This command to be filled with Spirit isn’t a one-time thing we can put on our to-do list, obey it, and check it off. This is a
to-do.
Why? So we can have the
to walk, to take our next steps with Him, in every arena of life, including marriage.
Marriage is about
not surviving.
The statistic that every American has heard- 50% of marriages end in divorce-is not and has never been
.
Make sure the
is
.
Pursuing marriage, pursuing your spouse, more than pursuing Jesus is
. Pursuing anyone or anything more than Jesus is
. (Col.1:16)
The answer to the deep needs of our heart will only come from pursuing- drawing near - loving first and foremost-
,
.
The greatest way any man can love his wife, the greatest way any woman can love her husband, is to radically love and follow
, with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.
And we love our spouse with the
of all that Jesus has poured into us. (Mt. 16;25; Acts 20:35)
For further study: The Good News about Marriage by Shaunti Feldham.