Rejoice Marriage Ministries published some touching testimonies from women and men who are trusting Christ to heal their marriages. http://rejoiceministries.org/mothersday.php
Archives for May 2012
This Momentary Marriage
May 10, 2012 by
Desiring God produced this short documentary about the love story between Ian and Larissa Murphy.
Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically; it is mainly about displaying the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his church. Knowing Christ is more important than making a living. Treasuring Christ is more important than bearing children. Being united to Christ by faith is a greater source of marital success than perfect sex and double-income prosperity.
If we make secondary things primary, they cease to be secondary and become idolatrous. They have their place. But they are not first, and they are not guaranteed. Life is precarious, and even if it is long by human standards, it is short. “What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes” (James 4:14). “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring” (Prov. 27:1).
So it is with marriage. It is a momentary gift. It may last a lifetime, or it may be snatched away on the honeymoon. Either way, it is short. It may have many bright days, or it may be covered with clouds. If we make secondary things primary, we will be embittered at the sorrows we must face. But if we set our face to make of marriage mainly what God designed it to be, no sorrows and no calamities can stand in our way. Every one of them will be, not an obstacle to success, but a way to succeed. The beauty of the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his church shines brightest when nothing but Christ can sustain it.
—John Piper, This Momentary Marriage (Crossway, 2009), p. 178.
Visit Ian and Larissa’s blog here.
He’s greater than you
May 2, 2012 by
John 4:4 “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
Not only is Christ greater than the world around us, He is greater than ourselves in our weakness. He is building a new person inside of us; a new person and yes a new personality.
So as we stumble at times in our lives with broken relationships and job (or lack thereof) pressures, the wilderness journey will be fraught with impossible battles only the Lord can solve. If you are saved in Christ, you have the Holy Spirit of God living inside of you. Invite him to take over, don’t listen to the old voices of failure, for the Lord can and will do great things for others through you. For “Philippians 1:6: being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
