Welcome to "The Marriage Manual." This blog is a Harris Ministries International daily inspirational blog designed specifically for marriage and/or engaged couples. It's purpose is to encourage and strengthen your faith on the subject of marriage. God's will is for you to experience and enjoy His best in the arena of marriage relationships. We want you to grow and know the love of God in a more deeper and intimate way... today and everyday!
Today's Blog: Making Love
Love is a beautiful thing. It is one of the essential elements that makes life worth living. Love can be experienced in all realms of life; spirit, soul and body. Love is tangible and can be experienced at any age or stage of life. Love can be given and received but never hidden or difficult to perceive. Love is always love. It never changes or takes on another form or nature. Whenever you and I express and/or experience love it will always without fail be the same. However, love can grow; not in its composition but in relation to the amount you allow to be expressed or received in your life.
Marriage is one of the greatest opportunities we have as Christians to grow in the love of God. Therefore, I consider making love the bedrock for its success. Making love must be a vital part of your marriage relationship if you expect your marriage to be one governed by peace. Love making is something that a husband and wife partake in together creating a bond that is not easily broken. It is difficult if not nearly impossible for any enemy intruder, no matter how crafty or clever, to breach a union that has been strengthen by love. The intimacy that love creates in a heart that is yielded to it builds a barrier against confusion, strife and hurtful allegations. It locks the door and protects the key to the secrecy of its mates weaknesses and human frailties. It provides an atmosphere and covering for nurturing and proper growth and development. It speaks only the truth and shields with faith.
Making love in your marriage relationship is the act of possessing, cultivating and caring for your God given promise land. God expects hands on participation. There is no joy or reward in sitting on the side-lines watching the other person be in motion.
When I speak of the term "making love" I am referring to a man and a women who has been joined together in holy matrimony building a relationship found on the God-kind of love.
The word make means to build or construct. The bible tells us, "Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep." Psalm 127:1-2
Today is a good day to purpose in your heart to only use products manufactured by God to build your marriage upon. God is the manufacturer of forgiveness, love, joy, peace, meekness, patience, kindness, words of life and encouragement, etc.
Building a relationship founded upon love (God's love) will always pay great dividends and produce lasting success.
Pray/confess this with me:
Heavenly Father, I thank you for your unconditional love for me and my spouse. I believe that your love in our hearts will never fail. Therefore the process of making love daily in our relationship will provide a foundation that can not be shaken or breached by the enemy. I am confident that the truths in your Word are transforming us to be the man and women of love that you created us to be .In Jesus Name, Amen.
Sister Cathy~
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