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Lord We Give Thanks

Lord, there is no choice to a knowing heart but to be deeply thankful to you every day. The greatness of your character makes provision to give us life at every moment. But on this day of particular expression, we your children, long to simply thank you with an even louder voice ... for the great and awesome person that you choose to be ... and for the power of your mercy and favor. Your great patience and mercy make provision for us to exist every moment and your great love allows us to walk in the garden of your grace and favor even though we're found undeserving. You have clothed us in a robe of high honor, a righteousness that we have not earned and you have made us heir to a kingdom to which we have no right of claim save by your generous appointment. Without salvation our spirits were orphans condemned from birth having been born blind into a world of darkness and separation, a place created by sin. Alone we cried in the wilderness of this foreign place and hid tr
Parallels Of The Mirrored Marriage Part 2 Checking Our Foundation In The Mirror This next section might appear a little off course. But don't worry, I think you'll begin to see the value as we continue on (A hint: you can substitute the word Christian for carpenter, life or marriage for the words house or project, and the Word of God for plan in the next 2 paragraphs. Try it!). (First the reflection in the mirror ... (you'll come to understand what this means later)) Most of my adult working life has been spent working as a carpenter. Carpenters follow a plan when building a house. The plan is the representation and graphic "example" of what the house is to look like and how it's to be built. Any deviation from the plan will result in the failure to replicate the project that was intended -.The primary goal of a good carpenter is to be true to the design of the plan while applying the sound structural details, wisdom and methods a

Parallels Of The Mirrored Marriage

Part 1. The Marriage Mirror 2 Corinthians 11:2 NLT "I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. For I promised you as a pure bride to one husband, Christ." Not surprisingly, I wasn't able to find a definition of marriage in either the Mariam Webster or Wikipedia dictionaries that even remotely defined what I consider to be an accurate description of what occurs in a true marriage centered on Christ. So, I offer my own humbly with the hope that it meets with agreement in the Christian heart: Marriage: The joining of two hearts, spirits and bodies in a conjoined effort as one to replicate the perfect relationship of Christ, the Bridegroom to His Bride - His Church Our God in His infinite mercy, wisdom and great love has given us the perfect example of what the perfect marriage partner looks like and must be in the life and teachings of the Bridegroom, our Lord and Savior. Who waits now for His Bride to answer Him, Not only by reflecting ba