[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] "Grass Just Grows"- Brenda Walsh Ministries Daily Devotion

Tue Aug 10 17:30:44 UTC 2021

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Grass Just Grows
Other than choosing Jesus as your personal Savior, the single most important decision you will make in life is choosing your mate. To choose wisely, you will need Holy Spirit wisdom. It is better to remain single than to be married to the wrong person. Your decision not only affects you, but everyone close to you as well. There’s a lot to consider, but the number one essential element needed for a happy marriage . . . is God. If God is not a priority in their life, walk away. Without having a Christ-centered home, your dreams of a blissful marriage are doomed. Sometimes you may meet someone that you're attracted to, but your feelings are not reciprocated. And because “the heart wants what the heart wants,” you keep trying to make them love you. But here is something important to remember. You can’t make grass grow . . . it just grows. So it is with love. You can’t force someone to love you no matter how hard you try–either they do or they don’t. Sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring won’t bring happiness. Texting them all hours of the day and night, calling repeatedly, but receiving no response is pure torture. It’s painful to love someone when that love is not returned. The sting of rejection is painful. Facing reality is hard to do but necessary for your own self-worth and emotional health. Stop and ask yourself, “Do I really want this person if they don’t want me?” No one is too busy to show they care.  If someone really loves you, they will want to spend time with you. They will do everything they can to make sure you know that you are loved. More importantly, they will not play games with your heart. If that isn’t happening, it’s time to do some real soul-searching and face the facts! The Bible talks about true love in 1 Corinthians 13. Read the whole chapter prayerfully and you’ll begin to understand what real love is. That’s the only kind of love to seek. But before you are ready for a relationship, you need to have your heart right with God. Whatever baggage you are carrying from past mistakes, give it to Jesus. You can’t make someone else happy if you are not truly joyful yourself. Pray for Holy Spirit wisdom to choose someone who is unselfish, kind, thoughtful, and most of all–loves Jesus!  Text: 2 Corinthians 6:14-15, Proverbs 31:30, Titus 1:7-9, Proverbs 4:23

Bible Texts:
2 Corinthians 6:14-15 NKJV - Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 

Proverbs 31:30 NKJV - Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. 

Titus 1:7-9 NKJV - For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict. 

Proverbs 4:23 NKJV - Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.

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