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#37: The Value Of Children
Psalm 128 One of the characteristics that distinguished the Jews from other people of the Bible was the value they placed on children. They had learned well Yahweh’s absolute prohibition of child sacrifice (Dt 12:31-32) and the importance he placed on teaching children to love and serve him (Dt 6:7-9). Jesus responded in anger to…
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#110: Relax A Little
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life. (Ecclesiastes 9:9) We just love when we take our Monday off so that we can both relax and just enjoy one another’s company. These days feel like holidays to us. We don’t have to plan our day. We don’t need…
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#108: Healing Marital Hurts
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you… forgiving one another. (Ephesians 4: 31-32) As we work through the forgiveness process in our relationship with our spouse, we can discover several significant issues. First, hurting our spouse also hurts God. God calls it sin when we say disrespectful or…
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#106: Faint Praise
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. (Proverbs 31:28) Isn’t it a great feeling to be praised for something you’ve done? There is hardly anything like it. We all love to get verbal “pats on the back” when we do something well. It’s part of how we…
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#104: Intimacy Is To Know Me
O Lord… you know me. (Psalm 139:1)The Psalmist in this passage is expressing the sheer wonder that God knows him and still loves him. He marvels at how intricately God knows and understands his heart, mind, thoughts, and actions. Ephesians tells us that we are God’s workmanship, or handiwork, and that He has studied and…
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#102: To Beseech Another With Exhortation, Comfort & Care
I, therefore… beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called. (Ephesians 4:1) Caring entreaty (an earnest and humble request of what really matters) helps give purpose and passion to life. It’s easy to fall into the barrenness of a busy life, thus faithfully addressing the tyranny (cruel and oppressive) of…
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#100: Lifting Up Your Spouse As A Person Of Great Worth
He who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 14:11)It feels great to have someone – a friend, a business associate, or a family member – view you as a person of great worth. To have such a promise of exaltation from the Lord is tremendous. But to be valued as important by one’s spouse may…
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#99: “Dates”, Common Interests, In Other Good Times
I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. (John 15:15) Friendship requires commitment to spend time together, enjoying one another’s company and finding common interests. Without that commitment, the friendship will never develop any real depth. Very late in Christ’s earthly ministry, He…
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#96: Liberty From Fear And Obligation
Live as free men… live as servants of God. (1 Peter 2:16)Giving freedom in marriage means we allow our spouse to be different from us, to be unique. Freedom means not dwelling on past hurts. It means not being fearful about the future, but being committed to living in the present. Freedom means learning to…
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#92: Harmony Based On Knowing Another
And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)Many couples live with conflict and emotional discord. We need to earnestly pray that the Prince of Peace would rule and reign in our household. Let us desire that our marriage and our family to reflect the beauty of…
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