SO, REMEMBER WE ARE ALL BROKEN, WE ALL FEEL INSECURITY, WE ALL FEEL WE DO NOT MEASURE UP. BUT WE EACH REACT DIFFERENTLY. IT IS HOW WE REACT THAT DEFINES US. WE ,RATHER THAN RESPONDING TO OUR SPOUSE FROM A PLACE OF HURT, AND DISAPPOINTMENT ,WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO HEAL THAT PART OF US THAT REACTS TO OUR SPOUSE OUT OF OUR PAIN.
LATELY I HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO STUDY JESUS’S COMPASSION. SO MANY VERSES TALK ABOUT JESUS’ COMPASSION.
PSALMS 145, 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4, MATTHEW 14: 14, MARK 1:41, MARK 6: 34, LUKE 7:13, MATTHEW 20:34, HEBREWS 4:15
JESUS KNOWS US AND STILL HAS COMPASSION. IF THE SON OF GOD CAN DO THAT, WHAT ARE WE THAT WE KEEP COUNT OF EVERYONE’S WRONG AND JUDGE THEM TO ETERNAL FIRE? HE FORGAVE US OF SOME TERRIBLE SINS; CAN WE NOT DO THE SAME FOR OUR SPOUSE OR FAMILY MEMBERS OR EVEN A FRIEND?
WE MIGHT PRAY:
GOD SHOW ME WHY YOU BROUGHT ME INTO THIS MAN’S LIFE AND HOW I CAN TRULY HELP HIM BE ALL THAT YOU CREATED US TO BE.
LORD , CHANGE ME. LET ME LEAVE SELF AT THE ALTAR BECAUSE SELF WANTS TO RULE, WANTS ITS OWN WAY, SUFFOCATES AND DESTROYS EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT LIFT UP SELF. YOUR WORD IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13 SAYS, “WE MAY HAVE EVERYTHING BUT IF THERE IS NO LOVE IN OUR HEART AND IN OUR ACTION, WE HAVE AND ARE NOTHING” HELP US TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE AND Ephesians 4:2 THAT SAYS “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love”. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR WORD ALSO SAYS WHEN WE PUT ON LOVE, EVERYTHING BINDS TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY. WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE.
HELP US TO PRACTISE SAYING, NOT MY WILL BUT YOURS BE DONE, LORD. USE ME TO BUILD UP AND ENCOURAGE MY SPOUSE AND LORD MAKE HIM THE PERSON YOU WANT HIM TO BE. LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EXAMPLES OF HUMILITY. THANK YOU FOR CHRIST’S HUMILITY BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WE COULD NOT BE SAVED. SHOW US AREAS IN OUR LIFE WHERE PRIDE IS KEEPING US FROM BEING OBEDIENT. GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO BE HUMBLE ENOUGH TO FOLLOW CHRIST’S EXAMPLE. IN JESUS NAME AMEN
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