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May 16, 2016April 2, 2017

God is First. Always.

Every Good Thing Begins With God. God is calling us to Love. Yet His Love is so hard to grasp. Therefore, His Love must grasp US first. For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:36)

There is no fear in love.
But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18)

There is no fear in love.
We need to know that kind of love.
So that we can love with that kind of love.

God must be First. Always. In all things.

The words of the song “Lead Me” by Sanctus Real provide a clear description of the pressure a man feels as a leader … and emphasize his desperate need for God’s help to be the leader He wants him to become. If you haven’t heard it, check it out on YouTube.

Therefore, the First Thing every Man needs to become the Leader he wants to be is … Jesus!

He is absolutely The Essential One, not only for a man’s well-being, but also for his family’s well-being. If a man is a Christian, he must reconnected with Him daily … if not moment-by-moment (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

[callout]If you’ve not yet invited Jesus into your life, you can do so now.
He’s with you – wherever you are in the process of life
– and eagerly waiting to hear from you!
It’s simple. Just talk to Him.[/callout]

An Unstoppable Team: Man, Woman, and The Lord

When a Godly Woman is the willing recipient of the fullness of God’s Love, she is free to love her Man in ways she could not have loved him if she were merely on her own.

Her Man benefits from being loved by her. He receives the love and moral support he needs to be able to lead well as he …

Listens to her.
Is her hero (i.e., treats her like a lady).
Pays attention to her response to his leadership.
Asks for what he needs from her (in addition to a great sex life in marriage).
And most of all, is courageous enough to allow himself to be vulnerable with her.

The Bottom Line: God is First. Always. In all things.

A Godly Woman receives love from God, loves God in return, then loves her Man out of her own fullness. And as her Man receives love from God, she gets to delight in following a Godly Man who knows how to lead gently and confidently. It’s irresistible joy!

We love because He first loved us.
(1 John 4:19)

April 20, 2016September 4, 2022

The Heart of a Woman’s Vulnerability

At the heart of a woman is her emotional sensitivity. The most precious part of her. So that’s where the enemy most often takes advantage of her vulnerability.

March 14, 2016April 2, 2017

It’s all about you!

For more than a decade, my focus has been teaching women the Truth about men. That most of what we’ve believed about them has been a lie. Because the state of Christian Marriage has made it crystal clear that women – and men, too – are in great need of a Paradigm Shift.* And I still believe that’s true. But it’s not all we need to change.

We also need an understanding of Paradox in the Kingdom of Heaven (Luke 17:21). Have you ever noticed that God’s logic often doesn’t make sense? Two apparently conflicting concepts contained in the same Truth. For example:

An Error in Contemporary Christian Thought

A well-known author began his most popular book with the statement: “It’s not about you.” Clearly he’s missing another important Paradox. Perhaps the most important Paradox.

[callout]Although it’s implicit throughout the Bible,
we’ve overlooked this one Truth for far too long.[/callout]

The Bible is God’s Love Story …

to show us Who He is and
to let us know how important we are to Him.

After all, He created us in His Image to become the Beloved Bride of Christ.

And His thoughts about us (Psalm 139:17) are more numerous than we can imagine. He wants us to know – both individually and corporately – what matters most are …

His dreams and desires for us (Deuteronomy 6:10-12)
His longing to be in loving relationship with us (Matthew 23:37)
His intention to make us more and more like His Beloved Son (2 Corinthians 3:17-18)

Do you see the Paradox?

It’s all about you, Friend, AND it’s all about God.

THE BOTTOM LINE QUESTION:

If it’s not all about you, then for whom did Jesus die?

I’m just asking …

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person,
though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
But God demonstrates His own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by His blood,
how much more shall we be saved
from God’s wrath through Him!
(Romans 5:7-9)

* Paradigm Shift – a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.

** Paradox – a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.