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ARE YOU ON A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WITH THE LORD? - Part 1 Will you go on a Spiritual Journey with your Lord? Are you needing to get serious about praying, standing and believing that God can and wants to heal, restore and resurrect your dead marriage? You may be needing to start a new walk with the Lord or you may be doing a self-examination of where you are spiritually with the Lord God already. Let me share two scriptures that show us the importance of our marriage. May you not be deceived about the severe consequences for every family member who has to go through your and your husband/wife’s divorce. Your children will have to deal with your divorce for their whole life on holidays and all their special occasions. If God hates...

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WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT? Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10 There are a host of benefits to the one-flesh relationship that God creates between a husband and wife through marriage. There are even greater benefits of that relationship to a couple who are in ministry together. If you have been communicating with Rejoice Marriage Ministries for any length of time, the odds are that Charlyne and I can put our heads together and recall things about you and your marriage without benefit of the computer. Nevertheless, we still have in our database the names of tens of thousands of families who have...

Prepare the Soil Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12 The weather here has finally warmed enough for the farmers to get in their fields to plant. Tractors are running, dust is flying, seed is being sown. It seems like the landscape has changed almost overnight. But not every farmer has been able to get their planting done. Some are still getting fields ready, some are still discing, some are still spraying. You see, there are many steps that need to come BEFORE the planting can take place. Just because the weather is warm, doesn’t mean the soil is ready. My son-in-law is...

GOD’S AMAZING GRACE! To the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1:6-8 When I think of the word grace, I think of the song Amazing Grace, written by John Newton. John was only 11 years old when he left school to start his life as a rough seaman. He became a slave trader by capturing natives from West Africa in the 1700's and they were sold as salves to markets around the world. But by God's grace, God got Newton's attention. One day the grace of God put fear into the heart of this wicked slave trader through a...

THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to...

WHAT ARE YOU SPEAKING? A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. Proverbs 17:27-28 Do you have control over your tongue and speech? Do you have to have the last word in a discussion or in an argument? Are you a listener or are you ready to interrupt or defend yourself? Years ago and yes, sometimes even now, I just have to say one more sentence to try to prove or explain my point at that moment, when silence would have been much better. Can you relate? He who answers before listening-- that is his folly and his shame. Proverbs 18:13 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to...

THE FATHER OF COMPASSION & COMFORT Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Do you need to be comforted today? Are you a mother who is hurting due to no communication from your husband this Mother’s Day? Are you a father who possibly did not hear from your children this past weekend at all? The Lord knows your pain and the rejection that you have had to go through on a very special weekend. Allow the Lord to put His arms around you this week to comfort you as He is truly the only One who can comfort you perfectly. He...

HIS TIME, NOT MINE My stand began by pure direction from God. My husband and I had been having a rough time for quite a while. I knew the answer was to go back to church but our three busy children had become our focus. Mean and unkind words were thrown at one another daily. My husband works out of town so I allowed Satan and his demons to dwell in me and they concocted a whole string of insecurities. I accused my loving husband of always cheating on me, nothing was ever good enough and I could do this on my own. I threatened divorce often - I didn't need him! I could not have been more wrong. He told me about a month before Christmas he could no longer do this. I was in disbelief! He thought that was what I wanted. Even though I...