Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The Power of Prayer
I heard the average Christians prays 5 minutes a day and preachers pray 7 minutes, on the average. I can understand why we don't see any modern day miracles. We spend 5 minutes a day with God.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Love & Respect
One of the things that I have learned in the past five years is how powerful the bible verse, Ephesians 5:25 is. I would like to tell the young married men out there to really take a look at this scripture and let it soak in for awhile. Men, if we loved our wives like Christ loved the church, we could lower the divorce rate.
My first two marriages ended in divorce because of this. Today, I am married to a wonderful woman that gets the love she deserves and the love God wants me to give. I love her very much. We will never be able to love our wives like Christ loved the church but we can do everything to show our love. I hear women talk about the lack of love their husbands show and I hear men complaining about their wives and how disrespectful they are.
There is not a perfect marriage out there but it can be better. Instead of playing the XBox, hanging out with your buddies or just staying in your man cave, spend time with your wife. Open the car door for her, rub her feet, tell her she's beautiful. Yes, I do fail at this. Not as bad as I used to. My wife tells me how good I am to her and she has never experienced that before. That makes me feel good. There is just something about giving. When I see the look on her face when I'm rubbing her feet.
Men, throw away the pride. Sometimes, being right just doesn't matter. Tell her your sorry when an argument breaks out. There is no score in marriage. When someone wins an argument but ends up in divorce, there are no winners.
Read the bible, pray for your wife, yourself and your marriage. We are called to be the spiritual leader. God bless you.
Eph. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
My first two marriages ended in divorce because of this. Today, I am married to a wonderful woman that gets the love she deserves and the love God wants me to give. I love her very much. We will never be able to love our wives like Christ loved the church but we can do everything to show our love. I hear women talk about the lack of love their husbands show and I hear men complaining about their wives and how disrespectful they are.
There is not a perfect marriage out there but it can be better. Instead of playing the XBox, hanging out with your buddies or just staying in your man cave, spend time with your wife. Open the car door for her, rub her feet, tell her she's beautiful. Yes, I do fail at this. Not as bad as I used to. My wife tells me how good I am to her and she has never experienced that before. That makes me feel good. There is just something about giving. When I see the look on her face when I'm rubbing her feet.
Men, throw away the pride. Sometimes, being right just doesn't matter. Tell her your sorry when an argument breaks out. There is no score in marriage. When someone wins an argument but ends up in divorce, there are no winners.
Read the bible, pray for your wife, yourself and your marriage. We are called to be the spiritual leader. God bless you.
Eph. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Starting Over
From the beginning, I believed in God but never knew, or cared to know, the meaning behind His Son, Jesus Christ.
I have always heard from others that you have to be saved in order to be with God in the kingdom of heaven. I took the plunge in September 1988, when I was in the Marine Corps. I can honestly say that was a foxhole prayer.
I recommitted my life to Christ about 1997-98. I was having problems with my first marriage and decided to become sold out for Christ. My problem was I did not know how to study the bible, or even where to begin, and I didn't have a male role model.
My marriage ended in 2001 and later that year I remarried. Things were good at first and then after seven years it ended like the first marriage. I felt jaded by the church I was attending but realized that I wasn't living my life for the Lord. I spent the next year or so disobeying God and living for myself. Then, in September of 2010, I found myself in love again and remarried for the third time in November of that year. The marriage was rocky, like the two previous and did not last over a year and a half. I spent my time in and out of the Word, hot and cold and giving God some of my time when I felt up to it. My 3rd wife and I kept talking after we drifted apart several times. I am currently with her and my life is the best it has ever been.
This story is to say that God was with me through the good times and bad. He has never left my side, although I have felt alone at times but never reached out to Him.
My life has been full of disappointments and victories. I have mistreated friends and have been on the other side to feel the pain myself. I have made plenty of mistakes along the way and still do.
During some tough times, I decided to start a ministry to reach people.
I came up with the name Follow Him Ministry a few years back. This ministry is not to tell people how bad they are and they are going to hell if they don't change their way. This ministry is to show the love of Jesus Christ, make friends, get feedback and most of all, plant the seed.
I am broken. I am not better than anyone else. I am starting over. Each day I get up, I start over and face struggles. I try to wake up early and speak with God before I start each day. I hope this blog can help some people and I want to receive input that will help me. God bless you.
I have always heard from others that you have to be saved in order to be with God in the kingdom of heaven. I took the plunge in September 1988, when I was in the Marine Corps. I can honestly say that was a foxhole prayer.
I recommitted my life to Christ about 1997-98. I was having problems with my first marriage and decided to become sold out for Christ. My problem was I did not know how to study the bible, or even where to begin, and I didn't have a male role model.
My marriage ended in 2001 and later that year I remarried. Things were good at first and then after seven years it ended like the first marriage. I felt jaded by the church I was attending but realized that I wasn't living my life for the Lord. I spent the next year or so disobeying God and living for myself. Then, in September of 2010, I found myself in love again and remarried for the third time in November of that year. The marriage was rocky, like the two previous and did not last over a year and a half. I spent my time in and out of the Word, hot and cold and giving God some of my time when I felt up to it. My 3rd wife and I kept talking after we drifted apart several times. I am currently with her and my life is the best it has ever been.
This story is to say that God was with me through the good times and bad. He has never left my side, although I have felt alone at times but never reached out to Him.
My life has been full of disappointments and victories. I have mistreated friends and have been on the other side to feel the pain myself. I have made plenty of mistakes along the way and still do.
During some tough times, I decided to start a ministry to reach people.
I came up with the name Follow Him Ministry a few years back. This ministry is not to tell people how bad they are and they are going to hell if they don't change their way. This ministry is to show the love of Jesus Christ, make friends, get feedback and most of all, plant the seed.
I am broken. I am not better than anyone else. I am starting over. Each day I get up, I start over and face struggles. I try to wake up early and speak with God before I start each day. I hope this blog can help some people and I want to receive input that will help me. God bless you.
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