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SESSION 3-HAPPILY EVER AFTER

GOALS

MARRIAGE IS GOOD & A TREASURE

“He who finds a wife finds a treasure and receives favor from the Lord.” PROVERBS 18:22

“‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’ MARK 10:7-9

·HAPPILY EVERY AFTER ISN’T A DESTINATION, IT’S A JOURNEY

JUST AS ABRAHAM & SARAI HAD A PROMISE, WE HAVE A PROMISE

THAT MARRIAGE IS A TREASURE, GOOD, & SHOULD NOT BE SEPARATED

NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY-MUCH LIKE WHAT CAME AB & SARAI’S WAY

GIVE TOOLS TO WORK THRU LIFES UN-FORSEEN DIFFICULTIES

IMPORTANCE OF A PRAYER LIFE TOGETHER

FRAZIER, KUSS, MOORE VIDEO....

WE JUST WATCHED THESE 3 COUPLES WALK THROUGH REALLY TOUGH SEASONS OF THEIR LIVES

THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR OR EXPECTED

WE SAW THEIR FAITH INCREASE & THEY GROW CLOSER TOGETHER

THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE

THIS TEACHING HAS BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT ONE

EVERY PERSON HAS TO HAVE THEIR RELATIONSHIP W/ CHRIST

NEEDS TO FORGET THE FORMER THINGS

NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE

NAVIGATE THROUGH INTIMACY

BUT EACH COUPLES JOURNEY IS UNIQUE & WE ALL FACE TROUBLES OF SOME SORT, BUT THOSE TROUBLES HAVE MANY DIFFERENT NAMES

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MARRIAGE CEREMONY BETWEEN SCRIPTURES

PROVERBS 18:22 (NLT) THE MAN WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS A TREASURE & HE RECEIVES FAVOR FROM THE LORD.

Mark 10:7–9 (NIV)

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

WITH

JOHN 16:33 ““I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.””

ON OUR WEDDING DAY THE 1ST 2 SCRIPTURES ARE EASY TO BELIEVE AS GOD’S PROMISES

WE ARE GETTING MARRIED-WE HAVE ARRIVED AT HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

BUT WHAT DO WE DO W/ THESE SCRIPTURES WHEN TROUBLE COMES?

HOW CAN WE LIVE IN PEACE, TAKING HEART & AS AN OVERCOMER THAT JOHN TALKS ABOUT OUT AS WE FACE TROUBLES

& COME OUT STRONGER LIKE TEAM KUSS, FRAZIER & MOORE DID?

WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE STORY OF TEAM ABRAHAM TO LOOK AT THE VALUE OF HOLDING ON TO A PROMISE

THE PROMISE THAT WE CAN HAVE PEACE AMIDST TROUBLES & THAT MARRIAGE IS A TREASURE

Genesis 12:1–5 (NIV)

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

“I will make you into a great nation,

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you.”

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him;

AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO JUMP TO GENESIS 21

Genesis 21:1–5 (NIV)

Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

THIS IS AWESOME, GOD PROMISED ABRHAM THAT HE WOULD BE MAKE A GREAT NATION & HE DELIVERED!

NOT SURE IF YOU CAUGHT THE AGES OF ABRAM IN EACH OF THESE 2 PASSAGES

THE FIRST PASSAGE WHEN THE PROMISE WAS GIVEN WAS WHEN ABRHAM WAS 75

& ABRAHAM RECEIVED HIS PROMISED CHILD WHEN HE WAS 100

25 YEARS FROM THE TIME HE WAS GIVEN A PROMISE UNTIL HE SAW THE PHYSICAL PROMISE

WHAT DID THOSE 25 YEARS LOOK LIKE

WE SEE GOD SPEAK TO ABRAM A 2ND TIME & ABRAM QUESTION WHO WOULD BE HIS HEIR SINCE HE WAS CHILDLESS

GOD TELLS HIM AGAIN THAT HIS OFFSPRING WILL BE UNCOUNTABLE & ABRAM BELIEVED THE LORD & IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS

TWICE NOW GOD HAS TOLD ABRAM THAT HE WILL BE BLESSED

BUT STILL ABRAM & SARAI HAVE NOT HAD A CHILD

SO SARAI & ABRAM TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS

SARAI GIVES ABRAM HER SERVANT TO BE HIS WIFE & HAVE A CHILD

AS CRAZY AS THIS SOUNDS & RED FLAGS ARE RAGING, ABRAM & SARAI THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, THEN...

HAGAR BECOMES PREGNANT & BEGINS TO TREAT SARAI AS INFERIOR

SARAI IS UPSET & TELLS ABRAHAM THIS IS HIS FAULT

ABRAHAM SAYS SHE IS YOUR SERVANT, DO AS YOU PLEASE

SARAI MISTREATS HAGAR & SHE RUNS AWAY

HAGAR ENCOUNTERS GOD & HE COMFORTS HER & SENDS HER BACK TO SARAI TO SUBMIT TO SARAI

HAGAR HAS ISHMAEL WHEN ABRAM IS 86 YEARS OLD-11 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL PROMISE

& ABRAM HAS A SON W/ SARAI’S SLAVE

GOD SPEAKS TO ABRAM THE 3RD TIME WHEN ABRAM IS 99 YEARS OLD-24 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL PROMISE

ABRAM & SARAI ARE RE-NAMED BY GOD ABRAHAM & SARAH

THIS TIME THEY ARE GIVEN A TIME-FRAME

BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR SARAH WILL HAVE A SON

ABRAHAM CAN’T COMPREHEND THIS, IT’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE TO HIM, HE EVEN SAYS IF ONLY ISHMAEL MAY LIVE UNDER THE BLESSING

BUT GOD HAD GIVEN A PROMISE OF AN HEIR & HE WAS GETTING READY TO DELIVER

IN HIS TIME

IN HIS WAY

SARAH HAS THIS SON WHEN ABRAHAM IS 100 YEARS OLD-25 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL PROMISE

WHEN WE READ THE FIRST PART OF THIS STORY & THE LAST, IT IS WOW, GOD DELIVERED

AND HE DID-25 YEARS LATER

25 YEARS!

WE SEE GOD APPEAR & SPEAK 3 TIMES TO ABRAHAM OVER THE COURSE OF 24 YEARS

BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABRAHAM & SARAH’S DAILY LIFE BETWEEN THOSE 3 MOUNTAIN-TOP EXPERIENCES LOOKED LIKE?

PROBABLY NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WE WOULD BE, AFTER ALL HE IS FATHER ABRAHAM

AS MARRIED MEN & WOMEN WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME PROMISES MUCH LIKE TEAM ABRAHAM

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE PROMISE THAT MARRIAGE IS A TREASURE, WE ARE ONE FLESH & NO ONE, OR NO THING SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SEPARATE

BUT WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THE LIFE WE ARE LIVING DOES NOT FEEL LIKE WE ARE LIVING THE PROMISES GOD HAS GIVEN US

THE ANSWER MAY SEEM SO SIMPLE-TRUST IN THE PROMISE & THE PROMISER

SIMPLE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY

LETS LOOK HOW THIS LOOKS PRACTICALLY

OUR MARRIAGE STORY

HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS,

MARRIED 2 YEARS AFTER HS,

STARTED A BUSINESS &

HAD OUR FIRST CHILD BEFORE 2 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

LIFE BEGAN ROLLING REALLY QUICK

WE HAD NO PLAN-OTHER THAN WE WERE MARRIED & LIFE WAS GOING TO BE PERFECT

AMANDA-

MARRIAGE HAD BEEN A DEEP DESIRE FOR ME FOR A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE WE SAID I DO

SO ONCE THE PLAN TO MARRY WAS IN MOTION, I THOUGHT LIFE WAS HEADED FOR PERFECTION

I JUMPED IN PLANNING THE PERFECT WEDDING & FUN HONEYMOON TRIP TO NIAGRA FALLS.

I WANTED THEM TO BE PERFECT.

NOW REMEMBER WE DIDN’T PLAN HOW OUR MARRIAGE WOULD BE AWESOME-B/C WE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A GIVEN

BUT I PUT TONS OF ENERGY ON THE WEDDING DAY & HONEYMOON

I CALLED TRIPLE A AND THEY MAILED US A MAP THAT GAVE US THE STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS TO & FROM OUR HONEYMOON DESTINATION. WITHOUT THIS MAP WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST, WE DIDN’T HAVE SMARTPHONES, WE HAD TO RELY ON THAT MAP.

NOT TOO FAR INTO OUR VOYAGE WE GOT OFF THE MAP W/O REALIZING IT & WHEN WE MADE THE DISCOVERY WE WERE OFF THE PATH, WE HAD TO FIND OUR WAY BACK TO THE BEST ROUTE. IT COST US A COUPLE HOURS, BUT THANKFULLY WE HAD THE MAP THAT GOT US BACK ON TRACK.

THIS MAP WAS OUR TRUE NORTH-AN ESTABLISHED POINT OF DIRECTION

KEPT US ON TRACK

WHAT IS A TRUE NORTH?

True North is - your fixed point in a spinning world

THE ONE POINT IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEVER MOVES, ITS AN ESTABLISHED, STATIONARY POSITION THAT YOU CAN REFERENCE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE ON

KEEPS YOU TRACKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

FOR THE CHRISTIAN OUR TRUE NORTH SHOULD BE GOD, THE MAP-MAKER, THE DIRECTION CREATOR:

HIS WORD

HIS PRINCIPLES

AND HIS WAYS

WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, GOD QUICKLY BECAME OUR TRUE NORTH

GOD PLANTED US IN A LOCATION WHERE IT WAS JUST THE 2 OF US

WE BECAME HUNGRY FOR THE WORD & REALLY RELIED ON GOD FOR EVERYTHING

COLT HAD A DESIRE TO OWN HIS OWN BUSINESS

WE PRAYED FOR THIS & GOD PAVED THE WAY FOR THIS DESIRE TO BECOME A REALITY

2005 BUSINESS STARTED AND IT TOOK OFF

PRAYED FOR WISDOM, FAVOR AND TO BE A CHEERFUL GIVER

NEXT 5 YEARS

OUR BUSINESS GREW-ADDED MANY EMPLOYEES & RESPONSIBILITIES

A FOG OF DEPRESSION CAME OVER COLT

FEAR, ANXIETY & WORRY

MY FOCUS HAD SHIFTED

5 YEARS EARLIER GOD WAS MY TRUE NORTH

SLOWLY DURING THIS TIME, MY TRUE NORTH WAS SHIFTED

TRUE NORTH STORY

CRAZY STORY

I DID EXACTLY THAT

THIS WAS GRADUAL

BUT EVENTUALLY I FOUND MY SELF FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

I STILL WENT TO CHURCH, BUT THE PASSION & INTENSITY HAD SHIFTED FROM THE BUSINESS BEING A BLESSING TO AN IDOL

BUSINESS BECAME MY VEHICLE TO HAPPINESS

IF I LOST IT I LOST MY HAPPILY EVER AFTER

I WAS BOUNCED AROUND BY LIFE

ITS CIRCUMSTANCES

ITS PROBLEMS & TROUBLES

I WAS A PINBALL AND LIFE WAS THE MACHINE

MY LOWEST POINT

I FELT NO WAY OUT , UNTIL I LEFT THIS WORLD

TURNING POINT-ROB MENTIONED THIS AS WELL

THIS WAS ONE OF A FEW TURNING POINTS IN MY LIFE THAT BEGAN A JOURNEY BACK TO GOD.

I KNEW THE TRUTH THAT GOD WAS FOR ME

I KNEW MY FAMILY NEEDED ME

I BEGAN TO RE ENGAGE IN A JOURNEY BACK TO GOD

HE NEVER LEFT ME.

I DON’T WANT TO PAINT THE PICTURE THAT NOW I HAD A TURNING POINT, OUR LIFE AUTOMATICALLY FELT HAPPILY EVER AFTER, BUT WE DID BEGIN TO RE-ENGAGE IN THE JOURNEY OF HAPPILY EVER AFTER TOGETHER

HOPE!

IT WAS A MOMENT OF GOD SPEAKING LIKE WE SAW HIM DO TO ABRAHAM

THE PIVOTAL TURNING POINT

JUST LIKE ABRAHAM HAD A PIVOTAL TURNING POINT

MINE CAME OCTOBER 2016 MENS ENCOUNTER

GOD SPOKE

YOU HAVE ME JUST ENOUGH IN THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE TO

MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD AND FEEL GOOD

IN REALITY GOD IS NO WHERE NEAR YOU.

THAT WAS THE MOMENT I BEGAN TO RE-ENGAGE IN THIS JOURNEY FOR KEEPS.

SOMEOF YOU NEED TO DO THE SAME THING

YOU HAVE LOST YOUR PASSION

GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS

SOME LOOK GOOD AND FEEL GOOD YET GOD IS NOT YOUR NORTH

ITS TIME TO GET BACK IN THE GAME

AFTER GOD SPOKE TO ME AT MEN’S ENCOUNTER, THE STORM WAS STILL AROUND ME, BUT I HAD MY TRUE NORTH SET ON THE ONE WHO CREATED NORTH

MY STRESS AND ANXIETY WERE HEALED BY DAILY DOSES OF THE WORD AND PRAYER.

NOT CLAIMING STRESS & ANXIETY

I BATTLED IT AND GOD DEFEATED IT AND I AM CLAIMING VICTORY

NOT TAKING OWNERSHIP

HEALING CAME BY DAILY ENGAGING WITH THE LORD

PLACING MY LIFE IN THE CORRECT ORDER

AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE ON A JOURNEY

JUST LIKE THE DETOUR ON OUR HONEYMOON COST US VALUABLE TIME

US NOT HAVING GOD AS OUR TRUE NORTH IN THIS SEASON OF DEPRESSION COST US VALUABLE TIME AS WELL

WE WERE ALLOWING THE STORM OF LIFE TO BLOW US FROM HERE TO THERE INSTEAD OF THE STORM OF LIFE CAUSING US TO TURN TO THE ONE WHO CAN CALM THE STORM.

WE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THIS SEASON OF LIFE

ALTHOUGH WE WOULDN’T HAVE CHOSEN IT & WE NEVER WANT TO RETURN

IT WAS A LESSON WE WON’T FORGET

3 YEARS AFTER OUR DIRECTION CHANGE ANOTHER “IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE” CAME

COLT’S MOM, MY AMAZING MOTHER IN LAW, OUR CHILDREN’S AMAZING GRANDMA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER

LITERALLY IN A MOMENT

SHE WAS COMING TO PICK UP OUR KIDS & SHE CALLED WITH THE NEWS THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO ROCK OUR WORLD

AND HAD THIS BEEN A FEW YEARS PRIOR IT HAD A HUGE POTENTIAL OF DRAWING US APART

THIS SEASON OF TROUBLE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE DEPRESSION YEARS

GOD WAS OUR TRUE NORTH-HE WAS OUR SET FOCUS, THAT CANNOT SHIFT

ADD PSALM 91?

Romans 8:28 NIV

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

JUMPED INTO OUR SPIRIT EARLY ON & WE WOULD RELY ON THAT VERSE THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR PLUS

THIS TOUGH SEASON, GREW OUR FAITH IN GOD & BROUGHT US ALL CLOSER TOGETHER

THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN GOD IS OUR TRUE NORTH

LETS GO BACK TO THE PROMISES OF MARRIAGE

Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

For we are God’s MASTERPIECE. HE HAS CREATED US ANEW IN CHRIST JESUS SO WE CAN DO THE GOOD THINGS HE PLANNED FOR US LONG AGO.

SESSION ONE TAUGHT US THAT WE ARE ONE.

SO IF WE ARE ONE W/ OUR SPOUSE THAT MAKES US A MASTERPIECE

YOUR MARRIAGE MAY NOT FEEL ANYWHERE NEAR A MASTERPIECE

BUT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE WORD OF GOD

THE MASTERPIECE PAINTING

JUST IMAGINE, YOUR WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU CUT THROUGH AN ALLEY TO SAVE TIME AND YOU NOTICE A PAINTING IN THE TRASH. YOU RECOGNIZE IT, IT RESEMBLES A PAINTING YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. SO YOU GO OVER AND PULL IT OUT OF THE TRASH.

THIS PAINTING IS STAINED AND COVERED WITH MUD. BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF IT, AND JUDGING BY WHAT YOU CAN SEE, YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE FOUND THE MONA LISA

THE PAINTING IS WORTH $100 MILLION

ITS REALLY AN INVALUABLE WORK OF ART BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT IN THE WORLD. BUT IN THE EYES OF MOST PEOPLE IT IS RUINED, THATS WHY THEY THREW IT OUT.

BUT YOU KNOW ITS A MASTERPIECE. YOU THINK, WHAT DO I DO NEXT?

IF WE TRULY BELIEVED IT WAS A MASTERPIECE THEN WE WOULD FIND THE MOST TALENTED, QUALIFIED, AND RENOUNED RESTORER IN THE BUSINESS.

HE WOULD CAREFULLY REMOVE EVERY STAIN AND WASH AWAY EVERY BIT OF MUD. AND HE WOULD DO IT IN A WAY THAT TOTALLY PRESERVED THE TREASURE BENEATH. RESTORING IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD, WANTS TO DO FOR YOUR MARRIAGE

HE IS THE GREAT RESTORER

HE CAN TAKE THE RESIDUE THAT THE TROUBLES OF LIFE HAS LEFT MAKING YOUR MARRIAGE FEEL MUD-COVERED & BRING YOU BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN

MARRIAGE IS A MASTERPIECE

WE HAVE HEARD TESTIMONIES OF INFERTILITY, LOSING A CHILD, DEPRESSION, & OTHER TROUBLES OF LIFE

AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF WHAT HAS BEEN WALKED THROUGH OR IS CURRENTLY BEING WALKED THRU RIGHT NOW IN THE 1800 OF US IN THIS ROOM

INFERTILITY, LOSS OF A CHILD OR PARENTS, STRESS, DEPRESSION, FINANCIAL STRUGGLES, LOSS OF A JOB, HEALTH PROBLEMS, CARING FOR AGING PARENTS, WHATEVER ELSE THAT HAS OCCURRED IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU DIDN’T EXPECT

EACH OF THESE TRIALS OF LIFE WILL DO 1 OF 2 THINGS

PUSH US APART

DRAW US CLOSER

MICHAEL & JAMIE TALKED ABOUT THIS-WHEN THEY PRAYED FOR GOD TO HELP THEM CLING TO HIM, HE SENT THEM ENCOURAGEMENT & THEY WERE BROUGHT CLOSER TOGETHER

NATE & JAMIE TALKED ABOUT HOW GOD IS USING THEIR STRUGGLES TO HELP OTHERS

MARRIAGE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GOSPEL

Ephesians 5:25 NIV

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

OUR MARRIAGE IS DESIGNED TO DISPLAY OF THE GOSPEL-POINTING PEOPLE TO THE CREATOR OF MARRIAGE- GOD.

WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOUR MARRIAGE GOING THROUGH CHALLENGES THAT YOU DID NOT EXPECT & YOU GROWING CLOSER TO EACH OTHER & GOD

IT POINTS THE BEAUTY BACK TO THE CREATOR AND BRINGS HONOR TO HIM.

IT LEAVES THEM SAYING “WOW, THAT IS GODS MASTERPIECE”.

IT GIVES THEM HOPE

WE KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT YOUR MARRIAGE REVIVED-WE BELIEVE MARRIAGES ARE HUNGRY FOR REVIVAL-THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE

MAYBE YOURS FEELS A BIT DUSTY W/ DIRT FROM LIFE

OR MAYBE IT HAS A THICK COATING OF MUD

OR MAYBE YOU HAVE LOST YOUR MARRIAGE IN THE MUD AND ARE TIRED OF SEARCHING FOR THE TREASURE

BRING YOUR MARRIAGE TO THE RESTORER & ALLOW HIM TO RESTORE YOU LIKE ONLY HE CAN

IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE PEACE, GROW CLOSER TO EACH OTHER & GOD THROUGH STORMS

THESE ARE PRACTICAL TOOLS GOD HAS SHOWED US

MAKE GOD YOUR TRUE NORTH, ESTABLISH HIM AS YOUR NEVER CHANGING, IMMOVABLE, POINT OF DIRECTION.

BE WILLING AND COMMITTED TO YOUR MARRIAGE & TO EACH OTHER

(IT TAKES BOTH OF YOU TO GET THOUGH THE REALLY TOUGH THINGS OF LIFE)

RE-ENGAGE IN THE JOURNEY. (SEEK AN REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BOTH TOGETHER AND PERSONALLY)

READ A MARRIAGE DEVOTION TOGETHER. (SACRED MARRIAGE DEVO)

PRAY TOGETHER. (WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT,

B/C ITS IMPORTANT) PLAY THE PRAYER VIDEO??

o HUSBANDS-YOUR WIVES NEED AND CRAVE BEING PRAYED OVER AND ALTHO IT CAN BE HARD TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO HEAR YOUR MOST PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS W/ GOD, QUESTIONING IF IT IS GOOD ENUF….IT IS

o LADIES, ENCOURAGE YOUR HUSBAND IN THIS, DON’T ASSUME HE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT, SPECIAL AND HOW GOOD OF A JOB HE IS DOING-TELL HIM.

OUT DO EACH OTHER IN LOVE.

ROBERTS TALKED ABOUT OUT SERVING ONE ANOTHER, MAKE IT A GOAL TO MEET AS MANY NEEDS YOUR SPOUSE HAS AS YOU CAN EACH DAY)

THOSE ARE SOME PRACTICAL TOOLS YOU CAN USE TODAY. BUT IF YOU LACK ONE THING THEN ALL OF THAT WILL BE USELESS.

DESIRE

DESIRE-YOU CAN HAVE EVERY TOOL IN THE SHED, BUT IF WE DON’T HAVE THE DESIRE TO USE THESE TOOLS THEY ARE USELESS

YOU MAY NOT EVEN HAVE THE DESIRE TO ASK FOR THE DESIRE AT THIS MOMENT, BUT THE WORD SAYS THAT

GOD IS WORKING IN YOU GIVING YOU THE POWER & DESIRE THE POWER TO DO WHAT PLEASES HIM- PHILIPPIANS 2:13 NLT