2009-11-20T09:33:36-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/marriage http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/sharp-edges-5963 2009-11-20T09:33:36-05:00 Gentle treatment of people - especially when we're feeling tired, or tense, or frustrated - doesn't necessarily come naturally. God describes it as a "fruit of the Spirit." It's a characteristic Jesus has that He can produce in you through His Holy Spirit who lives in you. But you have to reach the point where, first of all, you're willing to see those sharp edges that you have and repent of them as part of the sinful old you that's all dark and ugly. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/03/is-god-a-matchmaker/ 2009-11-05T15:34:06-05:00 Is God a matchmaker? Has He chosen out one special person for each of us to marry? http://chitorch.org/index.php/in-context/jerome/ 2009-10-23T19:21:42-05:00 In giving the wealthy widow Ageruchia his reasons against remarriage, Jerome frets over what it will mean if Rome falls to the barbarians in this quotation from Christian History Institute's "In Context" series. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019:8-9&version=NIV 2009-10-08T15:10:12-05:00 Jesus says that anyone who divorces his wife for anything except being unfaithful commits adultery. This contrasted the typical custom of divorcing a woman over pettier circumstances. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%2013&version=NIV 2009-10-02T10:30:44-05:00 Often called the love chapter, this section of the Bible is a primer on relationships. Whether you're trying to be a better husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend or just trying to be a better friend, this chapter is an amazing look at how to lovingly treat one another. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/save-your-gift-for-christmas-2597 2009-10-01T10:17:47-05:00 We're talking about what you do from this moment on; and let God begin to restore your spiritual and emotional virginity. It's time to begin to set a high physical standard. Don't play on the edge. Don't press how far can I go. Live as if your gift is too precious to open early. Yes, Christmas is your wedding night. Christmas is so worth waiting for. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/dining-from-the-garbage-cafe-5929 2009-10-01T09:15:19-05:00 If you're wondering why you feel defeated so many times, why you don't feel as close to Jesus as you used to, or why your dark side keeps winning and bringing you down, well consider your diet: what you're watching, what you're listening to, who you're spending time with, or the things you laugh at. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2010:9&version=NIV 2009-09-27T14:24:47-05:00 Marriage and divorce are not to be taken lightly. This passage cautions us not to separate what God has brought together for His purposes. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/blooming-too-soon-3612 2009-09-22T14:23:04-05:00 Whether it's a relationship, or finances, or a ministry goal, or getting justice, or meeting a need - wherever you're tempted to try to make it happen - don't. Just remember those blossoms whose instincts told them it was time when it wasn't. If it's blooming too soon, it probably won't make it. But in God's time - which is probably later than yours - in His time, it will be beautiful. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%207:1-40&version=NIV 2009-09-20T16:51:40-05:00 An extensive discussion of marriage by the apostle Paul.