BE FREE
Many advantages to having a Jesus Worldview, including helping us believe in Jesus so we will "LIVE, EVEN AFTER DYING" (Jn 11:25 NL) or continuing to live in eternal life after our bodies die. Jesus quotes God when He criticizes people who "TEACH MAN-MADE IDEAS AS COMMANDS FROM GOD" (Mk 7:7 NL {Isa 29:13}). Having a Jesus Worldview will help in overcoming manmade teachings. When Jesus states "IF YOU OBEY MY TEACHING… YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE" (Jn 8:31-32 GN), He wants all of us to be free. Free from sin. Free from manmade teachings. Free from everything that conflicts with believing in Jesus. Be free and obey Jesus by following His Worldview .
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A Psalmist wrote: "Glorify Your name, not ours, O Lord! … Why let the nations say, "Their God is dead!" … Their gods are merely manmade things of silver and of gold." Ps 115:1-4 TL
MARRIAGE WORKSHOP MOMENT
Every week you are encouraged to have a weekly date night. It doesn't have to be something expensive. It can be a walk around the park or use a coupon for a buy 1 get 1 free hamburger or what ever you enjoy doing together to have fun. Very important that prior to your date night, maybe the night before, you have you weekly couples meeting. In your weekly couples meeting you use the Speaker Listener Technique(SLT). You start your weekly couples meeting by saying something about your partner that you appreciate or admire. And your spouse repeats it. Like, "I'm glad I married such a beautiful woman." And then she says, "You are glad you married a beautiful woman." After three statements, you share the floor and your spouse then makes three statements about what she appreciates about you. Then, if you have any issues, they are brought up and discussed using the SLT. And after all the issues are discussed, then still using the SLT you discuss what you will do on your date night. The purpose of the weekly couples meeting is to resolve any issues you have so you can enjoy your date night together without risking any unresolved issues being discussed. Also the weekly couples meeting gives you practice using the Speaker Listener Technique in the good times when you are both calm. Then, if during the week an issue comes up that you need to talk about immediately, you will be better prepared to use the SLT. REMEMBER TO HAVE A WEEKLY COUPLES MEETING PRIOR TO YOUR WEEKLY DATE NIGHT!
The Better Half "When your partner won't support your efforts to make your marriage better" Without your spouse's support to improve your marriage, you can still pray daily for God's will to be done in each of your lives and your marriage. Jesus said, "all things are possible with God", Mk 10:27 NI). Even without your spouse's cooperation you can try to schedule fun times together (suggest doing something your spouse likes to do). You can show love and kindness to your spouse. You can justify it by remembering that Jesus says "Love your neighbor" (Mk 12:31) or "Love your enemies" (Mt 5:44), which ever works best in your situation. When a spouse calls "time out", it is an opportunity for a couple to calm down before continuing the conversation at a later time (anywhere from an hour to no later than the next day) using the Speaker Listener Technique. Initially after calling time out it is an opportunity to take authority over the enemy and pray for the marriage. Example: "In the name of Jesus I command you demons to shut up and leave our marriage and not return" "Thank you God for helping our marriage be in Your will and guiding us in our relationship, in Jesus name, amen." When a spouse will not cooperate, you can still take authority over the enemy and pray for your marriage.
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