19.05.12
When you hear someone say, “The gospel does not belong in this type of music.”
What they are really saying is “The people who listen to this type of music don’t deserve to hear the gospel.
M. Gleason (via undeceived)

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Hey Christian, so you want to get married?

Do you realize that whoever God gives you to marry is going to be someone that will force you to become selfless in love?

Do you realize that love isn’t about compatibility?

Think of it this way.

God is love.

God loves His people and in our brokeness and humility we submit to Him as the Bride of Christ. Do you see that?

What does the Bible say about huband and wife?

Husbands are to love their wives and wives are to submit to the husband.

Christ loves His Bride. He gives Himself fully to His bride in love as a picture of how we are to conform to His image. As the Bride, we submit ourselves to His headship.

This is the picture of marriage. Look at the attributes. How much must God love those who are in their sin? Sin cannot stand before God. In God there is no sin. Yet He chooses to marry Himself to us through His son. He loves a person who is, in their heart, entirely opposite to Him. In this love, we come to see more and more just how much He loves us. We understand that we do nothing to merit His love. We are not compatible with God.

So if you are praying to God for someone that you are really compatible with then you really don’t know what you are asking for. You are, in fact, asking for a very selfish thing.

Instead, ask God for a spouse who will be the way in which God reveals more of Himself in His righteousness, holiness, glory and love. Ask God for a spouse will impress upon you the joy of becoming more like Christ. Ask God for a spouse who will inspire you to die to yourself.

This is the will of God that you would be consumed with the desire to know Him more. The will of God in marriage is for Him to use your spouse to do just that.

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