In this two-part episode we are dissecting and analyzing the ways that we consciously and subconsciously idolize our spouse and marriages above what God calls us to do, and who He calls us to be. How we allow our flesh to control the ways that we show up, treat and work through our issues within our marriages. We are going to explore what it means to "die to yourself daily" in relation to our marriages and the benefits and blessings that come from doing exactly that.
Doing marriage Gods way is not for the faint of heart because it means that there will always be areas in our marriages that we must take personal inventory and accountability for how we are showing up and in fact choose to die to ourselves, daily, if not minute by minute. The covenant is a sacrificial agreement we make with God, not just each other. Its a oath to God that we will show up and do what He asks of us not succumb to our feelings, emotions, frustrations, and dependence on one another's illusionary perfectionism, rather marriage will reveal just how much we are to depend on God.
If the marriage covenant is a reflection of how Christ loved the church-the body, then we must really look at the actions of Jesus, what did He do for us? He died and He honored the Father regardless of the limitations of the flesh that He was in. In His weakest moments while in the body He cried out to God for perseverance, wisdom, knowledge, guidance, restoration, renewal; so that we may reap the fruits of His blessing. Such as marriage which will require the same. Jesus didn't die for us because we were "good", "right" or "perfect" He died because God is and we are made in His image. Once we see that functioning under the mindset of a "contract" is a fundamental flaw in the success of marriages we can begin to align our actions, words, behaviors, and habits to the WILL and way of God and realize that its all about Him, not each other. Putting God first allows us to receive the best parts of one another like the gift and blessings He promises us by doing so.
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