A few thoughts as the day winds down…
- International travel REALLY screws me up…wow…pretty much been on fumes the entire day.
- BUT…every service today was awesome I felt…every crowd seemed pumped up and eager to both worship and receive God’s Word!
- Marriage is WORTH fighting for!
- Marriage was God’s idea…and since HE is the expert we should constantly seek to submit to the Scriptures…trust me, we CAN’T go by obeying Him!
- Marriage is not our opportunity to be served but rather to serve! (More on this in two weeks!)
- YES, I did say that I want the married couples in our church to have regular and awesome sex lives!!! If the sex is awesome INSIDE the marriage then people are less likely to look for it OUTSIDE of the marriage!
- Once again, I was tough on the single guys…dudes, it is because I love you and desperately want you to continually surrender to Jesus and view women as God views them!
- Oh yeah…get a job!
- Single ladies, I did challenge you today…only because I love you! Having a daughter really has messed me up in a good way…I want the best for her, and I want the best for you as well! Ephesians 3:20 should be your standard for a man!
- Once again, the challenge I left with married people is for us to pray this prayer all week long, “Jesus, show me what I need to do in order to fight for my marriage!”
- In other words…we should ask God for insight as to what we need to change rather than focusing on what we believe our spouse needs to change!
- If two people are passionately pursuing Jesus they will not pursue divorce…this is why putting Him first in EVERY area of our lives is SO important!
- Singles, I was SERIOUS with the challenge I left you with today…find a godly married couple and ask them to dinner…ask them questions about marriage and take a lot of notes!
- I believe the Lord is going to do an awesome work over the next two weeks…praying that there is MUCH healing in marriages that are seemingly hanging on by a thread!
- God is SO MUCH BIGGER than any problem that seems to be coming at your marriage!
- BTW…the enemy WANTS your marriage…he’s convinced the single people that marriage will solve all their problems and convinced the married people that divorce will solve all their problems!
- Looking forward to next Sunday already…and the next! :-)
- Unleash is SOLD OUT…WOW! Can’t wait…it’s gonna be awesome!
About to go to bed now…still trying to wrap my mind around all Jesus was speaking to me about while I was in Kenya! He REALLY changed me (and is continuing to change me) as a result of that trip…GREAT THINGS are in store for us here at NewSpring Church…can’t wait to share with our church what I believe is about to happen!!!