Making It Plain

The Word tells us to walk by faith and not by sight and for us to walk in the Spirit so not to fulfill the lust of the flesh. With this understanding, do we then have clear insight of the things that we see and desire afterwards? I know I have seen somethings and made a declaration that the thing that I saw will be mine or such and such I will have... you know, something along that nature. I didn't take the time to ask God if that would be good for me to have, I just declared and went on about my business thinking that eventually I will receive that ( 1 Corinthians 6:12 AMP ). Once mature in Christ, one might read that first paragraph and congratulate me in creating my world just as God did. We are made in His image and it is what He expects for all of us to do. God has reminded me of this when I have gotten myself in all sorts of mess thinking that I could work it out but the more declaration I was making, the worse it was getting. Consequently in all of the power that has bee...

Alright he/she has been married before and now has learned a few things about relationships he/she didn't know before. They have seen the so called marital bliss light and decided to give it another go. However, he/she has done this, you are convinced (if you aren't the one that did the convincing) and now you have decided to propose or you said yes. You know there is a whole plethora of things you, as a believer, have to ask and do before actually walking down that aisle - right? First, I can't believe you think this is a made in the shade deal when the other person has done this before. What are you thinking? And if the other person has children, whether in that person's physical custody or not, its another load of drama because there is another adult with feelings and a history you have to acknowledge that he/she does really exist. Then those children, those tiny little reminders of a life before he/she knew you. A life with another person who looks like one or  tw...