Love Dare Day 3 2024
Love Dare- Day 3
Blessings oh you most beloved of God almighty, His masterpieces created anew in Christ Jesus to do the good works that He’s prepared in advance for you!
How is your marriage today?
For the last few days, we’ve been discussing that there is a demonic war that’s been waged against Gods design and creation since the beginning ( the fall EARLY in Genesis). We have been focusing on one of the first aspects of Gods creation that was attacked is marriage and the relationship between Adam, Eve and God.
Yesterday, we pointed out that one of the schemes of the enemy ( the Lord rebuke him) is to lie and subtly confuse people by slowly and slyly changing the definition of Words that God uses. Remember. He is s liar. We are at war and will be until the end.
Give his lies no place to hide. The best way to do that is to know and apply the Word of God in your marriages.
To that end, for the next 40 days, we will focus on the Word Love and how to use it to have victorious Godly marriages that bring God glory, and are the true blessing that God intended for us.
Our current culture loves to say that “ Love is Love” - what a ridiculous, circular, misleading, untrue and nothing statement that is. God has defined love very clearly since the beginning - He IS love ( amongst many other things) and has defined it as HE see’s fit. To say love is love is deceiving and generally passed on by the deceived (or the deceiver himself). This allows someone to say “ I love you” and act in a completely different way in marriage, leaving people wounded and marriages and children in tatters. In the end, Gods is maligned and faith is wounded for generations.
Our aim is to correct that and teach what Godly love is, and how we are to reflect it in our marriages (to begin).
Here’s how the next 40 days look for us - ( well, 37 days now- we are on day 3)
Each day, we will focus on one verse that defines or shows active love the way that God defines it. Your part is to
1. Read and memorize the verse.
2. Take the challenge given and do it.
3. If you fail at doing it, do not move to the next day until you do. Love can be difficult. PRACTICE - no excuses.
4. Once you complete a day, move to the next day, and continue practicing the days that you have already completed.
Many times, earnestly doing this 40 day challenge addresses marriage problems without a need for counseling and breathes the great joy of Gods love into a marriage and family. As always its best if both spouses participate, but if that isn’t the case for you, do you part regardless. We are each called to be faithful to God for our part. Do your part.
**Obviously, if you are in a physically abusive and unsafe relationship, this isn’t for you. You should both be getting recovery counseling and will need help and possibly police intervention while things get worked out**
Warning. There will be days that you don’t want to do for a variety of reasons (your spouse doesn’t deserve it, the marriage has been too hard, its too much work, there’s no time, etc etc…) - Do it anyways. Just know, that these are the very areas that the enemy has deceived you and you have gone along with the deception. Be free. Wage war. Be Bold. Trust God in it. Do your part and stop being beaten down.
How is your marriage today?
For the last few days, we’ve been discussing that there is a demonic war that’s been waged against Gods design and creation since the beginning ( the fall EARLY in Genesis). We have been focusing on one of the first aspects of Gods creation that was attacked is marriage and the relationship between Adam, Eve and God.
Yesterday, we pointed out that one of the schemes of the enemy ( the Lord rebuke him) is to lie and subtly confuse people by slowly and slyly changing the definition of Words that God uses. Remember. He is s liar. We are at war and will be until the end.
Give his lies no place to hide. The best way to do that is to know and apply the Word of God in your marriages.
To that end, for the next 40 days, we will focus on the Word Love and how to use it to have victorious Godly marriages that bring God glory, and are the true blessing that God intended for us.
Our current culture loves to say that “ Love is Love” - what a ridiculous, circular, misleading, untrue and nothing statement that is. God has defined love very clearly since the beginning - He IS love ( amongst many other things) and has defined it as HE see’s fit. To say love is love is deceiving and generally passed on by the deceived (or the deceiver himself). This allows someone to say “ I love you” and act in a completely different way in marriage, leaving people wounded and marriages and children in tatters. In the end, Gods is maligned and faith is wounded for generations.
Our aim is to correct that and teach what Godly love is, and how we are to reflect it in our marriages (to begin).
Here’s how the next 40 days look for us - ( well, 37 days now- we are on day 3)
Each day, we will focus on one verse that defines or shows active love the way that God defines it. Your part is to
1. Read and memorize the verse.
2. Take the challenge given and do it.
3. If you fail at doing it, do not move to the next day until you do. Love can be difficult. PRACTICE - no excuses.
4. Once you complete a day, move to the next day, and continue practicing the days that you have already completed.
Many times, earnestly doing this 40 day challenge addresses marriage problems without a need for counseling and breathes the great joy of Gods love into a marriage and family. As always its best if both spouses participate, but if that isn’t the case for you, do you part regardless. We are each called to be faithful to God for our part. Do your part.
**Obviously, if you are in a physically abusive and unsafe relationship, this isn’t for you. You should both be getting recovery counseling and will need help and possibly police intervention while things get worked out**
Warning. There will be days that you don’t want to do for a variety of reasons (your spouse doesn’t deserve it, the marriage has been too hard, its too much work, there’s no time, etc etc…) - Do it anyways. Just know, that these are the very areas that the enemy has deceived you and you have gone along with the deception. Be free. Wage war. Be Bold. Trust God in it. Do your part and stop being beaten down.
Day 3: Love is not selfish
Be devoted to one another in brotherly
love; give preference to one another in
honor.
—Romans 12:10
TODAY’S DARE
Whatever you put your time, energy, and
money into will become more important
to you. It’s hard to care for something
you are not investing in. Along with
restraining from negative comments, buy
your spouse something that says, “I was
thinking of you today.”
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