WES AND MARGARET

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WEAVER WEDDING

GOOD MORNING! I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TO THIS JOYOUS OCCASION ON BEHALF OF WES AND MARGARET AND THEIR FAMILIES!
WE HAVE BEEN INVITED HERE TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY WITH THEM AND TO BE A WITNESS OF THIS UNION AND TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR MARRIAGE.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS A SACRED CEREMONY AND COVENANT UNION AS GOD HAS DESIGNED IT SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE A PRAYER TO ASK FOR GODS BLESSING AND PRESENCE TO BE WITH US HERE TODAY. (PLEASE STAND)
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER - WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY AS WE OBSERVE THIS MARRIAGE UNION HERE THIS MORNING. WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THIS SERVICE THAT IT MAY BRING HONOR AND GLORY TO YOU AS WE CELEBRATE YOUR GIFT OF LOVE. WE REJOICE WITH WES AND MARGARET HERE THIS MORNING THAT YOU HAVE LEAD THEM TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS TO EACH OTHER BEFORE US HERE TODAY. WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR FIRST LOVING US AND FOR YOUR EXAMPLES OF LOVE THAT WE FIND IN YOUR WORD. DEAR LORD WE ASK THAT OUR TIME HERE WILL RENEW AND STRENGTHEN TRUE LOVE WITH YOU AND WITH EACH OTHER ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL AND DESIRE FOR US AS YOUR CHILDREN. IN JESUS NAME AMEN. ---------YOU MAY BE SEATED------
TO WES AND MARGARET - YOUR HERE! YOU HAVE MADE IT TO THIS DAY. SO JUST RELAX - ALL THE PLANNING AND DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO BRING YOU TO THIS PLACE AND TIME - SO ALLOW EVERYONE TAKE THEIR PLACE AND ALLOW THIS OCCASION TO UNFOLD SO YOU CAN REMEMBER IT AS A JOYOUS DAY WHEN YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES CAME TOGETHER TO BE PART OF YOUR SPECIAL DAY! SO RELAX AND ENJOY IT.
FOR DEVOTIONS I HAVE TITLED IT - MATH WITH GOD.
MATH IS A BIG PART OF MARRIAGE - IN GODS WORD - WE SEE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE THERE IS TO BE SOME ADDITION - SUBTRACTION - AND EVEN MULTIPLICATION.
1ST POINT I HAVE WHEN THINKING OF MARRIAGE AND MATH WITH GOD -
A STRONG, GOD HONORING MARRIAGE BEGINS WITH SOME ADDITION.
Genesis 2:18 “And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” GOD CREATED MAN INCOMPLETE - WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? AS WE CONTINUE READING WE FIND OUT WHY - SO HE COULD CREATE WOMAN TO BE ADDED TO MAN - TO PARTNER WITH HIM IN LIFE - TO ENHANCE HIS LIFE AND ALLOW HIM TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE ACCORDING TO THE PLAN AND DESIGN OF GOD.
2. THE MATH OF GOD IS SUPER HUMAN. GOD IS A MATH GENIUS AND WE SEE THAT IN Genesis 2:22 “And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.” GOD TAKING SOMETHING FROM MAN - HE SUBTRACTS PART OF MAN - AND ADDS A COMPLETELY NEW AND COMPLETE WIFE FOR ADAM. THIS IS WHY I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO DO MATH WITH GOD - WHEN WE GIVE HIM SOMETHING - OUR HEART OUR LOVE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE - AND TURN IT OVER TO HIM - HE CAN TAKE IT AND MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING MUCH BETTER AND BEAUTIFUL AND IT WILL AMOUNT TO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE STARTED WITH. THIS WOMAN I BELIEVE HAS TWO RIBS - SHE IS COMPLETE - THE MAN INCOMPLETE - HE IS MISSING A RIB BUT HAS GAINED A COMPLETE HELP MEET IN PLACE OF IT. SO IT IS TODAY - YOU BOTH ARE GAINING MORE THAN WHAT YOU GIVING UP.
3. A STRONG, GOD HONORING MARRIAGE REQUIRES SUBTRACTION. Genesis 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” WHEN WE WANT TO ADD A MAN AND WOMAN IN MARRIAGE ACCORDING TO GODS PLAN - HE REQUIRES A SUBTRACTION OF EACH ONE FROM THE FAMILY WHO RAISED THEM - MATH OF GOD REQUIRES A NEW INDEPENDENT UNION FROM THEIR FAMILIES - HOWEVER GOD DOES DESIRE THEM TO BE SEPARATE OR ALONE - WE FIND THIS CONCEPT IN LAST PART OF Ecclesiastes 4:12 and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” SHOWING US THAT WE ARE TO HELP EACH OTHER.
TO DEMONSTRATE THIS AND BRING US TO THE NEXT POINT - I HAVE AN OBJECT AND TOKEN OF THIS CONCEPT FOR WES AND MARGARET.
4TH - AND LAST POINT ON MATH OF MARRIAGE WITH GOD - ACCORDING TO GODS DESIGN AND PURPOSE AS WE SEE IT IN EXPLAINED IN Matthew 19:6 “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
THIS I HOW I WANT YOU TO PICTURE YOUR LIVES HERE THIS MORNING.
WES AND MARGARET: YOU ARE THE TWO CORDS COMING TOGETHER IN A COVENANT UNION WITH GOD REPRESENTED BY THE LIGHT CORD.
YOU COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND AND JOIN WITH GOD SO THAT FROM THIS POINT ON ( AT KNOT)- THE MATH WITH GOD CHANGES OUR VIEW - IT IS NO LONGER YOU AND ME OR HIS AND HERS OR YOURS AND MINE BUT EVERYTHING IS OURS - ONCE JOINED WITH GOD YOU CANNOT TELL WHICH OF THIS STRANDS IS WHICH - IT IS OUR LOVE AND OUR LIVES AND OUR POSSESSIONS OR EVEN BETTER TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING AS GODS AND ALLOW HIM TO HAVE POSSESSION OF EVERYTHING. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN SEE AND KNOW IN THIS 3- FOLD CORD IS WHO GOD IS AND THAT YOU ARE NOW JOINED IN ONE WITH HIM - AND CAN CLAIM THE PROMISE THAT WHAT GOD JOINS TOGETHER LET NO MAN SEPARATE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO - NOW IS THE TIME TO COMMIT TO JOINING A THREEFOLD UNION WITH GOD AS ONE FLESH - SO YOU CAN RECEIVE THE REWARD OF JOINING GOD WHO CONNECTS US TO THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD THAT WILL LIFT US UP TO HIM.
THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE:
SATAN IS INTO MATH AS WELL - HIS MATH IS DIVISION - HE MAY PORTRAY ADDITION - HE WILL WANT YOU TO JOIN WITH HIM AND YOURSELF AND CAUSE YOU TO FEEL THAT I AM DOING ALL THE SACRIFICING - MY LOVE IS MORE THAN THE OTHER OR I AM MISUNDERSTOOD - HIS GOAL IS TO DRIVE THAT WEDGE BETWEEN AND SEPARATE -” WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER”. HIS AGENDA IS TO UNRAVEL ANYTHING THAT IS INSTITUTED BY GOD OR PART OF GODS DESIGN AND PLAN.
TO BRING THIS TO A CLOSE - GOD IS BIG ON ADDITION AND MULTIPLICATION. HIS DESIGN IS FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS - MALE AND FEMALE TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A HOME - AS STATED IN OUR VERSE IN Matthew 19:6 “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
WE KNOW IT TAKES WORK: AS WE THINK OF THE MATH OF GOD MARRIAGE OF 2 BEING ADDED TOGETHER IN UNITY AS ONE FLESH - - I WANT TO END WITH AN ACROSTIC OF THE WORD TOGETHER - SOME POINTS ON WHAT HELPS US STAY TOGETHER.
TOGETHER -
T. - TURN TOWARDS GOD AND YOUR SPOUSE.
O. - OPEN YOUR HEART AND BE HONEST.
G. - GIVE GRACE TO YOUR PARTNER.
E. - ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER - DON'T BE NEGATIVE.
T. - TALK TO EACH OTHER + AND LISTEN AS EACH ONE SHARES THEIR JOYS+FEARS
H. - HELP EACH OTHER - MAKE IT A JOINT EFFORT - NOT HIS OR HER JOB.
E. - EMBRACE EACH OTHER -NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT IN PERSONALITY - AND ACCEPT EACH OTHERS DIFFERENCES AND TRY TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER.
R. - RETREAT TO CONNECT - STEP BACK AND RELAX AND HAVE FUN TOGETHER TO KEEP THE LOVE AND JOY OF BEING TOGETHER ALIVE.
WES AND MARGARET - AS YOU JOIN TOGETHER IN A COVENANT UNION WITH EACH OTHER AND GOD TODAY - I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO MATH WITH GOD - IF YOU DO - THEN HE WILL BE WITH YOU AND YOUR LOVE WITH GROW TOGETHER AS GOD HAS DESIGNED IT - GOD BLESS YOUR MARRIAGE!
AT THIS TIME WE WILL LOOK TO THE SONG LEADER FOR A SONG AND THEN TO THE OTHER BROTHERS AS THEY TAKE THEIR PLACE AS LISTED ON THE PROGRAM.
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