list”...focus on strengthening, healing and maturing your individual well being. LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE ➡️Healthy expectations and standards begin with your own standards, boundaries, morals and character. LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE ➡️Know your “no”. What are your non-negotiables? That should stem from what a person of faith looks to for his/her non negotiables: JESUS. Look at your “fruit”...what are you demonstrating? What kind of “fruit” is the person you are considering dating displaying? LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE ➡️Remain coachable and teachable. Are you pursuing a personal relationship with God? God isn’t looking for perfection; rather a heart surrendered to Him in order to enable you to be who He created you to be. That is a process. ➡️When looking to date someone, don’t look for perfection…look for a heart surrendered to God…LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE.
LOVE ISN’T A FEELING ❤️LOVE as a feeling takes the effort, responsibility and intentionality out of the INTENTIONAL DATING equation. ❤️LOVE is an action. It’s based on a choice… a decision and act of the will ✨IT IS putting in the effort necessary to get to know someone. ✨IT IS taking responsibility for one’s words, actions, decisions and choosing self-control. ✨IT IS intentionally protecting, preserving and respecting the dignity, boundaries and heart of the one you are dating. ❤️The most IMPORTANT ISSUE in a dating relationship is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. ✨You can only give the God kind of love when God, who IS LOVE, resides in your heart. ❤️Don’t have a relationship with Jesus? ✨Read Romans 10:9-10…believe and receive Jesus and the God kind of love today.
Why does this sermon sound like Jimmy Evans sermons?... Even the four laws of love??... 🤔
That's correct this material (4 Foundational Laws of Marriage) IS indeed from Pastor Jimmy Evans. We trained under him in 2015 to become certified facilitators of his "Marriage On The Rock" series...this teaching is from that series.
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