When I was a pastor in Oklahoma, I met a pastor of one of the local Baptist churches, a young man about my age. We talked about the similarities between us – backgrounds, age, and church size, as we as our differences – where we went to school, where we grew up, our doctrinal differences. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Love’
In Appreciation for Their Ministry
Posted in Pastor, tagged Children, Husband, Love, Wife on August 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Even If Mom Forgets. . .
Posted in Isaiah, tagged Family, Love, Mother on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Scripture: (Isa 49:15-16 NKJV) “Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. {16} See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. Observation: After Isaiah speaks of what [...]
Don’t Release the Water
Posted in Proverbs, tagged Conflict, Contention, Family, Fight, God, Happiness, Harmony, Haven, Husband, Love, Marriage, Mother, Parenting, Peace, Relationship, Repentance, Rest, Wife on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Scripture: The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts. (Proverbs 17:14) Observation: Another one of the many wise saying from Solomon contained in this book. Application: How many times we wished we had not said something? How many times we wished we had not had an argument with [...]
Stumbling Blocks to Romance and Passion
Posted in Job, tagged Attractive Spouse, Husband, Hygene, Love, Passion, Relationship, Romance, Stumbling Block, Wife on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scripture: (Job 19:17 NKJV) My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body. Observation: While Job’s friends continue trying to convince him of his wrongdoing and si and to get him to repent and seek God’s favor, Job defends himself from their accusations and pleading with [...]
The Way to a Man’s Heart
Posted in Esther, tagged Heart, Love, Marriage on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Scripture: (Est 7:1-2 NKJV) So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. {2} And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall [...]
The Marriage and Divorce Go-round
Posted in 2 Chronicles, tagged Divorce, God, Love, Marriage, Polygamy, Relationship on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scripture: (2 Chr 11:21 NKJV) Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Observation: Rehoboam was the king of Israel after his father Solomon passed away. This section of the Scriptures tells [...]
Honor Your Mother
Posted in 1 Kings, tagged Children, Family, God, Love, Mother on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scripture: Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king’s mother; so she sat at his right hand. (1 Ki 2:19 NKJV) Observation: Bathsheba, Solomon’s [...]
Mom’s Love
Posted in 1 Kings, tagged Children, Father, Love, Mother on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scripture: Then she said to him, “My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your maidservant, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ (1 Ki 1:17 NKJV) Observation: Absalom’s brother, Adonijah, decided to make himself king of Israel since his father David was old [...]
Reversal of Feelings
Posted in 2 Samuel, tagged Abuse, God, Love, Marriage, premarital, Relationship, Sex, Wedding on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scripture: (2 Sam 13:15 NKJV) Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Arise, be gone!” Observation: Amnon, son of David, fell in love with his step-sister Tamar and plotted to have her [...]
She Despised Him
Posted in 2 Samuel, tagged God, Husband, Joy, Love, Marriage, Relationship, Wife on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scripture: (2 Sam 6:16 NKJV) Now as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. Observation: With dancing and rejoicing David celebrated the return of the ark of [...]
