Sisters!
So much is happening in our lives! So many of us waiting patiently
for the Lord. Let's keep pressing on like the sick bleeding woman,
desperate for and dependent on Him. Just as she pressed on through the
crowd, you can press on through the negatives, the impossibles, the
heartbreaks and grab a hold of the Lord's hand. Years of suffering
gone, in just one moment.
Whatever heavy loads
you are carrying, pour out your heart and burdens on Him. And know
that you are just a touch away from His healing and comfort. Love you!
-Ai
Mark 5 - A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25
And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve
years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors
and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and
touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes,
I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in
her body that she was freed from her suffering.
30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the
woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and,
trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her,
“Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your
suffering.”
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A Slave for Love
ARE YOU A SLAVE FOR LOVE?
I remember the dating phase of my life very fondly. You meet. You go out. You talk. You have fun. You think to yourself, "Man, this guy sure is swell! I love spending time with him. He makes ME laugh. He buys ME flowers. He makes ME feel special....." Then you get married and you might hear something like, "Why am I always picking up HIS socks? Why do I have to put away HIS laundry? Why can't HE make HIS lunch?" (I can almost hear you giggling right now! You know we have all thought this at some point in our marriage!)
It's funny how we sometimes forget why God created marriage when we get married! Teamwork! You have weaknesses. He has weaknesses. You have strengths. He has strengths. When you unite, your combined strengths are so strong that it makes the impact of your weaknesses almost negligible! Think back to algebra, if the positives are greater than the negatives, you move FORWARD in a positive direction and leave the negatives in the dust! You will go further TOGETHER than you would INDIVIDUALLY. Your marriage becomes a POWERHOUSE!
There's a reason YOU pick up HIS socks. It's YOUR strength! And it also helps your husband out! There's a truth I learned not too long ago that our husbands are OVER-WORKED, OVER-STRESSED AND UNDER-SERVED. And that's exactly how the devil wants it. In football, if the opposing team can take away the key players' impact, they win the game. Your husband is a key player and leader in your family. When men are exhausted, they can't be the ultimate men, husbands, and fathers they are destined to be.
Matthew 20:26-28... whoever wants to become GREAT among you must be your SERVANT, and whoever wants to be FIRST must be your SLAVE— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to GIVE HIS LIFE as a ransom for many.”
These verses say it all. Want a GREAT marriage? SERVE! Want your marriage to SHINE? SLAVE for it. I love that Jesus used "slave" to drills this into us. It reminds us that we will need to do things we don't want to do. Then He says that's not enough. You must give it your all...YOUR LIFE! Wow!! Here's a person I love. I'm not only going to give him my love, devotion, and service. I give him MY LIFE! Whew! Digest that!
Lord, thank you for revealing such powerful truths and wisdom through Your Word. I am realizing that it's going to take more than what I am equipped with to make this happen. On my own, I get can get exhausted serving. I even grumble at times. I need Your love, strength and Spirit to offer my husband what You have called me to offer. Help me to recognize the areas in his life that need replenishment and let me come to his relief. Revive him. Revive me. Revive our marriage. We will give you the credit and glory! In Jesus' name. Amen!
I remember the dating phase of my life very fondly. You meet. You go out. You talk. You have fun. You think to yourself, "Man, this guy sure is swell! I love spending time with him. He makes ME laugh. He buys ME flowers. He makes ME feel special....." Then you get married and you might hear something like, "Why am I always picking up HIS socks? Why do I have to put away HIS laundry? Why can't HE make HIS lunch?" (I can almost hear you giggling right now! You know we have all thought this at some point in our marriage!)
It's funny how we sometimes forget why God created marriage when we get married! Teamwork! You have weaknesses. He has weaknesses. You have strengths. He has strengths. When you unite, your combined strengths are so strong that it makes the impact of your weaknesses almost negligible! Think back to algebra, if the positives are greater than the negatives, you move FORWARD in a positive direction and leave the negatives in the dust! You will go further TOGETHER than you would INDIVIDUALLY. Your marriage becomes a POWERHOUSE!
There's a reason YOU pick up HIS socks. It's YOUR strength! And it also helps your husband out! There's a truth I learned not too long ago that our husbands are OVER-WORKED, OVER-STRESSED AND UNDER-SERVED. And that's exactly how the devil wants it. In football, if the opposing team can take away the key players' impact, they win the game. Your husband is a key player and leader in your family. When men are exhausted, they can't be the ultimate men, husbands, and fathers they are destined to be.
Matthew 20:26-28... whoever wants to become GREAT among you must be your SERVANT, and whoever wants to be FIRST must be your SLAVE— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to GIVE HIS LIFE as a ransom for many.”
These verses say it all. Want a GREAT marriage? SERVE! Want your marriage to SHINE? SLAVE for it. I love that Jesus used "slave" to drills this into us. It reminds us that we will need to do things we don't want to do. Then He says that's not enough. You must give it your all...YOUR LIFE! Wow!! Here's a person I love. I'm not only going to give him my love, devotion, and service. I give him MY LIFE! Whew! Digest that!
Lord, thank you for revealing such powerful truths and wisdom through Your Word. I am realizing that it's going to take more than what I am equipped with to make this happen. On my own, I get can get exhausted serving. I even grumble at times. I need Your love, strength and Spirit to offer my husband what You have called me to offer. Help me to recognize the areas in his life that need replenishment and let me come to his relief. Revive him. Revive me. Revive our marriage. We will give you the credit and glory! In Jesus' name. Amen!
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