And God ordained marriage

Genesis 2:22-24
22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

23 And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

My wife and I recently attended my Nephew's wedding in Tucson Arizona and it got me thinking about the verses in the Bible about marriage. God's Word to us is so wonderful. He ordained marriage and made it for our companionship, pleasure, and as a type of analogy for what it will be like to be joined with God in heaven for eternity.

May we not be trapped by satan's perversion of marriage by not seeing the importance of the wedding vows. May we repent as a nation and treat Marriage with the reverence it deserves. May all wedded couples treat their spouse as themselves, doing everything they can to honor their spouse and their marriage and everything they can to strengthen their marriage and make it the blessing our Lord Jesus Christ has designed it to be.

Jesus, please forgive all my sins and be my Lord. Amen.

What part of "We will kill you" do you not understand?

What part of "We will kill you" do you not understand?

Sorry for this deviation from my typical post. I just recently saw a presentation by Bill Cooper titled "The Current Reality of Terrorism". And that is one of the questions that he asked after showing several slides of Islamic demonstrator's. All of their signs were about killing others if they didn't join them. Call it fear mongering if you like, but it is not going to go away just because we don't like it or don't believe in it.

I consider Islamic terrorism to be the most significant militant expression of the evil spirits we face in spiritual warfare that we are engaging in. Yes we are in a spiritual war. At the same time all the aspects of the spiritual evil we are facing has an expression in the natural world. And while we are in this war I am convinced that we are to have natural responses as well as spiritual. As James said "faith without works is dead". So, get on your knees and pray. And for those that are called to continue praying all day long, praise the Lord for the battles they are winning in Jesus' name. For the others that get up off their knees and go into the world, if you are not actively taking the battle into the natural, your faith is dead. Don't get me wrong. I agree that for some, even most, taking the battle into the natural will mean giving to the needy, taking care of the sick, preaching, counseling, etc. Don't exclude the need for Jesus Christ to lead police actions and military action though. Yes, I do believe that it is possible to have war inside of God's will in the 21st century.

Jesus himself said "I did not come to bring peace but a sword." Yes, that is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. I will not exclude though that sometimes the natural expression of that spiritual sword will include military action. God didn't why should I.

Jesus does love each and every one of you. He has called all to repent and accept Him as savior. He will not force your heart. His command is simple. Accept that you are a sinner and need Jesus to wash your sins away. If you continue to reject Him and end up dying by opposing him or whatever reason, you will get the results of your own will, being separate from Him. That is hell.
Jesus, please forgive all my sins and be my Lord. Amen.