Good morning and Thankful Thursday. As we continue in the month of Going Global in July based and Psalms 50:10-12, Mark 16:15-18 and 1st John 4:4-6 once a month I have a teaching that does not deal with the theme of the month. So this month I go back to my childhood and some of the games that we used to play back then. There was a game called It that you chased others in a attempt tag them before they were able to get to a designated point so they could become It and then have to do the chasing. Then there was Hide and Seek which consisted of you and others hiding and one or more people seeking where that person hid. There was one more game that we played as well when I was younger and that is Let's Play House. In this game there were only two people, a boy and girl, and they would pretend to be a married couple. In the eyes of God we were not though. Many of us are now playing the grown up version of the game, Let's Play House.
In the game of Let's Play House as we played in our youth there were things set us for that helped us become a instant family. Most times the girls had baby dolls so there would be an instant family there for the
game to become more real. But playing house was not real because when we wanted to leave there was nothing there to bind us legally to being together forever for it was a game. As I said many of us are still playing house and it is contrary to what the Word of God has to say.
In this teaching of Let's Play House I go in the Word of God I go to Genesis 2:22-25. In this passage God has given Adam someone to share his life with, Eve. Once married they are not only unified but not ashamed
of being naked. Marriage makes you as one. When we are playing house there times when things go well but in unity there is strength. When we make up our rules we justify the game of Let's Play House but that is not in the Word.
In continuing this teaching of Let's Play House I go to the Word of God go to Proverbs 18:22. This verse says that finding a wife is a good thing and God looks favorably on this. This is undeniable. So the game of
Let's Play House is not something that is pleasing in the eyes of God. We have gotten to the point that we want to do what we want to do justify in our minds. But there is nothing better than God's favor.
In looking at the last example in the teaching of Let's Play House I go in the Word of God and to Hebrews 13:4. This verse tells us how honorable marriage is. But as we continue to want to Play House we are doing
not things that will get us to heaven and will be judged by God. We as people of faith must be honorable and look to the solidify our relationships and hold them sacred. Let's Stop Playing House.
In closing marriage is not something that we should look forward to. In Matthew 19:6 it speaks of how marriage joins together man and wife. In Ephesians 5:22-33 it tells of marriage that succeeds with Jesus as the head of our lives. and in 1st Corinthians 7:1-4 it tells of how living in a society of sexual immorality that we should hold the institution of marriage in high regard. It makes a couple stronger in unity. It makes the family stronger in being stable. And it assures that Christ is the head of your life. Let's Play House. No that's ok. We are too mature for that. Let's Get Married. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching and say a special prayer over the institution of marriage. Have a great weekend all and please join me for my teaching on Monday called The World Is Ours based on the first base scripture of the month, Psalms 50:10-12.
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. This past month I was riding with my friend Angela Francis. On this particular day she had to go get her hair done and her friend Roxanne' shop. I had done this numerous times in the past so when I was getting ready to leave I told Angela I was going to the forest preserve to sit and wait as she got her hair done. At the forest preserve I would be able to do two things while I was there. I would be able to think of ideas for my blog, my radio show and my daily postings on Facebook. When you attempt to write you sometimes get writer's block and need to get to a different atmosphere ( Hmmm Writer's Block may be a blog soon LOL ). The other reason I wanted to go to the forest preserve is because it was hot that day and I needed some shade. So as I approached the forest preserve I put on my left turn signal and waited for traffic coming southbound to clear. After
Good morning and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. Growing up we used to love to take pictures. Maybe not myself because I had a self confidence problem, but everywhere you went there was someone taking pictures. In grammar school we took pictures every week. In high school we took them every year. At church we took pictures. In the club we took pictures as a group to show we all went to a party. Most of the pictures we took were with a Polaroid camera which had great quality then. But if you wanted the best pictures you wanted the photographer to take your pictures. This was one of the coolest professions back then because all the ladies who wanted to be models or actresses had to go to the photographer to get that photo to take to the different agencies to show how they look. So in order to get the best quality the photographer had to go someplace where he could get the best results. It was his Dark Room. This is the na
Good morning and Happy Friday. The summer is now beginning and the weather is now reaching its highest temperatures. It has reached a high point of 90's so far in the Chicagoland area and it appears to be nothing in sight to relieve us of these conditions that are almost drought like. As the summer gets ready to start in earnest next week we anticipate the warmest temps of the year after a winter that saw a little snow but the hawk, ( that's what we call the wind in the CHI ) was in full effect. But the sun has been out daily and we need a little moisture in our lives. We expect things to get wet in order for us to not only cool off but to wash away some things and bring a freshness of new things in our lives. The hotness of the weather coincides with the hotness in our lives. We need things to cool off a little bit but need some things to come down so we can enjoy the things in our lives that is promised to us as Christians. We are faithful and trusting in his Word. So as we
The truth stands up by itself!. It's supported by the Word of God!
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