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What’s Wrong with my Family and How Do I Fix It?

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Early on, in his book, Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas writes these words.

…most of us who have been married for any substantial length of time realize that the romantic roller coaster of courtship eventually evens out to the terrain of a Midwest interstate – long, flat stretches with an occasional overpass. When this happens, couples respond in different ways. Many will break up their relationship and try to recreate the passionate romance with someone else. Other couples will descend into a sort of marital guerrilla warfare, a passive-aggressive power play as each partner blames the other for personal dissatisfaction or lack of excitement. Some couples decide to simply “get along.” Still others may opt to pursue a deeper meaning, a spiritual trust hidden in the enforce intimacy of the marital situation. (Gary Thomas in Sacred Marriage, pp. 16-17.)

May I encourage you – beg you – to choose to pursue deep intimacy by letting your marriage refine you?

It’s the only way you will have a healthy family.

This sermon addresses family relationship both in the Family of God and in your Family Family.

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Improving Your Marriage — It’s up to you, man

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One Sunday night, the preacher asked for testimonies and prayer requests. One woman stood up and said, “Sister and brothers, please pray for me. This has been a very trying week. That old devil is doing everything in his power to make me miserable. Pray for me that I’ll survive!”

As she sat down, her husband, who had been listening uneasily to her speak, stood up and said, “Brothers and sisters, I want you to know, she’s not the easiest woman to get along with either!”

While you or I may be characterized in that story, Jesus never would be. The Scripture says, of Jesus…

“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope.” — Matthew 12:18-21 (NIV)

This message speaks of Jesus’ nature described in this passage and encourages us — especially husbands — to behave in like manner.

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NPR agrees with Jesus…

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I don’t know if Julio Diaz is a Christ-follower or not, but he behaved as though he was following Christ in this article. There are a couple things I find remarkable about this story.

First Julio’s actions. He really was “doing good to … them which spitefully” used him.

And second, that NPR actually agrees that this was the right thing to do.  They titled the article: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right. Is this the first time that NPR actually agreed with Jesus?  😉

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you; ~Jesus