Feature For Feb 2008
God's Way For
Marriage
Happy Valentine's Day
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Joe &
Pat Aman 
Married June 18, 1977 |
What
is a Christian Marriage?
Jesus
tells us how important it is to have a godly marriage.
There are so many
divorces today that the world sees marriage as a contract that can be broken
with no reason at all.
I believe with all my
heart, that if Joe and I did not have Christ in the center of our marriage that
we would have been one of those divorces.
Without Christ being
the center of the marriage, you will not make it. As a couple you should daily,
pray together.
God honors a marriage
where Christ is the head, and is directing the path of the couple.
Today, make Christ the
head and center point of your marriage and see the difference your lives will
take.
What is marriage?
Joe and I have been
married 30 years, on June 18, 2007.
Has it been easy? No, at times it has truly been
hard. We have had our ups and downs. But Praise God, we had enough sense to
know that we must depend on God.
Being married 30 years, you get to really know each
other. I can tell what Joe is thinking, before he says anything, and he knows
the same about me.
We have had to depend on God, when we did not
know what we needed to do, even to the point of
where we would live.
We have raised two Christian daughters. They
love the Lord, but they also know what it is like to have a good marriage.
They know that it is being able to stay together through the good and the bad.
My parents were married 62
years when Daddy went to be with the Lord. They raised six children. We asked
Mama after Daddy died, why we never heard them argue? She said they had their
moments, but they took them to the bedroom and never went to bed mad at each
other. She said they never said things to hurt each other. They just were able
to talk it out. She also said that there were times they did not
agree, but they respected one anothers opinion. They never used the words, "I
told you so." They just cared for one another enough to know what true love
is all about. WOW! What a marriage!
That is the key, communication. Being able to
talk it over in a sensible manner, without shouting and raging a war.
This is the key to a Happy
Marriage
Psalm 91: 1 & 4
1.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
4.
He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
Webster's
Dictionary defines marriage as, "the state of being married; wedlock; the act
of marring or the ceremony entered into by a man and woman so as to live
together as husband and wife. The ability or being able.
Did you understand the last five words of the definitions, "the ability or
being able." That means once married we have the ability and are able to stay
together, as husband and wife, til death do we part.
St. John 2: 1-9,11, "On the third day there was
a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both
Jesus and His desciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of
wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine," Jesus said to her,
"Woman what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come."
His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." Now there
were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification
of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. Jesus said to them,
"Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. And He
said to them, "Draw some out now, take it to the master of the feast." And
they took it. When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made
wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants knew) the master
of the feast called the bridegroom. This was the beginning of signs Jesus did
in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in
Him."
Jesus also knew the marriage between a man and
woman was so important that His first miracle was done at a wedding. He turn
the water into wine.
Hebrews 13:4, "Marriage is honorable among all,
and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge."
Genesis 2: 24, "Therefore a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
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