Genesis 2:1 TLB
The heavens and the earth
were successfully completed, with all that they contained.
Genesis 1:1-21 & 2:1-17
Ever before man was formed, God had created all he will ever need on the earth. Provisions were made for food, shelter/accommodation, career, security, raiment etc. Ignorance and/or misunderstanding regarding this provision makes a man postpone marriage.
According to
the Office for National Statistics, marriage in Britain is at its lowest level
since 1895. In 2011, there were just 286,634 ceremonies, a 41% decrease from
1972, when 480,285 couples tied the knot.
According to
Pew Research Center, the share of American adults who have never been married is
at an historic high. Men are more likely than women to have never made it
down the aisle (23% vs. 17%).
Quotes on Why Men and Women Refuse to Marry
"Men aren't wimping out by staying unmarried or being
commitment phobes. They are being smart. They don’t want to enter into a legal
contract with someone who could effectively take half their savings, pension
and property when the honeymoon period is over."
"Be in a relationship, even live together. But don’t get
married; especially if you have any prospects of making money. If he’s
determined to get married, then he must get a pre-nuptial agreement. Otherwise
steer clear altogether."
Young teenager mums: It’s a career move because with the
state and their father contributing, it offers more guaranteed security than a job.
Matthew 22:29
TLB: But Jesus said, "Your error is caused by your ignorance of the Scriptures and of God's power!"
MSG: Jesus answered, "You’re off base on two counts: You don’t know your Bibles, and you don’t know how God works."
Matthew 22:29
TLB: But Jesus said, "Your error is caused by your ignorance of the Scriptures and of God's power!"
MSG: Jesus answered, "You’re off base on two counts: You don’t know your Bibles, and you don’t know how God works."
- Help me Father, to be intimately acquainted with the Word (Jesus) and to engage the Holy Spirit who is my Counsellor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Standby and Strengthener. John 14:26 AMP.
- Please Lord, do not let our singles hesitate or rush into marriage because of ignorance of the scriptures and how God works.
- Lord, help my heart know that You successfully completed the earth, heaven and all that’s contained in it so that lack never constitutes a reason for dissolution of my marriage.
- Let Calvary push out every doctrine that has been erected in my heart in which Christ is not the substance - e.g. prenuptial agreements, feminism, desire to maintain one’s identity, trust in one’s ability, personal ambition etc.
- God was neither idle nor arbitrary when He made man. The trinity consented in making man (Gen 1:26). Man was created in God’s image (Gen 1:27). He was a carrier of the life-light and charged with overseeing the earth (Gen 1:26b) to subdue darkness (Gen 2:7), multiply his kind (sinless man carrying God’s image) – Gen 1:28 and God released him into his own labour (Gen 2:15).
- Regardless of whatever may have surrounded my conception, please let it dawn on my heart that my birth is not arbitrary.
- Help me Lord, to press on and lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me. Phil 3:12.
- Grant me grace to obey YOUR instruction to be fruitful, multiply, replenish and subdue the earth by being a carrier of the life of Jesus Christ.
- Let the peculiarity (grace to live above sin and sinful habit) of my life/home/marriage draw men to Jesus. Titus 2:11-14.
- Cause my life to be that which subdues darkness.
