Hey friends!
This is Jimmy, and not Kelly. But I would like to be the first to welcome you to her part of my website. Basically, my wife is amazing, and God has given her some incredible insight into issues of relationships from a biblical perspective. The things God has given her to say are fresh and powerful and I wanted you all to have an opportunity to be impacted by it. So, look around. Stay a while. May what you read here stir your affections to pursue Christ with your whole heart.
For His Fame,
Jimmy
| | My Predicament - Part 1
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2008
As it seems most Christian girls are I was waiting on God to bring me my husband, my perfect man. (Of course he wouldn't be perfect, but just about perfect, at least for me.) A few prospective guys came in and out of my life through high school and college and as they came, I considered them and contemplated if this was the one that I was waiting for. It was usually the same story: I liked the guy, spent time analyzing whether or not he could be the one, had lots of phone conversations with h...
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| | | No Need To Surrender - Part 2
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2008
Revelation 2:4-5
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
So now, what do we do about this condition that our hearts are in? First, we need to realize that just like the Church of Ephesus in Revelation, we have forgotten our first love: Jesus. We must repent: turn from that which has become our heart’s desire and return to the loving arms of our savior. The process is two-fold: surrendering what has become our first love and then returning to and falling in love wi...
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| | | Fall in Love With God-Part 3
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2008
Say you have a bad habit of watching way too much TV. Maybe you spend 5 hours a day watching your favorite shows. You decide that you want to give up watching TV for a while because you spend so much time doing that. Once you quit watching it, you’ll probably find yourself bored and wondering what to do with all your spare time. It might cause you to wonder what’s happening in your favorite show today and tempt you to turn your TV back on. It’s challenging to give up an activity you’ve d...
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| | | The Result - Part 4
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2008
This process of forsaking my idols of marriage and returning to my first love and learning to call God ’Husband’ instead of ’Master’ has powerfully changed my life. I am a more passionate follower of Jesus who is not burdened by the commands of the Bible, but ecstatic about them, and I have a healthier view of marriage and relationships.
The months following the surrender of my "love life" were some of the most freeing, exhilarating, and joyful times in my life! I fell more in love with Jes...
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| | | Discussion Questions
Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2008
My Predicament - Part 1
1. Have you ever longed for the companionship of another person more than a deeper relationship with God? Be honest, and share that with another Jesus-follower you trust.
2. As we have seen from the above analogy, emotional infidelity is a very dangerous thing. In what ways can our straying affections be hazardous in our relationship with God? How do you think it makes God feel to know our hearts are far from him? Confess any emotional inf...
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