Place of Spirituality in Marriage
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TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE- GENESIS 2:18, ECCLESIASTES 4:9-11
TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE- GENESIS 2:18, ECCLESIASTES 4:9-11
18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
9 Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone?
30 How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had surrendered them?
There is a miracle of God that takes place through marriage especially a marriage that is conducted by the hand of the Lord under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
It just ushers your life into a better dimension. It is not good for man to be alone. It must be clear to you that loneliness is a curse.
Being alone can only be a blessing when you are alone with God in intimacy, prayer, study of the word and worship.
God said: “It is not good that man should be alone, I will give him a help that is suitable for him...” May your life be surrounded with suitable helps in the name of Jesus Christ.
Marriage is a “better than” miracle from God. It is better because the Bible says, “one will chase a thousand, two will chase ten thousand.” If one chases one thousand on his/her own, and then the other chases another one thousand on his/her own, the result is minimal but if they combine efforts together, then together, as the bible says, they will chase 10,000! That means their strength will be multiplied by coming together.
It is a miracle of God. And if you have not activated that miracle in your life as a married person, I want you to do that today. You must be better in marriage. The product of your life should be something better and stronger.
1.The first thing is that you must work at your becoming one with your spouse.
2. Two will be better than one when you start becoming one. Two will not be better than one when the two are still functioning as individual entities on their own.
3. In some marriages, the couples are like that. They run their lives independent of each other.
4. They bear the same name but have different visions. Some live in the same house but each person is doing his own thing. They are not really one. ~ Strengthing your of Companisonship.
Sharing Dreams and Revelations. God ways of comunication . / Impression , should never be afaraid to share your impression , that is why family must maintain culture of spirit coummnication. God will never live us blind sided , the major probelm is we are not senstive to hear or follow.
1 sam 25: David and the Wife of Nabal
2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel, and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb. 4 When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
19 And she said to her servants, “Go on before me; see, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
24 So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant. 25 Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
Praying in the Spirit: You can avert issue in the spirit by just praying more in the spirit ,
Communication. No body will believe in your spouce like you. we speak life to us.
6 Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.
29 Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
The preist supossed to be the place of teaching in the house. The church is not design to teach children the way .. the Father . the problem is church has taken the place of instruction .
Forgiveness Atomsphere .. Unforgivness will sap Joy and Salvation comes.
Forgiveness is a funstion of spiritual understanding…
Church/ Comminite to each other ministry. Either you of you will have more direction in ministry than the other , brother Mike .. Train dramar.. Don’t say is my husdand only .. New system in RHN husband and wife we do task togther .
A Spirit-filled couple will have a godly marriage that will result in a powerful ministry for the Lord. Their marriage would exemplify, or picture, the love of Christ for the Church. Paul mentioned to the church in Rome that Aquila and Priscilla put their necks on the line for the Apostle Paul (Rom. 16:4). What do you want your home to know for .
4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Since this couple risked their lives for Paul, I am certain Aquila would have laid down his life for his wife. Paul writes: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her” (Eph. 5:25).
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
The Lord Jesus in the Upper Room discourse states: “This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you” (John 15:12-14).
Lessons from the Lives of Aquila and Priscilla
There are at least three lessons we can learn from the life of this godly couple who wanted their lives to be used in the service of the Lord. First, they understood the providential workings of God in their lives. Second, they experienced togetherness, some have suggested it should be “two-getherness” in their marriage. And finally, they put God first in their lives.
God’s Providence in the Lives of Aquila and Priscilla
Let’s look at how the big picture may have taken shape. Perhaps we have a nice Jewish boy from Pontus who goes to Rome. He meets a nice aristocratic Gentile or Christian woman and they get married and begin to establish their lives together in Rome. Along comes Emperor Claudius and expels them from Rome so they lost their home and their business. In events like this, most people would have gotten bent out of shape by these events, but our couple may have considered that they still had each other, and that God, in His providence, may have moved them to Corinth where they met, ministered to, and eventually worked closely with the Apostle Paul in strategic missionary endeavors. Can anybody see the Hand of God here?
Nothing happens in our life by chance. We want to understand the “big picture” of our lives because God has put eternity in our hearts. We want to know the end from the beginning (Eccl. 3:11). But we don’t understand the “big picture” because we are frail, sinful, finite human beings, thus Solomon said to enjoy life, for it is a gift from God (Eccl. 2:24; 3:12-13,22; 5:18-20; 8:15; 9:7-9). So as believers in the Lord Jesus, we must trust the Lord that He is sovereign and in control of every detail of our life. He is leading us by His Word and His providence in order that we might be conformed to the image of His Son (Rom. 8:18-30).
Nothing happens in our lives by chance. God had a purpose in the expulsion from Rome for Aquila and Pricilla.
The Two-getherness of Aquila and Priscilla
When Aquila and Priscilla are mentioned in scripture, they are always mentioned together, never separately. They appeared to be inseparable. Someone once said that “togetherness is a multifaceted thing that involves every dimension of our lives. There is emotional intimacy (the depth sharing of significant feelings), intellectual intimacy (the sharing in the world of ideas), aesthetic intimacy (the depth sharing of experiences of beauty), creative intimacy (the sharing of acts of creativity), recreational intimacy (sharing activities and fun times), work intimacy (sharing in common tasks), crisis intimacy (standing together against the buffeting of life), spiritual intimacy (the sharing of ultimate concerns), and sexual intimacy. True togetherness comes as we experience intimacy in each of these areas” (cited in Harbour 1979:121).
As we examine these nine aspects of intimacy, it can be observed from the limited information recorded in the Scriptures that Aquila and Priscilla experienced at least four of them. The first, spiritual intimacy is seen in the fact that their lives centered on the Lord and His Church. They opened their home up to the local church and they entertained traveling preachers. Second, work intimacy is seen in their tent-making together. Apparently this was a family business that they were both involved in. Third, instructing Apollos shows their intellectual intimacy. They both knew the Scriptures well and they wanted to share them with others. Finally, putting their life on the line for Paul’s sake and moving for the sake of the gospel showed their crisis intimacy. I am sure if Scripture had recorded more of the lives of these two saints, we would have seen more intimacy in their two-getherness.
Aquila and Priscilla put the Lord first in their lives
When the Lord Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount, He said “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things [food, clothing and drink] shall be added to you” (Matt. 6:33). The Apostle Paul describes Aquila and Priscilla as “fellow workers in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 16:3). We have seen that this couple was missions minded, they opened their home so that the believers could gather to remember the Lord, pray, and have fellowship as they were instructed in the Word of God (cf. Acts 2:42). They also were engaged in “secular” employment so that they were not a financial burden on the churches. Yet God blessed them with a very successful business so they could show hospitality to the saints by inviting the church in their home. For a detailed discussion of hospitality in the church, see Strauch 1993.
May there be an increase in the church of couples like Aquila and Priscilla who have a godly marriage for ministry.
. Living Under AGAPE.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Marriage that last a lifetime must be built on Solid foundation that will not rot , erode or wear away over time. A successful , happy and fruitful marital relationship must be founded on principles that are permanent not temporary : forged from things that last .
Physical , sex, finances , possessions ,
- Love is an ongoing debt..
Love based on Agape is roleless, bec is based on uncondinational , sacrificial , and without fixed expectations of each other.