Love & Marriage

Diana L Houk
© October 19, 2007

My Personal Statement

* I believe in Jesus Christ & that he is the son of the almighty God.

* I believe we are all born for one purpose & this is to serve God (Jesus).

* This means to Love Jesus with all your heart, soul, & mind.

* I believe the greatest gift on this earth is to find your soul mate “true love” marry them, & spend your life in Love with them.

* I believe that as you put Jesus head of everything in your life he will direct your path & bless your marriage. So if you have a personal “born again” relationship with Jesus your Love for your companion will grow stronger, & you will know what true Love is.

Marriage is a holy sacred unity, one that God has ordained

To leave & cleave together as you become one is the greatest unity God ordained. God ordained the unity of marriage with Adam & Eve before he ordained the church.

Love is something that brings two people together as they choice to be married & this is an honorable institute of God.

To share your Love (life) with another person is a “Great Responsibility” one THAT should not BE taken lightly.

Love is something you do, it is an action word.

John 3:16-18

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] (Amplified)

For this is the greatest Love Gift of all! So as we are looking for, falling in Love with, or planning our lifetime commitment to & with another person think on the Love God had that he gave up his Only son for us.

The world we live in is so perverted with saying FREE LOVE—or just live together & see if it works out, & there are many other excuses people make to try to justify the lifestyle they have chosen to live.

Genesis 2:18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. (Wife)

Genesis 2:21&22&23: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:24, 25: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (All KJV)

(Man & Woman) (They were created to be as they were born, Man, or Woman) (Man with Woman & NOT MAN WITH MAN OR WOMAN WITH WOMAN!) This WAS not Gods plan with creation, never was, & never will be!

Psalms 102:18: This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. (KJV)

"We were created in the likeness of God, to serve God, and God only!" So as you are planning this new life to be joined together in Love with another person stay in touch with your heart!

Walk in Love is the best advice I can give — the Love walk is never becoming a door mat to be walked on & misused, but to find your soul mate & have LOVE in your life. Love will make you happy & will get you through any situation in your life. There is POWER IN TRUE (REAL) LOVE.

The Light of Jesus

Jesus is the bright and beautiful light that shines brighter than the sun!

The light of Jesus will drive out any darkness in the life of any who just believe!

He is the way! The only way! He is the Love that the whole earth groans for!

The Love of Jesus is greater than any sorrow you may have! Jesus shine your light (Love) in, and through all who read this and show (guide) them to the cross. Your Love will forgive all who come to the cross, and ask you to come into their heart, and shine your Love in them in Jesus name I pray!

The Force

The force of faith when exercised (like an athlete) will carry one to higher levels of the spiritual realm (even as an athlete enters in higher levels of a physical zone through practice and exercise).

So keep your Faith in practice Trusting in, Leaning on, Hoping for, those things you have believed God for and this will grow and develop your Faith like the force.

Faith is a super natural Power, when it is exercised it will be a force that the Universe can’t touch or change!

Love & Marriage

My Personal Statement

* I believe in Jesus Christ & that he is the son of the almighty God.

* I believe we are all born for one purpose & this is to serve God (Jesus).

* This means to Love Jesus with all your heart, soul, & mind.

* I believe the greatest gift on this earth is to find your soul mate “true love” marry them, & spend your life in Love with them.

* I believe that as you put Jesus the head of everything in your life he will direct your path & bless your marriage. So if you have a personal “born again” relationship with Jesus your Love for your companion will grow stronger, & you will know what true Love is.

Marriage is a holy sacred unity, one that God has ordained.

To leave & cleave together as you become one is the greatest unity God ordained. God ordained the unity of marriage with Adam & Eve before he ordained the church.

Love is something that brings two people together as they choice to be married & this is an honorable institute of God.

To share your Love (life) with another person is a “Great Responsibility” one THAT should not BE taken lightly.

The Road of Life

The Road of Life your traveling on is it the road to Peace, Joy, Happiness, Fulfillment, & Life Eternal in Heaven with Jesus Christ?

For Jesus is the way, the truth, & the life & the ONLY way to the Father (God) is having a personal born again relationship with Jesus Christ!

Today is your day! Repent! And ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart & forgive you of ALL your SINS! He will come into your heart & start to show himself BIG to you as you allow him to by spending time with him in the word of God (BIBLE).

Be Blesses as you embark to travel on this NEW journey of life! Jesus Bless you, Keep you, & may his face shine upon you I pray in the name of Jesus & I seal it with the BLOOD OF Jesus!

There Is A Secret Place

There are times when you feel you’re all alone in this world with your own set of problems. Loneliness, Sickness, Loss of a Loved one, Financial Distress, Downhearted, Abandonment, with NO Hope & the list goes on.

The depression sets in, the mind becomes cloudy & your thoughts are all focused on the problems.

The fear of the unknown is overwhelming, and the thoughts of the problem allow YOU to go into a place of doubt & unbelief. This is an arena of whenever your focus has to change & your Beliefs have to kick into overdrive!

There is ONLY one place of ABSOLUTE. It found in the secret place of the most high.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Psalm 91

HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].

I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.

You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.

Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.

Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,(A)

There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.

For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.(B)

You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.(C)

Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].

He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.

This is as good as it gets! Our Hope, our Trust, & OUR FUTURE (ETERNITY) ARE IN HIS HANDS AS WE LEAN ON HIM KNOWING HE IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS! IT IS THAT SIMPLE!

Seasons Of The Heart

You cannot judge a person by only one season of their life: the essence of whom they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's Winter,

You will miss the promise of new birth and the beauty of the Spring,

The warmth of your Summer,

The splendor and beauty of your fall,

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the other seasons of your life.

Don't judge life by one difficult season.

Persevere through the difficult times in your life and better times are sure to come soon (or the next season).

Live Simple, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly,
Allow the Love in your life to shine through you to be shared with others.

Let the Joy of the Lord give you strength.

Learn to Rest in the peace of God presence.
Be Happy it keeps You Sweet.
Trials keep You Strong and develop character.
Sorrows keep You Human.
Failures keep You Humble.
Success keeps You Glowing and growing.
But Only God keeps You Going!

We all have different seasons (disappointments, & hardships) of our life when we think no one has ever experienced this season but me. So I have learned if we embrace each season we will enjoy and experience the splendor of that season, and we will know a new season is coming soon.

So as we keep our eyes (focus) on the one who created (God) us he will make every season of your life an experience that will develop your charter and make you in his likeness and image so all things (seasons) work together for the good of those that love and serve and are called of God.

Unity with God is the quest of my life

I have found the Word or contemplation on the Word is works best for me. Unfortunately I have been recalcitrant in my effort to contemplate lately.

Here is an awesome point about Unity with people. When you find someone in Christ, the same Spirit that is in you is also in them. This is the stamp or image of Christ our hope of glory imprinted in fellow believers. Even though Believers may not act as if there is unity, it is a position of fact for all who are in Christ.

There is a predilection to find union with family and friends that may not have the Spirit of Christ in them. This kind of Unity is a commingling with darkness. This kind of Unity will always rob you of peace.

There is a Unity between two individuals that is greatest among people: the union of a husband and a wife. This is (or should be) a threefold cord not easily broken. When both husband and wife are Believers in Christ, the bond is particularly strong.

So let us embark on that journey that ends with UNION with God through the Word and Blood of Christ.

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perished, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindred’s of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Deception & Compromise Began In The Garden

Compromise is what happened in the garden with Adam & Eve where they knew no sin. The deception of the devil is sleigh & in the arena of compromise is where it all began.

This is where a lot of people are today. Just a little “grey”
Area in your life can turn your life into a fast growing lie! If it’s not the truth, it’s a lie! There is no grey area because this is compromise to the truth. Compromise only leads to destruction.
If you don’t take a stand for what is right, you will fall for anything, (wrong thinking) & (wrong choices) & you open the door for the manipulation and deception from the enemy & you invite the enemy to bring it on (all he has).

Adam & Eve were in the Garden walking & talking with GOD! It was a perfect world! They had NO LACK! Everything was Beautiful! If they (and they were) in a perfect world walking & talking with God with no lack---Then Eve was drawn to the deception of the Devil---Then how much easier for in today’s world for one to be drawn out into an area of Deception, & manipulation from the devil? This is why we have to be on guard 24/7 putting on the full armor of Christ Jesus & recognizing the evil one, and be not as fools, but vigilant & alert.
The Devil came to Eve & said:

For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity. (Eve only had experienced Blessings & Good & she knew NO EVIL OR CALAMITY!)

And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.

Then their eyes were open to evil, and they brought the sin nature to all generation from that day forward. This act did not produce being like God, only walking in obedience with God will make you “like him”. This act of disobedience brought the sin nature of the evil one to into the lives of Adam & Eve & into all the generations’ thereafter.

This is a fallen state, a state of separation from God the act of disobedience. This is a sin nature which drives people to do many things that will bring calamity into their lives.

God’s perfect plan from the beginning was for all to walk & talk with him as children of God & have fellowship with him. So as we were all born into this world of sin we each will choose to live our live in the arena of deception & compromise as it was in the garden, or we will choose to live the God kind of life.

We will make these choices daily as we walk in the knowledge of God’s word & as we walk out the plan he has for us before the foundation of the world.

So I would say today “Repent” & ask the Lord Jesus Christ to cleanse you from all that you have allowed to come into your life from the evil one. And from this day forward walk in the knowledge in knowing the greater one & his power he has given you to be an Overcomer in every area of your life.

Then the greater one (Jesus Christ) will guide you into all truths & where there was darkness the light will come & overshadow the darkness & drive it out so you will know the truth & the truth will set you FREE! For where there is light the darkness has to go! And a man or woman that is free is free indeed! Where there is freedom there is liberty in the Lord!

Choices Of Life Or Death

When a person chooses to go home (die) they set in motion the laws that govern life & death.

This is their will (choice) & God has given us all free will (choice).

We are to choose life or death—and the power to do so is in our thinking—our heart—and the words we speak!

As we have chosen to go home (die) we have set in motion the laws that God set up in this Universe to govern our destiny.

There is power in our choices. The power of our choice will set in motion life, or death.

What we think on will and can manifest. There is life & death in the words we speak.

So as we think on (meditate on) life it will be (produce) what is planted in our heart, and then we will speak it out of our mouth.

Then we set in motion the force that will govern what happens in our life.
So choose life today & live it to the fullest & think on these things that are; Joy, Peace, Fullness in the Holy Ghost, Love, & be all you were born to be as you think on, speak out, & believe with your heart the life you were born to live.