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HOW OFTEN DO YOU?

How often do you say you're a Christian? How often do you turn to God through problems? How often do you give up to God your finances? How often do you give your problems to him (sex, drugs, smoking, pornography, etc) How often do you give your attitude to him (temper, pride, jealous, selfish, etc) How often do you pray? How often do you praise Him? How often do you thank Him? How often do you read the bible? How often do you honor? How often do you love your enemies? How often do you love? How often do you share your experiences of God with others? How often do you show that you're a follower to Jesus? How often do you? I'm not a saint, I probably say I do those not too often at all. It sucks to say it, but you need to recognize it first, you need to confess, you need to repent, you need forgiveness from HIM.

Love Fights Fair

From the moment you unpack for your honeymoon, the real process of unpacking one another, unpleasantly discovering how sinful and self each of you could be. Pretty soon your mate started to slip off your pedestal, and you off of theirs. The forced closeness of marriage began stripping away your public facades, exposing your private problems and secret habits. Welcome to fallen humanity. Love reminds you that your relationship is too valuable to allow it to self-destruct and that your life for your spouse is more important than whatever you're fighting about. "ME" Boundaries are rules you personally practice on your own. 1. I will listen first before speaking. "everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger" James 1:19 2. I will deal with my own issues up-front "why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye" (Matthew 7:3) 3. I will speak gently and keep my voice down. ...