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Marital Devotional: Purpose of Marriage 2021-04-12

Purpose of Marriage
Author: Ray C. Stedman (1917-1992)

Read: Genesis 2:18-25

This is a remarkable passage because it gathers up the great concepts of marriage that run throughout the Bible. After God finished making woman and Adam slept off the deep unconsciousness into which he had fallen, God brought the woman to Adam. What a scene that must have been! Here is the first of a long series of boy-meets-girl stories. Out of this account emerges four factors that are essential to marriage.

The first is that marriage is to involve a complete identity. The two are to be one. Adam‵s first reaction when he saw his wife was, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, or, She is one being with me. This is strengthened in the latter part of verse 24, which adds, and they will become one flesh. It is not without reason that this has become part of the marriage service, this recognition of unity. As someone has well said, the one word above all that makes marriage successful is ours.

The second thing is the biblical principle of headship, which is developed at much greater length in the New Testament. She shall be called ‵woman,‵ for she was taken out of man. Paul expands on this in his letter to Timothy to point out that man was not made for woman, but woman was made for man. It is the man who is ultimately responsible before God for the nature and character of the home. It is the man who must exercise leadership in determining the direction in which the home should go and must therefore answer for that leadership, or its lack, before God. The woman‵s responsibility is to acknowledge this leadership.

Then the third factor indicated here that characterizes true marriage is permanence. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. In the Hebrew text is the word dabag, which means to adhere firmly, as if with glue. A husband is to cleave to his wife. He forsakes all others and adheres to her. Whatever she may be like, he is to hold to her. He is to stay with her, and she with him, because marriage is a permanent thing.

Finally, the fourth factor is set forth in verse 25, The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. This speaks clearly of openness between man and wife. They have no secrets, nothing that they do not share with each other. It is the failure to achieve this kind of openness that lies behind so much breakdown in marriage today, the utter breakdown of communication, where two sit and look at one another and say nothing or talk about merely surface trivialities. Often this is why they are so judgmental with one another, each one trying to get the other to agree and not being willing to allow differences of viewpoint to exist. There is to be a freedom of communication, one with the other. Marriages shrivel, wither, and die when this is not true.

格言語錄-章伯斯-2 2021-04-10

神必會賜下我所祈求的，如果祂知道藉著賜下所求，
會使我的屬靈生命得著增長，但這並不是禱告的目的。

禱告的目的乃是，我認識了神自己。

If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered
by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them,
but that is not the end of prayer.
The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.

- 章伯斯 (Oswald Chambers, 1874-1917)

卡片下載:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/euioxez3iefia97/AABUzcEgNVJ-IqRptCkRock4a?dl=0

格言語錄-陶恕-2 2021-04-03

如果妳 (你) 的心，定意去愛神，並順服神，
妳 (你) 可以在任何地方遇見祂。

You can see God from anywhere
if your mind is set to love and obey Him.

- 陶恕 (A. W. Tozer, 1897-1963)

卡片下載:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/euioxez3iefia97/AABUzcEgNVJ-IqRptCkRock4a?dl=0

格言語錄-史百克-2 2021-03-28

服事的真實價值，
乃是在於主耶穌的彰顯，
並非在表面上，
做一些主的事工。
而是主耶穌的活出。

The real value of ministry is the expression of the Lord Jesus.
It is not doing something on the outside that we call the Lord’s work.
It is the living expression of the Lord Jesus.

- 史百克 (T. Austin-Sparks, 1888-1971)

卡片下載:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/euioxez3iefia97/AABUzcEgNVJ-IqRptCkRock4a?dl=0

Modern Worship Song: Draw Me Close To You 2021-03-27

Modern Worship Song: Draw Me Close To You
Author: Kelly Carpenter

Vocal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Rl9Fw23u4

Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXd0tcRDXCM

Draw me close to you
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear you say that I‵m your friend

You are my desire
No one else will do
‵Cause nothing else can take your place
To feel the warmth of your embrace
Help me find the way
Bring me back to you

You‵re all I want
You‵re all I‵ve ever needed
You‵re all I want
Help me know you are near

婚輔信息：丈夫當如何愛妻子 2021-03-21

丈夫當如何愛妻子
作者：司布真 (C. H. Spurgeon, 1834-1892)

你們作丈夫的要愛你的妻子，正如基督愛教會。(以弗所書五:25)

很少老師敢說：「若你要實踐我所教導的，就來效法我的生活。」然而，耶穌的生活，是完美德行的寫照，因此，祂能自稱為聖潔的典範，也是聖潔典範的教導者。基督徒不應當，以低於基督形像的任何事物，來作為他的模範。在任何情況下，我們都不該感到滿意，除非從我們身上，能反映出在祂裏面的恩典。

身為丈夫的基督徒，要仰望基督耶穌的形像，並且要按照這個形像而活。丈夫的愛應該是特別的。主耶穌對教會，就有一種獨特的愛。祂說：「我為他們祈求，不為世人祈求。」(約十七:9)。教會是蒙天所愛的，是基督的寶貝。教會是祂頭上的冠冕、是祂腕上的手鐲、是祂胸前的護心鏡、是祂愛的中心。

丈夫應該以忠貞不渝的愛，去愛他的妻子，因為耶穌就是如此愛祂的教會。祂愛的表現，可能在形式上有所不同，但是愛的本質卻永不改變。丈夫應該以永垂不朽的愛，去愛他的妻子，因為沒有一件事物「能叫我們與上帝的愛隔絕，這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裏的。」(羅八：39)。

一個真誠的丈夫，對妻子的愛是發自內心的、是熱情而強烈的，不是嘴上說說。基督已作了一切，來證明祂的愛。耶穌對祂的新婦，滿有喜悅之愛。祂珍視她的愛情，並喜悅她。

在你的婚姻家庭關係中，「正如基督愛教會」是你愛的原則和度量標準嗎？

註：妳好！我在心情日記和花園論壇中，所撰寫和編輯的婚姻輔導相關文章，也都同步放在我的部落格裡面。歡迎妳隨時進入，閱讀各類有益的信息，得到更多造就。大衛的圖書館網址如下。

https://davidoulibrary.blogspot.com/

Devotional: Peace Greater than the Storm 2021-03-20

Peace Greater than the Storm (by David Wilkerson, 1931-2011)

Jesus gives us more than one reason why we need his peace. Christ said to his disciples in John 14:30, “the ruler of this world is coming.” What was the context of his statement? He had just told the twelve, “I will no longer talk much with you” (14:30).

Jesus knew Satan was at work in that very hour. The devil had already enlisted Judas to betray him. And Christ knew that the religious hierarchy in Jerusalem was being empowered by the principalities of hell. He was also aware that a devil-inspired mob was coming shortly to take him prisoner. That’s when Jesus said to the disciples, “Satan, the wicked one, is coming. So, I won’t be talking to you much more.”

Jesus knew he needed time with the Father to prepare for the coming conflict. He was about to be delivered into evil men’s hands, just as he had spoken. And he knew that Satan was doing all he could to shake his peace. The devil would harass and attempt to discourage him, all in an effort to break Christ’s faith in the Father—anything to get him to avoid the Cross.

You may be in turmoil, thinking, “It’s over. I’m not going to make it.” But Jesus says “I know what you’re going through. Come and drink of my peace.”

Right now you may be going through the hardest time you’ve ever faced. Your life may be unsettled and things may look hopeless. There seems to be no way out for you and every avenue you turn to fills you with more stress, confusion and weariness.

It doesn’t matter what you’re going through. Your life may look like it was struck by a tornado. You may endure trials that cause others to look at you as a modern-day Job. But in the midst of your troubles, when you call on the Holy Spirit to baptize you in the peace of Christ, he will do it.

People will point to you and say, “That person’s world has come completely apart. Yet he’s determined to trust God’s Word, live or die. How can he do it? How does he go on? He should have quit long ago. Yet he hasn’t given up. And through it all, he hasn’t compromised anything he believes. What amazing peace! It’s beyond understanding.”