โHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. โTherefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.โ This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.โ
Ephesians 5:25-32 ESV
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For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
Soshall your God rejoice over you. Isaiah 62:5
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Feminists love to call housewives "unpaid workers" as if we're being exploited. Let me tell you what my "unpaid" life looks like.
I wake up without an alarm. I make breakfast for my children while my husband heads off to provide for us. I spend my mornings teaching my kids, playing with them, watching them grow. I cook meals from scratch. I keep our home beautiful and peaceful.
Meanwhile, the "empowered" career woman wakes up to an alarm at 6am, drops her kids off with strangers, sits in traffic, spends 8 hours making someone else rich, sits in traffic again, picks up fast food because she's too exhausted to cook, and collapses into bed dreading tomorrow.
And I'm the one being exploited?? The only thing I'm missing is a boss who doesn't care about me and a paycheck that mostly goes to daycare.
Quote I saw the other day:
โThe strongest marriages are not built on feelings alone, beauty alone, chemistry alone, or even compatibility alone. They are built on two people who have surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ and are walking toward Him together. For as both hearts draw nearer to God, they inevitably draw nearer to one another.โ
Sleep well tonight knowing that God can multiply your two fish and five loaves, just like He did in the Gospel of Matthew 14:13โ21. What looked small in the hands of a child became more than enough for thousands in the hands of Jesus. Nothing you place before God is ever too little for Him to use.
Biblical marriage was never meant to just make you happy - itโs meant to make you holy
Itโs learning sacrifice
Dying to self
Offering grace
Serving when itโs inconvenient
Staying when life feels heavy
The beautiful parts are a gift
But the sanctification is too
Put your spouse at the center of your universe and you'll suffocate them. Put God at the center and you give them room to actually be a spouse instead of a god.
Many of us are putting God-type pressure on our spouse โ then we get mad when they let us down. Like they were ever supposed to be infinite.
Get the order right and the rest follows.
If you're married, what's one way you can take God-type pressure off your spouse this week?
Ladies, never look at being your husband's helper as God placing a lesser value on you. Look at it this way:
God looked at Adam and said, "This guy needs HELP.".๐ And He looked around at all of Creation and didn't find anyone or anything smart enough, strong enough, hard working enough, organized enough, willing enough, loving enough, and with a heart for submission and obedience to God enough to qualify for the job.
So He created woman - the queen and crowning touch of all of Creation.
What a humbling honor!โฅ๏ธ
The Holy Spirit is not just a feeling.
A lot of people think the Holy Spirit is only there when the music is emotional or when they โfeel somethingโ in church.
But the Holy Spirit is more than emotions.
He teaches you.
Convicts you when youโre wrong.
Guides you.
Comforts you.
Sometimes the Holy Spirit is working in the quiet moments too.
Like when you suddenly feel convicted about something you used to be comfortable doing.
Or when you have peace in a difficult moment.
Or when your character slowly starts changing.
The Holy Spirit doesnโt only produce moments.
He produces fruit.
Love.
Patience.
Kindness.
Self-control.
Christianity is not just about emotional experiences once in a while.
Itโs about walking with God daily through the Holy Spirit.
The most terrifying detail about Noah's Ark isn't the size of the flood. It is the design of the boat. If you look closely at the blueprints God gave Noah in Genesis 6, He was extremely specific. He gave the exact length, width, and height. He specified the type of wood and the pitch to seal it. But God left out one crucial component: no steering wheel, no sail, and no engine.
Think about how scary that is. Noah built a massive vessel to survive a global storm, but he had zero control over it or where it went. He couldn't steer away from rocks, turn into the waves, or aim for dry land. He was completely at the mercy of the water. The Ark was designed for floating, not navigation. Noah's job was to be the passenger, not the captain. God was the Captain.
This is your life right now. You are trying to put a steering wheel on a situation that God wants you to simply float on and allow Him to lead and take control.
This blessed me. I hope it blesses you too. ๐๐พ
Romance is deeper when its seen dark times, cold nights, desperate prayers and tears shed. When its created life and worked hard together. Marriage deepens romance. The butterflies of new love are pretty and lovely, but they are like soap bubbles compared to the ocean.
The same people that lied to you about Covid, 9/11, Epstein, and literally everything else, are now releasing these nothing videos and everyone is getting excited like theyโre actually something.
Guess what.
The Bible talks about Angels having sex with women, hybrid lion men, and giants.
Open that book. Itโs more exciting.
We know the spiritual realm is real.
We know demonic entities exist and they can manifest physically.
We know Nephilim are real- and guess what- they work in our government.
Everyone is acting like what the government is going to release is the actual full transparent truth.
A new revelation.
Thatโs a laugh.
Again- open your Bible.
Itโs all in there.
Marriage is not built by demanding to be loved. It is built by choosing to love like Christ. A godly husband and wife do not keep score, hold back affection, or wait for the other person to go first. They walk in sacrificial love.
๐จ BREAKING NEWS: The trumpet will not trend.
There will be no warning tweet. No second chance.
Jesus Christ returns suddenlyโand the Rapture happens instantly.
You either prepared in silenceโฆ or panic in chaos.
Decide now. ๐๏ธ