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Two Words: Home Work :)

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With all the brilliance out there encouraging us to Stay Safe and Stay Connected I want to offer a different thought. Something a tad outside the bubble we are all living in.

Two words: Home Work

Now, don’t roll your eyes at me because we have plenty to study.

1. That Man

Things are real right now for some of us. 24 hours together tends to prove there may be a load of knowledge welled up in the proclamation of love growing in absence thing. So, what happens when social distancing disallows for your heart to abound in separation? Lol. We study.

Take today as a brand new opportunity to study this man. Who is he today? Yes, we know what he was like when we were dating. We know what he is like after a hard day at work. And we know the simple ways that make him smile. But some things may have turned upside down. Let’s not lose this opportunity to grow in knowledge. Let’s abound in understanding. And let’s be strong enough to enjoy right now with him.

According to Scripture, that’s wisdom. According to me, that’s fun wisdom! 😉 I say, let’s have fun!

Here’s your passage:

~ Proverbs 24:3-4

Here’s your challenge:

– Fresh sheets in a clean, candlelit room.

– Lingerie

– You know, shave.

– Be nice. 🙂

– Listen and hear what he is saying (FYI – I failed this one this week)

– Share your emotions. Maybe less demonstrating and more sharing. Unless your demonstrating resorts back to the fresh sheets, then by all means … demonstrate. 😉

– Send those “under agers” to their rooms, put on some music or a full concert of your favorite singer/band on YouTube, grab something delicious and get lost in conversation.

– Fall in love.

Let me tell you, a girlfriend of mine is a stay at home mom of one year old twins. 🙂 Did you feel her reality?? She ordered dinner from a favorite restaurant, slipped on a dress and stilettos, put on makeup and shaved, and surprised her husband with a date night.

That takes a lot of work and planning and preparation and energy. I say, we learn from her and seize today for what it is, a time for Home work.

2. That Child

…. yes, but, number one is too much fun to group into anything else. Kids will come later. Let’s stick with number one. Like, let’s jump online and order some things…

Ready?

Go!

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It always begins with God

- JaclynPalmer

It begins with God.

It always begins with God. God remains on His throne, crowned in His deity. Always. He is the First and the Last, the Alpha and Omega. He is the Creator of the Universe and the Lover of our souls. He is God Almighty who craves to be our Father God. He is the great and everlasting I AM. Always and Forever. In His holiness, He desired relational connection with you and I despite our inherited humanity.

Enter Jesus Christ

Being equal with God He chose to humble himself. He took on the form of man, embraced a wooden cross, felt the sting of death, enclosed himself in separation from God Above, and sang a song of Victory over it all. Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe and the Lover of our souls, chose submission to His Father so we in our humanity could have a relationship with God washed in Jesus’ holiness.

Enter man

Created in the image of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Perfectly designed by God in His image and for His glory. Chosen to be an Image bearer for the world around him. Created whole but missing a piece, for man couldn’t last a day without a woman.

Enter woman

Created in the image of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Perfectly designed by God in His image and for His glory. Chosen to be an Image bearer for the world around her. Created whole and for the fulfilling of the missing piece. For man can not exist without a woman.

The image of submission

As man and as woman we were designed to submit to Christ as Christ submitted to God, For God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man. We are given a choice to claim Christ for our salvation and to submit to Him in our faith.

As man and as woman, we were given additional positions as husband and wife. Not all mankind lives in this realm, but for those of us that do, we need to be extra mindful of the positions listed in 1 Corinthians 11: God, Christ, husband, wife.

~ Men and women need to stand in submission to Christ.

~ Wives need to stand in submission to their husbands.

~ Husbands need to stand in submission to Christ.

~ Submission is designed by God, demonstrated by Christ, and desired by God from all mankind, man and woman.

Submission is the very image we were created to display to the world around us.

“But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God,

– 1 Corinthians 11:3

*** Too often we cringe at the word submission. My prayer is that we will gaze into the face of God, set our eyes on Jesus Christ, and follow in His example of love. For His love is the truest definition of submission.

Learn more about true submission in The Beautiful Reward.

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Our bounty from you is an overflowing cup. It warms our heart. It fills our minds. It floods our soul. Your giving to us is impartial, in that, we all receive your all. Yet, your love is beyond personal to each one of us.

In this, we say Thank You!

Lord, one of the areas in which your gift is universal yet personal is with the gift of man. Father, you created man and called him good. Here I stand in reference to your acknowledgement of your creation. Here I declare what you designed in your image is altogether Good.

Dear Father, I pray for the man represented by the woman knit together with me in prayer.

~ Speak encouragement in him to be the man you have designed him to be.

~ Stand him tall and confident in his calling.

~ Fill him with knowledge in his workplace that he may shine your testimony to all who work with him.

~ Pour out of him an understanding heart that he may relate to the needs of those who lean on him.

~ Father, above all else, give him wisdom to decide what is good and what is right and what is holy for his family.

Oh, that he will lead his home with surety and strength. Remove any evil from his heart. Set religious demonstrations aside for real love and laughter. Free him from chains that are holding him back from Becoming more like you.

And, Father, if salvation is the cry on my Sister’s heart. Oh, sweet Father, I pray you will surround this man with your evidence today. I pray you will send someone to plant a seed, to water that seed, to shed light on that seed, and/or to meet him where he is without judgment or condemnation. Father, salvation for this man’s soul is the desired outcome this very day. In the name of Jesus we pray for this man in need of You.

~ I pray that we will see our husband as a gift from you.

~ I pray we will fill them with love and respect.

~ I pray we will see ourselves as a gift to them.

~ Stop our lips when they need to be stopped.

~ Adjust our eyes when they need to see clearly.

~ Help us to wife and not to mom our men.

Father, Thank you for the bounty that is called Man.

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