WORRY FREE MARRIAGE (Part 2)
Pride causes discouragement and depression when we worry.
Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction.”
Proverbs 29:23 “A man’s pride shall bring him low.”
To avoid this, God tells us to humble ourselves by letting him take care of our marital problems.
1Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.”
- Has God ever told you to be quiet, but you don’t.
- Next you find yourself in a fight then you finally have to be quiet to end it.
- Then you are depressed because you either said hurtful things or you were told hurtful truths.
God did not design us to be able to handle tomorrow’s problems.
He only gives us enough grace to get through TODAYS marital issues.
When you cast your cares, that act of humility demonstrates your faith.
When the verse says, …the mighty hand of God…”, it means that God can hand-le anything and everything.
Let God use His “mighty hand in your marriage.”
Worry does not empty tomorrow’s problem, it just empties today’s strength.
THE WORD CHOKED
Mark 4:18-19 “And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.””
This is saying that after you have heard Gods word, you still allow things to enter your heart and it strangles Gods word that is in you.
After suffocating Gods word, you can no longer PRODUCE fruit in your life, so you miss out on a good harvest.
This mentions three things that choke the word:
- The cares of the world.
- The deceitfulness of riches.
- The lust of other things.
We start to allow the problems, rather than Gods word to tell us how to act.
Luke 21:34 “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (being overfull), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”
OUCH! I said, “OUCH!!”
You have been warned to not be “overcharged.”
Overcharged means to feel stressed, depressed and just an emotional wreck.
You won’t be able to hear the VOICE of God.
Also, notice in Luke 21:34 that a person who is “overcharged” with the “cares of this world” are on the same category as a drunkard.
People who are drunk are not alert, sharp or perceptive.
You cannot make good marital DECISIONS when you are overcharged with the cares of this world.
The choice is yours: You can sin by letting things bother you, or you can choose to not let things bother you.
A WORRY FREE LIFE IS YOUR CHOICE.
NOTE: Daily there is a new post to help your marriage succeed.
LOVE YOUR SPOUSE 
Wow! It seems just when I think I’m okay God gives me another angle to see myself from. Thank you for the post Sister Nancy, I find it so easy to become complacent in my walk and inevitably in my marriage. Again, thank you…
Hi L.Lopez! Your comment is excellent! God knows how to search our heart. Keep it up Lord! We are yours. Love it!
Wow! it is material like this that God uses to give us those oh so needed glances and even piercing looks iat our lives and character. Thank you again sister Nancy. It is said that when your dyeing that your life flashes before your eyes. and I have to say it hold true for us in the spirit. When we are dying to self God allows our lives to pass before our eyes as we hear What His Precious Holy Spirit is speaking to us through your ministry and that of others speaking into our live. So grateful. Love you.
Hi Martha! Thank you for your encouraging comment! Yes, as we go deeper with Christ, he reveals more and more to us of what needs to die. It is never easy but it is worth it to have the power and presence of the precious Holy Spirit in our lives.