YOUR VALENTINE -
YOUR SPOUSE - FOREVER!
“Haven’t you read,†he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘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. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.†Matthew 19:4-6
God created marriage. God hates divorce. Do not allow the world’s standards, which have come into our churches, to stop you from doing what God’s Word teaches His church. Never doubt the power of God that He is able to breathe new life and a more powerful love into your resurrected and restored marriage. How do I know? God is love.
I pray that you will not fall into the trap of anger and bitterness today, but ask the Lord to fill you up with His amazing love today. Ask the Lord to bring you to your spouse’s mind over and over again today.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:11-12
God can resurrect your marriage even if it has been labeled “dead†in the world’s eyes. That is what the courts, family and friends are saying about your marriage. But what is the Lord saying to your heart about your marriage?
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
There is no greater gift you can give your husband or wife on Valentine’s Day than you staying faithful to the wedding vows that you made on your wedding day. Your children now and in the days ahead will admire you standing firm, believing in the sanctity of marriage to be forever. What a legacy you are leaving them and future generations. Let me share what the Bible says about vows:
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
What better day to remember your wedding day than on Valentine’s Day. Do you remember your wedding vows? I know Bob and I made a vow to each other that said: “I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.â€
Did you mean your wedding vows when you said them? Of course you did on your special wedding day. Then do NOT allow your circumstances to make you give up on your marriage or your beloved husband or wife when the enemy, Satan, has come into your home. Remember, at that moment, neither of you were aware of the enemy’s terrorist attack on your marriage or on your family!
Did you exchange wedding rings? Let me share what you might have said if you both exchanged rings with each other: “I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you. I ask you to wear this ring as a reminder of the vows we have spoken today, our wedding day.â€
What powerful wedding ring vows. Yes, I wore my wedding rings while I waited for Bob to have the Lord touch and change his heart and mind. Yes, I am still wearing my wedding rings now by choice as a symbol of my love and faithfulness to Bob forever, until I join him in Heaven.
How big is your God? My God healed our marriage and then later our physical bodies after our marriage was restored. Nothing is too hard for God to do.
“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.†Ezekiel 11:19
Did you understand the commitment, the wedding vows and the covenant that you were speaking to your beloved husband or wife on your special day? I do not believe anyone thinks about divorce on their wedding day. Never forget how much you both loved each other. I know your emotions and feelings are raw today and your heart is broken in two, but your Lord is standing right there beside you today.
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.†Isaiah 41:10
What should you do?
Seek and lean on the Lord. Ask Him for His personal instructions regarding how to rebuild your marriage.
Ask the Lord to pour His love into both your hearts for each other to be more loving, more compassionate and more giving of yourselves sacrificially to each other when the occasion arises.
Ask the Holy Spirit to reignite and rekindle your love to be stronger than it was on your wedding day.
Allow the Lord to change you into the husband or wife that you need to be. Set your heart’s desire to love your husband or wife as taught in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, often known as the Love Chapter:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails… And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13
Will you make a new commitment to the Lord to stand and fight for your marriage forever? Your husband or wife have become blinded and deceived by the enemy, Satan. Choose to walk in faith and hope, trusting the Lord for Him to go rescue your husband or wife at His perfect timing.
May I urge you to write a love letter or a card today to your husband or wife and save it for them to open it on the day they return home. What a way to begin your marriage restoration by showing them your unconditional agape love!
Let me share how one stander is going to face Valentine’s Day today.
“We are praying that our prodigal spouses will remember us on Valentine's Day. For 11 years I have gotten flowers. For 2014 Valentine’s Day, I am remembering what Jesus Christ has given me – His love, my three sons, my two grandchildren, and my awesome prodigal spouse. I say awesome because today God revealed an arrogant part of me when I was reminiscing about past Februarys. I was becoming very ill today almost like I was dying, but when I sought forgiveness for my hidden sins I was healed. I am going to have a great Valentine’s Day even if I do not hear from my prodigal spouse. I pray all standers will have a clean heart this Friday – it may be our sudden miracle day.†(Georgia)
Have a blessed day,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
YOUR SPOUSE - FOREVER!
“Haven’t you read,†he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘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. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.†Matthew 19:4-6
God created marriage. God hates divorce. Do not allow the world’s standards, which have come into our churches, to stop you from doing what God’s Word teaches His church. Never doubt the power of God that He is able to breathe new life and a more powerful love into your resurrected and restored marriage. How do I know? God is love.
I pray that you will not fall into the trap of anger and bitterness today, but ask the Lord to fill you up with His amazing love today. Ask the Lord to bring you to your spouse’s mind over and over again today.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:11-12
God can resurrect your marriage even if it has been labeled “dead†in the world’s eyes. That is what the courts, family and friends are saying about your marriage. But what is the Lord saying to your heart about your marriage?
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
There is no greater gift you can give your husband or wife on Valentine’s Day than you staying faithful to the wedding vows that you made on your wedding day. Your children now and in the days ahead will admire you standing firm, believing in the sanctity of marriage to be forever. What a legacy you are leaving them and future generations. Let me share what the Bible says about vows:
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
What better day to remember your wedding day than on Valentine’s Day. Do you remember your wedding vows? I know Bob and I made a vow to each other that said: “I, (Bride/Groom), take you (Groom/Bride), to be my (wife/husband), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.â€
Did you mean your wedding vows when you said them? Of course you did on your special wedding day. Then do NOT allow your circumstances to make you give up on your marriage or your beloved husband or wife when the enemy, Satan, has come into your home. Remember, at that moment, neither of you were aware of the enemy’s terrorist attack on your marriage or on your family!
Did you exchange wedding rings? Let me share what you might have said if you both exchanged rings with each other: “I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you. I ask you to wear this ring as a reminder of the vows we have spoken today, our wedding day.â€
What powerful wedding ring vows. Yes, I wore my wedding rings while I waited for Bob to have the Lord touch and change his heart and mind. Yes, I am still wearing my wedding rings now by choice as a symbol of my love and faithfulness to Bob forever, until I join him in Heaven.
How big is your God? My God healed our marriage and then later our physical bodies after our marriage was restored. Nothing is too hard for God to do.
“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.†Ezekiel 11:19
Did you understand the commitment, the wedding vows and the covenant that you were speaking to your beloved husband or wife on your special day? I do not believe anyone thinks about divorce on their wedding day. Never forget how much you both loved each other. I know your emotions and feelings are raw today and your heart is broken in two, but your Lord is standing right there beside you today.
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.†Isaiah 41:10
What should you do?
Seek and lean on the Lord. Ask Him for His personal instructions regarding how to rebuild your marriage.
Ask the Lord to pour His love into both your hearts for each other to be more loving, more compassionate and more giving of yourselves sacrificially to each other when the occasion arises.
Ask the Holy Spirit to reignite and rekindle your love to be stronger than it was on your wedding day.
Allow the Lord to change you into the husband or wife that you need to be. Set your heart’s desire to love your husband or wife as taught in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, often known as the Love Chapter:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails… And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13
Will you make a new commitment to the Lord to stand and fight for your marriage forever? Your husband or wife have become blinded and deceived by the enemy, Satan. Choose to walk in faith and hope, trusting the Lord for Him to go rescue your husband or wife at His perfect timing.
May I urge you to write a love letter or a card today to your husband or wife and save it for them to open it on the day they return home. What a way to begin your marriage restoration by showing them your unconditional agape love!
Let me share how one stander is going to face Valentine’s Day today.
“We are praying that our prodigal spouses will remember us on Valentine's Day. For 11 years I have gotten flowers. For 2014 Valentine’s Day, I am remembering what Jesus Christ has given me – His love, my three sons, my two grandchildren, and my awesome prodigal spouse. I say awesome because today God revealed an arrogant part of me when I was reminiscing about past Februarys. I was becoming very ill today almost like I was dying, but when I sought forgiveness for my hidden sins I was healed. I am going to have a great Valentine’s Day even if I do not hear from my prodigal spouse. I pray all standers will have a clean heart this Friday – it may be our sudden miracle day.†(Georgia)
Have a blessed day,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
